Portfolio Exercise #2

Quiz 1 - What is Cultural Diversity

Portfolio Exercise #2

Read the UNESCO report. True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

 

1. At least 6000 different languages exist in the world.	True
2. Over 200 million people live outside the country where they were born.	False, around 175 million
3. One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	True
4. Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.	False, it means that we have to respect other cultures, and the way they think
5. Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	True

 

 

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

 

1. Heterogeneous: mixed

 

2. Plurality: a large indefinite number

 

3. Migration: the movement to another country

 

4. Fundamental: Basic

 

5. Collective strength: work together

 

Now read the rest of the article, and answer these questions by researching on the internet.

 

1. The article mentions food as an example of Cultural Diversity. Can you think of something else which could add interest and richness in a culturally diverse country?

 

Music, traditional dances, and traditional sports.

2. Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.

global trading and investments

3. From the internet, in relation to Cultural Diversity, find a picture and a definition of “Melting pot” and “Garden salad”.

 

 

Melting pot is a different types of people living together and creating  one society and community.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garden salad is basically a community that has many different nationalities,  and ethnic groups, and every ethnic group keeps its own culture and heritage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Britain today is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Look on the internet and find out which nationalities make up the “ethnic minority population of over 4 million”.

Indians, and Asians

 

5. Australia is another of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. The University of Melbourne has a policy on Cultural Diversity. Read the two paragraphs and summarize them in your own words.

 

The University of Melbourne is one of the most multi-cultural universities around the globe. One of its best opportunities is providing social harmony amongst students from different nationalities and cultures.

 

 

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

 

Varied	Homogeneous	Increasingly	decreasingly	Respecting	disrespecting
Strength	weakness	Improving	decline	Inclusive	exclusive
Majority	minority	Tolerance	intolerance	Equality	inequality

 

 

 

 

 

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Varied	Creative	Smart	Uniqueness	Independence
Dignity	Honor	Integrated	United	Asset	Savings
Global	Universal	Benefit	Profit

 

 

 

 

Done by: Ali Al Obaidli