Quiz – What is Cultural Diversity?

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Quiz - What is Cultural Diversity?

Quiz – What is Cultural Diversity?

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 (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 (Cultural Diversity means respect of fundamental freedoms)
5.       Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	True

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1.       Heterogeneous: Different, Diverse 

2.       Plurality: Multitude

3.       Migration: Leaving to another place

4.       Fundamental: Basic, Main

5.       Collective strength: Power of group

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?

(Wearing clothes, the way of wearing clothes,)

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

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

 Melting Pot: Melting pot where there are people from everywhere around the world, they have different cultures, different customs, but when they come to particular country, they become the same cultural of local.

Garden Salad: Mixing all cultures together but retains the identity (culturally speaking) of the parts that are mixed in it.

 

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 Pakistanis,

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 supporting and Appreciating cultural diversity and urges people to respect other cultures 

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	not different	Increasingly	decreasingly	Respecting	Arrogance
Strength	Weak	Improving	break down	Inclusive	excluding
Majority	minority	Tolerance	Hate	Equality	Different

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Various	Creative	Inventive	Uniqueness	Distinction
Dignity	Respect	Integrated	High quality	Asset	Possession
Global	Universal	Benefit	Interest	Harmony	Understanding