10 Aspects of CD

Quiz 2

 

Quiz 2

What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

 

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

 

1.       A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a single set of values.	False, many sets of value
2.       A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures.	True
3.       One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures.	True
4.       Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot”	False, by a "salad bowl"
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	False, of different culture

 

 

 

Define in your own words:

 

1.       “Melting Pot” Is a multicultural country where the diverset cultures adapt to each other but they don’t keep their tradtion

 

2.       “Salad Bowl” Is a multicultural country where the diverset cultures adapt to each other but they  keep their tradtion

 

3.       “Assimilation” a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound

 

4.       “Acculturation”where a kid adapt to another culture

 

5.       “Enculturation” is the process by which people learn the requirements of their surrounding culture and acquire values and behaviours appropriate or necessary in that culture.

 

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

 

Acculturation often results in changes to culture, customs, and social institutions, as well as changes in food, clothing and language

Give a synonym:

 

varied	Diverse	Respect	admiration	dominate	Rule
multiple	Numures	Central	fundamental	interacting	relating
specific	Exsactly	Represents	symbolized	adopt	embrace

 

 

 

Give the opposite:

 

varied	homogeneous	Respect	disrespect	gradually	rapidly
multiple	Uniculture	Common	uncommon	dominant group	minority
specific	Unspecific	contrasted with	similar	adopt	reject

 

 

 

Culture and Personality in Anthropology

 

 

 

Read the section about Culture and Personality in Anthropology. Answer these questions about that section:-

 

1.       Define “Anthropology” in your own words Is a science that examining the characteristics and behaviors of the human

 

2.       What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example . when they play in the playground.

                                                                                                   

3.       Read this sentence again and give examples of childrearing in different societies and cultures: “socialization creates personality patterns. It helps shape people’s emotions, thoughts, behaviors, cultural values and norms to fit into and function as productive members in the surrounding human society. The study of culture and personality demonstrates that different socialization practices such as childrearing in different societies (cultures) result in different personality types.” For example in yeman they raise their children to help them in work. But in developed countries they raise their kids to graduate from college to become an important person in the future.

 

4.       Read this sentence again and say to what extent you agree: “all humans are the same when born, but childrearing in different societies causes deviations in behavior and personalities from each other.”

 I agree with all of because we are all the same when we are born we don’t think all we do is eat and cry, but every parents raise their children differently, that is why we have different personality as we get older.  

 

5.       Reflect on the reading above. Can you see a link between your culture and your personality? Think about that in relation to your own culture first, and then think about personality and culture in a different society. Reflect. Give examples.

Dissimilar between Arabic culture and western culture is that Arabic persons work as a group, otherwise the western work separately.

 

H00247357       Khalifa Ali

H00205079      Abdullah Ali

H00258468      Faisal Ali

Quiz 1

Khalifa Ali H00247357

Abdullah Ali H00205079

 

Quiz 1 - 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 its respect
5. Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	True

 

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

 

1. Heterogeneous: mixed up Society

 

2. Plurality: many kinds, Differences

 

3. Migration:  the movement from their own country to another

 

4. Fundamental: something based on

 

5. Collective strength:  group working causes strength

 

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?                                                                                            - Clothes, language, sport games, accent, music

 

2. Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.                                                                                                                                                - Exchange experience, new ways of thinking, language skills

 

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

 

 

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, black Africans

thnic group	Population	% of total*
White British	50,366,497	85.67%
White (other)	3,096,169	5.27%
Indian	1,053,411	1.8%
Pakistani	977,285	1.6%
White Irish	691,232	1.2%
Mixed race	677,117	1.2%
Black Caribbean	7005565876000000000565,876	1.0%
Black African	485,277	0.8%
Bangladeshi	283,063	0.5%
Other Asian (non-Chinese)	247,644	0.4%
Chinese	247,403	0.4%
Other	230,615	0.4%
Black (others)	97,585	0.2%

 

 

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.

 

 

University of Marylebone makes sure that cultural diversity is a source of strength for social cohesion. Also the university and the university strives to promote behavior culturally inclusive and they want to learn from other cultures to take a positive thing. Valuing cultural diversity and support their students

 

 

 

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

 

Varied	homogeneous	Increasingly	Decreasingly	Respecting	Disrespect
Strength	weakness	Improving	Declination	Inclusive	narrow
Majority	minority	Tolerance	intolerance	Equality	inequality

 

 

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

 

Diverse	prenominal	Creative	artistic	Uniqueness	distinction
Dignity	respect	Integrated	incorporated	Asset	property
Global	universal	Benefit	avail	Harmony	regularity