What is Cultural Diversity?-Porto folio exercise #2

Mohamed Khadem         H00216504          CPF                        2053

Quiz – 

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.	True
5.       Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	True

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1.       Heterogeneous                                mixed

2.       Plurality                majority

3.       Migration            Travel and settle in another place or move.

4.       Fundamental     Basic

5.       Collective strength          gather  power of knowledge and wisdom

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?

Rise in birth

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

Their new thoughts by mixing them together

Helping each other

Benefits the economy

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

A: a place where a variety of races, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole

 

a salad containing a variety of raw vegetables, especially lettuce

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”.

92% white, 4% south Asian, 2% African, 1% mixed, 0.5% Chinese, 0.5% others

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.

It strengthens the university and is an asset for it and also wants to make an environment for it.

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	Homogeneous	Increasingly	Decreasingly	Respecting	Disrespect
Strength	Weakness	Improving	Worsening	Inclusive	Exclusive
Majority	Minority	Tolerance	Intolerance	Equality	Inequality

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Unlike	Creative	Productive	Uniqueness	unlikeness
Dignity	Poise	Integrated	Combined	Asset	Goods
Global	International	Benefit	Advantage	Harmony	friendship,