Wednesday, March 5, 2014

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 , various not single
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 , salad bowl
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.
 False , enculturation



Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot”  Combined culture often

2.       “Salad Bowl”    Mixed but not combined culture

3.       “Assimilation”   adopt other culture

4.       “Acculturation”   follow other culture

5.       “Enculturation”   learn the culture of your birth country



Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to ____culture________________, _______customs ________________and _________social institution __________________________, as well as changes in food, _____clothing _______________ and _______language ___________________________.

Give a synonym:

varied
 different
respect
 Admire
dominate
 Control
multiple
 many
central
 Middle
interacting
React
specific
 certain
represents
 Explain
adopt
 Taken 



Give the opposite:

varied
 Rare
respect
 Mockery
gradually
 Suddenly
multiple
 Once
common
 Single
dominant group
 Dispersive group
specific
 Suspect
contrasted with
 Consistent with
adopt
 Discard




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                                                                                         Its an indication that not all of the people that share one culture end up having the same personalities.

2.       What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example                                           How children are developed into a community and indicate the habit. For example; feeding, talking and toilet training.

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.”                                                                                                                                                 The children grow up and their personality comes from what they were taught when they are younger.

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 strongly agree

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.
   Each culture is different than the other so the personality is most likely to be taken from the culture, example if you grow up in a culture where they raise falcons you want be scared of them but if you bring a guy from different culture they might get scared  because it is dangerous and they didn't use to raise them.                                                                                    

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Quiz 1

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.
True
     3.One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.
True
     4.Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.
False.Respects human rights
     5.Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.
True


Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1.Heterogeneous .    Mixed culture

      2.Plurality .     More than one

      3.Migration .     Moving from country to another country

      4.Fundamental .     Major

      5.Collective strength .     The 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?  Clothes,Language and music



     2.Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.   Languge skills,New ways of thinking,creative solution to difficult problems and negotiations.


     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”.  France,China and UK.


     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 Melbourne confirms that cultural diversity includes serval variations on the basis of the most important multi-educational background , culture diversity is a source of strength for the university , so it supports all of the staff and students to enjoy more of this diversity.




Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied
same
Increasingly
increasingly
Respecting
disrespecting
Strength
weak
Improving
Drop of
Inclusive
exclusive
Majority
minority
Tolerance
grudge
Equality
discirimation


Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse
verious
Creative
productive
Uniqueness
rareness
Dignity
selfrespect
Integrated
united
Asset
quality
Global
international
Benefit
advantage


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