Quiz 1 - What is Cultural Diversity 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.	F -175 million persons are residing away from the country of their birth
3.One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	True
4.Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.	F -Cultural Diversity means to have respect for different ways of thinking.
5.Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	True

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1.Heterogeneous : different or not like other .

2.Plurality : multitude or very much .

3.Migration : people ho move from one country to another .

4.Fundamental : the major , important , primary .

5.Collective strength : the power or the strong of one grope and this people come together with the same idea or goal .

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?

National dress / marriage tradition  

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

Improving skills / learning  language skill / change our thinks / but some new roles / creative solutions

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

Melting pot : a pot in which metals or other substances are melted or fused.

Garden salad : 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”.

Indian / Bangladesh / Pakistan / dark Africans    

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 is one of culturally diverse University , and the staff came from other countries . This university helps student to learn from other culture , also she create the best cultural environment for the students and they work in this environment .

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	Singular	Increasingly	Decreasingly	Respecting	Disrespecting
Strength	Weakness	Improving	Declining	Inclusive	Exclusive
Majority	Minority	Tolerance	Intolerance	Equality	Inequality

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Varied	Creative	Innovative	Uniqueness	Independence
Dignity	Nobility	Integrated	United	Asset	Property
Global	Universal	Benefit	Advantage