What is Cultural Diversity

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.	Around 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.	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:    Varied – Diverse - Various

2. Plurality:   A great number of people - Majority

3. Migration:  A movement from one region or country to another in order to find a great life.

4. Fundamental:  Basic or central part of something

5. Collective strength: A group of 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?

v  Tradition and religion

v   Art of living

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

v  Language skills

v  New ways of thinking

v   Negotiating skills

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

“Melting pot”

v  A country, locality, or situation in which a blending of races,peoples, or cultures is taking place

v  An area in which many races, ideas, etc., are mixed

o    Altered cultures meet up in one place and be a one certain culture

“Garden salad”

v  A country made up of a complex array of distinct cultures that are blended into a unique

o    Different cultures pooled to make  one unique culture

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”.

v  Indian

v  Dark Africans

v  Pakistan

v  Bangladesh

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.

v  University of Melbourne is one of culturally diverse University where students and staff aim for culturally inclusive behavior and activities, where differences are valued and explored, and where students and staff actively seek to learn from other cultures. One of the greatest benefits that University of Melbourne provides is opportunity to work in a culturally rich environment.

Vocabulary practice, Give the opposite:

Varied	homogeneous	Increasingly	decreasingly	Respecting	disrespecting
Strength	weakness	Improving	disimprove	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	Harmony	Agreement