Quiz – What is Cultural Diversity?
Read the UNESCO report. True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE
answer.
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1. At least 6000 different languages exist
in the world.
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True
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2. Over 200 million people live outside
the country where they were born.
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False – 175 million
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3. One aspect of Human Rights is
respecting different cultures.
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True
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4. Cultural Diversity means a lack of
respect for freedom of thought.
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False – Respect and fundamental freedoms
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5. Cultural Diversity can make a society
stronger.
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True
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Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:
1. Heterogeneous: Diverse in character or content
2. Plurality: The fact or state
of being plural
3. Migration: Move from one
region or habitat to another
4. Fundamental: Forming a necessary
base or core of the central importance
5. Collective strength:
By moving
the world forward by basing on plurality of knowledge
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?
Food
and Language
2. Name three ways in which people of
different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.
1- Sharing Experience
2-Protection
3- Develope
3. From the Internet, in relation to
Cultural Diversity, find a picture and a definition of “Melting pot” and
“Garden salad”.
Where new
immigrants would eventually be integrated into American culture.
Where different
cultural diversity mixes with European American culture to form a meal where
all the various ingredients are still readily identifiable.
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”.
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.
Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:
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Varied
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Homogeneous
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Increasingly
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Decreasingly
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Respecting
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Humiliating
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Strength
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Weaker
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Improving
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Declining
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Inclusive
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Narrow
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Majority
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Minority
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Tolerance
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Intolerance
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Equality
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Inequality
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Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:
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Diverse
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Divers
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Creative
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Imaginative
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Uniqueness
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Rare
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Dignity
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Honor
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Integrated
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Incorporate
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Asset
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Valuable
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Global
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Worldwide
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Benefit
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Profit
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Harmony
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Effect
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