Quiz 1 - 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: it is 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: is the quality of diverse or different
cultures
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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: a group
of people lives and works together.
2.
Plurality: more than one group
of people lives and works together.
3.
Migration: travel from his
country to another country.
4.
Fundamental: the human nature or
the main thing of the person.
5. Collective strength: a power of a group people with a cultural
diversity.
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?
1-Sport
2-Education 3-Internatinal
company
2. Name three ways in which people of different cultures can
help a country to function in the new global economy.
1-Connection
2-Make a convention 3-Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
3. From the internet,
in relation to Cultural Diversity, find a picture and a definition of “Melting
pot” and “Garden salad”.
The melting pot: is a metaphor for a heterogeneous society
becoming more homogeneous
A garden salad (also green salad or tossed salad)
is a salad consisting mostly of
fresh vegetables.
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”.
Asian
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.
The Cultural Diversity Policy includes a
commitment to ‘developing and disseminating information in a format which is
coherent, easily accessible and appropriate to the needs of the whole
University community
Vocabulary practice. Give the
opposite:
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Varied
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Homogeneous
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Increasingly
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Diminishing
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Respecting
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Strength
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Weakness
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Improving
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Retrograde
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Inclusive
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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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Different
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Creative
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Imaginative
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Uniqueness
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Individuality
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Dignity
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Self-respect
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Integrated
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Combined
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Asset
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Strength
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Global
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Universal
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Benefit
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Profit
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