Thursday, February 27, 2014

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

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:
1. Heterogeneous: Mixed cultures
2. Plurality: Many people
 3. Migration: moving to another country
 4. Fundamental: Primary or the main thing
 5. Collective strength: the power of a group of people
 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?
 - Yes, music, clothes, dancing, sports, and arts, because in every culture there's a specific things and it will add interest to the country.

2. Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.
a) Language skills. 
b) New ways of thinking.
c) creative solution to difficult problems.
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”.
 - Asian or Asian British.
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 University of Melbourne confirmed that the cultural diversity based on race, ethnicity, language, religion and a lot of other things, and the University have a strength policy about this cultural diversity. So, the University is trying hard to create a good studying area by showing the other cultures, and to explore about everyone and about their cultures, to understand and to communicate together.




 Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:
Varied
Same 
Increasingly
Decreasingly
Respecting
Disrespecting 
Strength
 Weakness
Improving
 Decline
Inclusive
 Narrow
Majority
 Minority
Tolerance
 Intolerance
Equality
 Inequality

  Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse
 Different  
Creative
 Inventive
Uniqueness
oneness 
Dignity
 Self-respect
Integrated
 unified
Asset
 Service
Global
 International
Benefit



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-Salem Ali AlHammadi
-Mohamed Alameri
-Butti AlQubaisi
-Saif Almemari
-Salah Mubark

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