Everest climbing team - Portfolio - Exercise #4

Everest climbing team: Cultural Diversity

Watch the film and take notes to answer the following questions:

1.    List the team members by name, with their duties and country

Name                         Responsibility                     Country                     Skills

-- Jamling find ways to the top of mountains India Guide (Nepal)

- Seggara make roads on mountains Spain Mountain climbing(Spain)

- Roger researching rocks Geologist(England)

- ED victor lead his team USA Leader(USA)

- Sumio recording the trip details Documentary(japan)

- Paul

2.    What were the qualities or skills of each member that benefited the team?

most of them were climbers and few had different skills

3.    How was the Team helped by ‘cultural diversity’ to attain their goal (reach the summit of Everest)?

      everyone used his own cultural diversity and helped each other and they presented their cultural diversity among  all of the climbers and the others they helped each other while everyone was from a different country and different cultural

Portfolio Exercise #3

What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

1.       A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a single set of values.	F \ more set value
2.       A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures.	T
3.       One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures.	T
4.       Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot”	F \ Salad bowl
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	F \ The country were the birth

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot” Varied cultures mixed together 

2.       “Salad Bowl” Different cultures that join together in the same country without changing their tradition.

3.       “Assimilation”A small group of people adapts the culture of the major group or a country

4.       “Acculturation” cultuarlly

5.       “Enculturation”which a human being part the culture 

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to ____culture_______,___________habits ____and ______social instituion_____________, as well as changes in food, _______ language___ and ________thinking_________________.

Give a synonym:

varied	divers	respect	regard	dominate	control
multiple	many	central	focal	interacting	dealing
specific	set	represents	act	adopt	barrow

Give the opposite:

varied	homogeneous	respect	disrespect	gradually	suddenly
multiple	singel	common	rare	dominant group	overpower
specific	general	contrasted with	agreed with	adopt	reject

Culture and Personality in Anthropology

Read the section about Culture and Personality in Anthropology. Answer these questions about that section:-

1.       Define “Anthropology” in your own words : studying the behavior of the people.

2.       What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example : help to behave the children.

3.       Read this sentence again and give examples of childrearing in different societies and cultures: “socialization creates personality patterns. It helps shape people’s emotions, thoughts, behaviors, cultural values and norms to fit into and function as productive members in the surrounding human society. The study of culture and personality demonstrates that different socialization practices such as childrearing in different societies (cultures) result in different personality types.” in same country but different culture.

4.       Read this sentence again and say to what extent you agree: “all humans are the same when born, but childrearing in different societies causes deviations in behavior and personalities from each other.” I agree with this because he say all the humans born the same.

5.       Reflect on the reading above. Can you see a link between your culture and your personality? Think about that in relation to your own culture first, and then think about personality and culture in a different society. Reflect. Give examples.

Portfolio - Exercise #2

Name: Abubaker Salem Alameri
ID: H02277310
SEC: CIL

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.	T
2. Over 200 million people live outside the country where they were born.	F / around 175 million
3. One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	T
4. Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.	F / the quality of diverse or different culture
5. Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	T

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1. Heterogeneous: Different types/cultures of people living with together.

2. Plurality: People from the same type have the highest percentage.

3. Migration: People from country travels to another country “immigrants”.

4. Fundamental: the human nature/ how he acts, … etc.

5. Collective strength: A group of people working together on one aim.

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?

- Local sports like Horse Racing,.. etc.

- Education: teachers from another countries have different cultures.

- International Companies.

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

- Connections of companies.

- Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

- Connections in the Internet.

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

Melting pot: a place (such as a city or country) where different types of people live together and gradually create one community.

Garden salad: is a salad consisting mostly of fresh vegetables. The base for the salad are greens such as lettuce or mesclun

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”.

– Pakistanis, Irish, African, Chinese.

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:

Varied	Same	Increasingly	Decreasingly	Respecting	Rude
Strength	Weakness	Improving	Breaking/ worsening	Inclusive	Exclusive
Majority	Minority	Tolerance	Intolerance	Equality	Inequality/ Difference

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Different	Creative	Make something	Uniqueness	Distinct
Dignity	Honor	Integrated	United	Asset	Genetics
Global	Universal	Benefit	Advantage