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