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

-    Ed Viester                   Team Leader                     U.S.A                        Climbing

-  Jamling Norgate            Guide                                Nepal                        Climbing

-  Paula                             Camp Manager                 U.S.A                        Climbing

- Araceli Seggara              Climber                             Spain                         Climbing

- Sumiyo                           Decampment                    Japan                         Climbing

-  Roger. B                        Scientist                           England                      Geologist

- Tsharpa                           Deliver Food                      Holland               Climbing

 

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

Most of them Were Climbers And Few were geologist , and it helped them

With the challenge that they were facing in the mountain.

  

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

Team Work ( Cooperation ) And The correct planning Helped this team to achive their Goal , they come from different countires and Diffarent culture also Diffarent Skills Every one of them has his own skills by cooperation they Defeat the challenge and The danger of Everest Mountain .

Portfolio Exercise #3

Quiz 2 – 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.	False / it is described as a society with different set of values
2.       A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures.	True
3.       One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures.	True
4.       Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot”	False / Salad bowl
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	false / Customs and beliefs of a second culture

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot” : Different culture mixed together Creating 1 unique culture.

2.       “Salad Bowl” Different culture mixed together but keeping their own culture

3.       “Assimilation” Forgeting your old culture and adapting the new culture

4.       “Acculturation”  to learn about and adopt your new countries culture.

5.       “Enculturation”to learn your birth countries culture.

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to ______Culture ______________, __________Customs_____________and _____Social institutions______________________________, as well as changes in food, ___Clothing_________________ and _________Language_________________________.

Give a synonym:

varied	Different	respect	Honor	dominate	Control
multiple	Many	central	Major	interacting	Cooperating
specific	limited	represents	Show	adopt	Accepts

Give the opposite:

varied	homogeneous	respect	Disrespect	gradually	rapidly
multiple	Single	common	Rare	dominant group	Minority group
specific	Unspecific	contrasted with	Compared 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

- The study of human Behavior in view of cultural diversity

2.       What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example

-Culture raise children Ex : Talking Toilet training

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.”

- The children will experience his social life from the Area or the environment that his parents raise them .

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 all people are same when they  born and it depends on the parents and society to change them , Also the culture tell the parents how to raise their own children .

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.

- There is a Very strong link between my culture and my personality because it affect the way behaviors .

Portfolio Exercise #2 - Abdullah Bakheet

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 / 175 Million Person
3. One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	True
4. Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.	False / Full respect
5. Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	True

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1. Heterogeneous : More than one thing mix Together

2. Plurality : The State of being plural - / Large amount of something

3. Migration : Moving from one place to another

4. Fundamental Any Factor that could be considred important and Basic to understanding particular bussiness

5. Collective strength : The power of Group of People  ( Strength in number )

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?

Clothes , Sport , Music

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

1 – International Trade

2 – International Tourism / 3 – Sharing experience

3. From the internet, in relation to Cultural Diversity, find a picture and a definition of “Melting pot” and “Garden salad”. Melting pot : Welcoming People from any different countries , Religions And races to find Better life .

   Garden Salad : People from many different countries , races and religions brought together by many interests such as trade .

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”.

1- Indians / 2 – Pakistanis / 3 – Black Africans

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 have cultural diversity policy that shows us that cultural diversity based on race ,language and many things that make difference between people The university of Melbourne is supporting all stuff and student by harmony and cohesion to make them learn From other cultures by give Them the opportunity to do their cultural activity and celebration in the university

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	Same , limited	Increasingly	Falling	Respecting	Hating ,  Disrespect
Strength	Weakness	Improving	Declining	Inclusive	Exclusive
Majority	Minority	Tolerance	intolerance	Equality	inequality

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Different	Creative	Original	Uniqueness	Distinction
Dignity	Self-respect	Integrated	Joined	Asset	Advantage
Global	Universal World wide	Benefit	Profit , Advantage