portfolio assignment #3 - cultural diversity

Quiz – 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 can be described as a society with a variety 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”	True
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	false –learning a second culture and adding it on the first culture "the one I inherited from the birth"

Define in your own words:

1. “Melting Pot” : people from different places with different culture lives together as one and create a new culture which is stronger than the past one. "Different cultures in one society" or a blinding of cultures


2. “Salad Bowl” : different cultures mixed together but they have their uniqueness


3. “Assimilation” : they mix together to be similar.


4. “Acculturation”: adding culture on your culture but you stay on your first culture.


5. “Enculturation”: having the second culture as first culture from birth.

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, language and clothing.

Give a synonym:

varied	heterogeneous	respect	honor	dominate	control
multiple	several	central	middle	interacting	communicate
specific	absolute	represents	express	adopt	adapt

Give the opposite:

varied	Similar	respect	disrespect	gradually	suddenly
multiple	Single	common	rare	dominant group	minority group
specific	General	contrasted with	Be equal / similar to	adopt	reject

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, language and clothing .