Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation

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 - Culture, School, buss,,,,
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 – Enculturation

Define in your own words:
1.       “Melting Pot”  Assimilation
2.       “Salad Bowl” Multiculturalism
3.       “Assimilation”  Everything mixed up becoming the same.
4.       “Acculturation”  Is a process in which member of one cultural group adopt the beliefs                                                  and behavior of another group
5.       “Enculturation”  Is used to describe the process of first culture learning
Complete the sentence with words from the text:
Acculturation often results in changes to Culture, Customs and institution, as well as changes in food, Clothing and Language.
Give a synonym:
varied
Widely different
respect
Disrespected
dominate
Be influential
multiple
Many
central
Dominant
interacting
CARING
specific
Limited
represents
COAFER
adopt
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