Quiz 2

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, Melting
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, Assimilation
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	FALSE, The host

 

 

 

Define in your own words:

 

1.       “Melting Pot” people of different cultures are to forget their culture and learn another.

 

2.       “Salad Bowl” people of different cultures learn about another culture and keep their own identity.

 

3.       “Assimilation” where people learn to adapt to other customs be similar to them.

 

4.       “Acculturation” where people learn to adapt to other customs and keep their own customs.

 

5.       “Enculturation” learning your own culture.

 

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to _culture ___________________, _______customs________________and_____________social______________________, as well as changes in food, ______clothing______________ and ______language____________________________.

 

 

Give a synonym:

 

varied	different	respect	except	dominate	control
multiple	many	central	main	interacting	Working with
specific	exact	represents	illustrates	adopt	Take in

 

 

 

Give the opposite:

 

varied	Similar	respect	disrespect	gradually	instantly
multiple	few	common	rare	dominant group	Minority group
specific	general	contrasted with	Compared to	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

Feeding, talking, toilet training

 

 

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 totally with this, all children are born the same and it’s up to the parent and society to change them and may also affect the power of the person and the culture of personal.

 

 

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.

Yes there is a strong link between my personality and my culture; it affected my personality in many ways. For example my religion Islam told me to pray 5 times a day each with specific timings and I can’t afford to miss my prayers, this taught me to respect time and always be on time.