HOMEWORK: CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Please read carefully the following text:

Migrants who travel from one part of the world to another take with them the habits of life, from food and
clothing, to music and religious practices. The host countries thus become spaces of encounter of people and
cultures, leaving enriched by the ethnic and cultural diversity that results.

EXERCISES

1-In the past there have been migratory movements that instead of spreading races and cultures around
the world. It refers to the historical moment that was decisive for the diffusion of races.
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2 - A culture of a population is composed of material aspects and intangible aspects. Regarding the text, it
states:
( )cultural aspects materials;
( )the intangible cultural aspects.

3- Other factors of identity of a population, in addition to those mentioned. Name one of them.
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4- Read carefully documents 1 and 2.

DOC. 1 - Attitude of a guardian

Mr. Lourenço introduces himself to the school and asks to speak with someone from the Management Body:
"I come here to complain about a black man who beat up my son, or you solve the problem or I'll give him up, let
us all go to their land and leave us alone!"

Source: BOLÉO, Mª Luisa (1995): Our Daily Gestures. Dialogues Entreculturas, n ° 13.

DOC 2 - What it says like children over others!

We went to the library today and saw a movie called "Boys of all as cores". We have learned that we should be
friends with everyone, be it yellow, black, brown, orange, because boys are good. We should be friends with
everyone, like the boy who traveled and got many friends!
Source: Luana (10 years old) and Claudia (8 years old). Boys of all as cores.
Dialogues Entrecadturas, n ° 15, Oct / 95.

4.1- Refers an alternative text to each of the following expressions.

1- Racism _____ 3- Harmonious coexistence between different cultures _____
2- Attitude of intolerance _____ 4- Respect for cultural diversity_____

5- The following statements indicate with an X, as they are true.

___ (a) Culture and synonym of ethnicity and race.

___ b) The concept of race is very important to differentiate as populations, given how humans belong to
different species.
___ c) An ethnic group and a social group that integrates different cultures.
___ (d) A representative culture as standards of conduct and knowledge by a society.
___ e) A current society is characterized by the diversity of cultures that cross it.
___ f) What differentiates as populations is simply culture.
___ g) A language and a religion are not the determining factors of the cultural identity of the peoples.
___ h) Housing and handicrafts are different from the region to the region.