Emirati cultural Heritage and Identity Film

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How to Ace this Course

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Disability

Disability

1. Frankie talk about his family to let us know more about disability and she is want to explain what the difference between my country and her country, at the same time to know what disability are more diffuse in her country.

2. The man who designs car with his feet are made a big impact on me because he is life is very hard with out his hands and at the same time he can control himself by learning more and more. Also when he works in a workshop that is a confused thing that I saw it when he is using the machine with his leg to cut the metal. In addition, he can drive a car and bicycle, by the way when he drive the car he is using his leg to control the staring that is made a huge effect on me.

3. The woman who song Susan Boyle, she is an old woman and she have a beautiful voice and she is participated in the Britain’s got talent. Therefore, she is lock like a woman who is old and still shy have a nice Voice.

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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, Multi
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, Graden salad
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	False, other countries

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot” Mixing variety of cultures.

2.       “Salad Bowl” Putting variety of cultures and you cant see the difference.

3.       “Assimilation” Small group of people understanding each other.

4.       “Acculturation” Geting use to the people around you but still holding to your culture.

5.       “Enculturation” The culture that reflects home country 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	Honor	dominate	Control
multiple	Many	central	Major	interacting	Dealing
specific	Certain	represents	shows	adopt	Take in

Give the opposite:

varied	Same	respect	Rude	gradually	Sharply
multiple	Single	common	Unique	dominant group	Minority
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   
- Study of humans in relation to origin distribution and classification.

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

- The way and behavior children communicate with others. EX. Talking to adults.

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.”

- Depending on how they are raised and treated they will face different futures.

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.”

- They may be born the same but different potentials on certain things.

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.

- Of course there is a relation of culture to personality. Due to the way we were raised, i hate losing or giving up. That applies to other cultures as well. Such as Japan, always striving to be the best in technology due to the way they grew up.




Done by:

1. Fareed Ahmed

2. Ali Ibrahim AlHosani

3. Abdulrhman AlAttas

4. Abdulrhman Alhashmi