CULTURE & MULTICULTURALISM
The shared values, beliefs and customs of a group.
What is culture?
The movement of people to live in another place.
What is migration?
A model where people adopt the dominant culture.
What is assimilation?
The sense of belonging to a cultural group.
What is cultural identity?
A simple and generalised belief about a group.
What is a stereotype?
A society where different cultures live together.
What is multiculturalism?
A system where a country controls another territory.
What is colonialism?
A model where people keep their culture while participating in society.
What is integration?
The process of developing who you are.
What is identity formation?
A negative judgement before knowing someone.
What is prejudice?
A model where cultures interact and communicate actively.
What is interculturalism?
A reason people move to find better jobs.
What is economic migration?
A system where different cultures maintain their identity.
What is cultural pluralism?
Three main influences on identity studied in class.
What are family, media and peers?
Treating someone unfairly based on identity.
What is discrimination?
A visual model that shows visible and invisible aspects of culture.
What is the cultural iceberg?
The mixing of cultures to create new forms.
What is cultural hybridity?
A metaphor where cultures blend into one.
What is a melting pot?
Pressure to act like others to be accepted.
What is peer pressure?
An idiom meaning to decide too quickly.
What is “to jump to conclusions”?
Two global processes that increase cultural diversity.
What are migration and globalisation?
A major historical event that introduced French vocabulary into English.
What is the Norman invasion?
A metaphor where cultures remain different but united.
What is a cultural mosaic?
A situation where different influences create tension.
What is identity conflict?
An idiom meaning to understand another person’s feelings.
What is “to walk in someone’s shoes”?