CULTURE & MULTICULTURALISM
The system of shared values, beliefs, customs and behaviours of a group.
What is culture?
A large political system that controls many territories and cultures.
What is an empire?
A model where people are expected to adopt the dominant culture.
What is assimilation?
The sense of belonging to a group based on shared culture.
What is cultural identity?
A simple and generalised belief about a group of people.
What is a stereotype?
The coexistence of different cultures within the same society.
What is multiculturalism?
The movement of people to live in another place.
What is migration?
A model where people keep their culture while participating in society.
What is integration?
The process of developing a sense of who you are.
What is identity formation?
A negative judgement about someone before knowing them.
What is prejudice?
A type of society where cultures actively interact and communicate.
What is an intercultural society?
A reason people move to another country to find better job opportunities.
What is economic migration?
A situation where multiple cultures coexist and maintain their identities.
What is cultural pluralism?
One of the three main influences on identity alongside family and media.
What are peer groups (or friends)?
Treating someone unfairly because of their identity.
What is discrimination?
A visual model that shows culture divided into visible and invisible parts.
What is the cultural iceberg?
The system where a powerful country controls another territory and influences its culture.
What is colonialism?
A metaphor describing cultures blending into one shared culture.
What is a melting pot?
The pressure to act in a certain way to be accepted by others.
What is peer pressure?
An idiom meaning to make a decision too quickly without enough information.
What does “to jump to conclusions” mean?
Two global processes that have increased cultural diversity in modern societies.
What are migration and globalisation?
The mixing of different cultures to create new cultural forms.
What is cultural hybridity?
A metaphor describing cultures remaining distinct but forming one society.
What is a cultural mosaic?
A situation where different values or influences create tension in a person.
What is identity conflict?
An idiom meaning to understand another person’s feelings or experience.
What does “to walk in someone’s shoes” mean?