Diversity

Culture and Diversity

Quiz

Multiple Choice

Which CONTINENT is the most linguistically diverse in the world?

• North America

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

Africa! The continent is home to anywhere from 800 to 1,500 of the world’s languages.

Multiple Choice

What’s the most linguistically diverse COUNTRY in the world? (Hint: It’s actually not in Africa.)

• Moldova

• Canada

• Papua New Guinea

• Pakistan

More than 820 languages (or 12 percent of the world’s total) are spoken in Papua New Guinea giving it the title of most linguistically diverse country in the world. And, although English is its official language, only one to two percent of the population actually speak it.

Multiple Choice

What is the currency called in Spain?

• Peso

• The Pound

• Maravedí

• The Euro

The current currency in Spain since 2002 is the Euro.

Multiple Choice

Which country is known as “the land of no rivers”?

• Saudi Arabia

• Iraq

• Portugal

• Venezuela

Saudi Arabia. Most of their fresh water comes from desalinization plants or underground reservoirs.

Multiple Choice

Which country has been labeled the most diverse?

• Tonga

• Spain

• India

• Canada

In almost every category—culturally, economically, climatically, racially, linguistically, ethnically, and religiously, India is either the most diverse country in the world or the runner-up.

Multiple Choice

Which country is the largest producer of oxygen.

• Sudan

• Siberia

• Egypt

• Costa Rica

Siberia is home to approximately 25 percent of the world’s forests that span an area larger than the continental U.S., making Russia the largest producer of most of the world’s oxygen.

Multiple Choice

And, as much as we can celebrate our differences, we can also celebrate our commonality. We’re all born with 300 bones, but how many do we have as an adult?

• 509

• 189

• 334

• 206

206. Weird, huh?