Unit 1 Vocabulary - Culture and Diversity

What are cultural traditions?

• Customs, beliefs, rituals, and practices passed down within a society

• Historical landmarks and monuments

• Popular trends in fashion and music

• Scientific discoveries and inventions

What are some examples of cultural traditions?

• Animals, plants, nature

• Dancing, music, language, food, clothing, and rituals

• Math, science, technology

• Sports, games, hobbies

Why is cultural diversity important?

• It creates conflict among different cultures

• It promotes understanding and respect for different cultures and helps us understand the world.

• It leads to less diversity

• It is not important

The customs, beliefs, and way of life for a group of people.

• culture

• diversity

• contrast

• discrimination

Including or involving people from a range of different social and cultural backgrounds.

• culture

• tradition

• characteristic

• diversity

A feature or quality that a thing or person has.

• compare

• contrast

• tradition

• characteristic

An accepted way of behaving or doing things in a society or community.

• custom

• culture

• diversity

• discrimination

A custom or way of doing something that has existed for a long time in a group of people.

• culture

• characteristic

• race

• tradition

Belonging to a particular country or nation.

• discrimination

• diversity

• nationality

• custom

Unfair treatment or bullying of a person or group of people because of their culture, race, age, or disability.  

• discrimination

• custom

• identity

• value