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English Vocabulary Worksheet - 11º ano

Topic - Multiculturalism
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2 Insert the words in their correspondent definitions.
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IntegrationAsylum seekerRefugeeDiversityEmigrationHomogenousImmigrationInterracialMelting
potRootsHeritageSegregationIllegal immigrants
Cultural GlobalizationStereotypePariahNaturalizationMulticulturalismGlobalizationMajority groupMinority
group Prejudice Assimilation
DiscriminationCulture Ethnicity
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1.Aslum seeker a person wanting to enter or stay in a foreign country because of fear of
persecution at home
2. multiculturalism the doctrine that several different cultures (rather than one national
culture) can co-exist peacefully and equitably in a single country

3. refugee a person who has to leave his or her country to find safety.
4.emigration migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in
order to settle in another)
5.naturalization the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship

6. prejudice an opinion or strong feeling formed without careful thought or regard to the
facts
7.integration the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community
8.assimilation blending of culturally distinct groups into a single group with a common
culture and identity
9.roots the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social
or ethnic or cultural lineage

10. globalization the trend toward increased cultural and economic connectedness between
people, businesses, and organizations throughout the world

11.diversity difference, variety; a condition of having many different types or forms

12.cultural globalization
13.majority group
14.minority group
15.discrimination
16.culture
17.ethnicity
the spread of a set of beliefs, values, norms, language, and meaning systems
that are shared by people who participate in this global community.
the group of people who makes up the largest percentage of the population
in a country
any group of people who do not make up the largest percentage of the
population in a country
unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
all the knowledge and values shared by a society
identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits
as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions.

18. homogenous the quality of being uniform in kind or nature, all of the same or similar kind
or nature
19.ilegal immigrants migrants who enter a country without proper documents
20.immigration migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are
not a native in order to settle there)
21.interracial between, among, or involving people of different races
22.melting pot an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated
23.heritage practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
24.segregation a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
25.stereotype a generalized belief about a group of people
26.pariah a person who is rejected (from society or home)
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