Defenetions

1. Affluence = wealth.

Abu Dhabi is an example of an affluent society.

The opposite of affluence is poverty.

2. Ethnicity = culture, origin, background, traditions, way of life, customs.

The ethnic diversity in the UAE is abundant.

3. Ability = power, faculty, capacity, capability, facility.

Example: God blessed all human beings with the ability to think.

4. Diversity = variety, assortment, multiplicity, range, mixture.

Cultural diversity is a big part of metropolitan cities.

5. Assimilation = absorption, incorporation, digestion, ingestion, inculcation.

It’s easier for children to assimilate information than adults can.

6. Demographics = study of population.

Population demographics in the UAE are changing as people have started moving to rural areas as opposed to the big cities.

7. religion = beliefs and worship.

Religion is a spiritual belief in a higher being than yourself.

8. race = ethnic group, nation, tribe.

Race differs across different regions in the world.

9. multiculturalism = variety of cultures.

Multiculturalism can be seen throughout the world now as the ability to relocate abroad has become cheaper than it was a decade ago.

10. personality = characteristics making somebody appealing.

A person's personality defines their behavior in society.

11. prejudice = bias.

Negative prejudice surrounds the middle east and central asia since the terrorist attack on 9/11.

12. Acculturation = the mixing of different cultures.

It means different cultures borrowing from each other.

13. Bias = prejudice.

Political bias has been a feature of the mass media since its birth with the invention of the printing press.

14. Discrimination = treating people differently through prejudice.

Martin lutherking and Malcom X fought discrimination in the USA against African Americans.

15. Fringe = any border or edging.

Hippies and anti-Vietnam War protesters were a group of people who lived on the fringe of society in the 1960s.

16. Population = the number of people.

Population worldwide is increasing daily.

17.Stereotyping = to categorize individuals or groups according to an oversimplified standardized image or idea.

An example of stereotyping that Westerners had an image that all Muslims are terrorists.

18. Gender = sex.

There are two genders, male and female.

19. Resistance = against something.

Dictators show resistance against democracy.

20. Advantage = having the upper hand at something.

Having a good poker face is always an advantage in confusing others.

21. Racism = being against anything different from yourself such as; skin color, ethnicity or religion.

There is a lot of racism against Muslims nowadays.

22.Ethics = knowing the difference between what is acceptable and what is not.

An example if ethical behavior is acting in an environmentally  friendly way.

23. Productivity = being efficient in producing something.

People’s productivity is highest before lunch time.

24. Behaviour = the way a person behaves with others.

An adult’s behavior is based on how they were raised as children.

25. Belief = Blind trust in something.

Religion is a belief in a higher being than yourself.

26. Majority = a way of saying something is more than 50%.

Majority of voters elected Obama as the president of the United States.

27. Income = the money that a person makes in a Specific Period.

The monthly income differs from one to another. 

28. Adverse = bad, harmful.

We didn't travel to Egypt this year because of the adverse political conditions they have.

29. Values = beliefs.

I value my religion very highly.

30. Traditions = habits could act that shows the place someone was raised in.

Camel racing is considered one of the biggest UAE’s traditions.

31. Generation = people born in a certain era or time period.

Baby boomers is a generation born after world war II and were raised up to the year of 1964.

32. Sensitivity = is being emotional and more aware of others feelings.

She’s sensitive when it comes to blonde jokes about her “blonde” hair.

33. Slang = informal version of a language.

‘Wassup bro”.

34. Ethnocentrism = its perspective from your own background.

Pakistan and India are very ethnocentric about each other’s culture although they are very similar.

35. Stratification = a firm division between sects.

The state laws in the US are severely stratified between different states in the country.

36. Socio-cultural = relating to society & culture.

Picasso's socio-cultural perspective was anti-war.

37. Resident = the place that a person lives in.

Getting a UAE resident visa has been hard for Egyptians recently.

38. Poverty = being poor to the point that won’t have money to buy or get food.

Somaliland has been struggling with poverty for a long period.

39. Nationality = the status of belonging to a particular nation by origin, birth, or naturalization.

It’s easier to change nationality nowadays than it was 60 years ago.

40. Minority = it’s the qualitative way to say less than 50% .

Minority is the opposite of majority.

41. Class = group.

Taxes are based on different classes of society’s income (USA).

42. Globalization = when barriers between countries are fading .

Pizza has become an international dish.

43. Virtual = thing that you cannot physically touch or feel.

Dreams are virtual.

44. Barriers = limits, boundaries.

There are very limited barriers to set up a business in the UAE.