"Danger of a Single Story" and "Two Kinds" Flashcards

1
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Susceptible, Gullible

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Impressionable

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2
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Normal, Ordinary

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Conventional

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3
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Household, Owned

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Domestic

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4
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Palm tree native to Madagascar, leaves are used to make baskets and hats

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Rafia

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5
Q

Condescend, Belittle

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Patronize

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6
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Puzzling, Baffling

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Incomprehensible

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7
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Poet known for tales on soldiers in British Colonies

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Rudyard Kipling

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8
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Truthfulness, Accuracy

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Authenticity

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9
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Cheat, Swindle

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Fleece

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10
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Horrible, Extreme

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Abject

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11
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Strip, Deprive

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Dispossess

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12
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Portion, Share

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Ration

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13
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Assumptions, Expectation

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Stereotypes

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14
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Film industry of Nigeria

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Nollywood

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15
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Inventive, New

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Innovative

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16
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Modernizing, Fixing

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Refurbishing

17
Q

Evil, Harmful

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Malign

18
Q

American Actress who became the ambassador for Ghana and Czechoslovakia

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Shirley Temple

19
Q

Historic Hispanic neighborhood of San Francisco centered around a church

A

Mission District

20
Q

Short female haircut

A

Peter Pan

21
Q

Shameful, Humiliation

A

Indignity

22
Q

Scold, Criticize

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Reproach

23
Q

Capital of Kenya

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Nairobi

24
Q

King who made peace between Israel and Judah

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Jehoshaphat

25
Q

Signal that warns of fog

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Foghorns

26
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Variety talk show of the 50’s

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Ed Sullivan Show

27
Q

Amaze, astonish

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Mesmerize

28
Q

Famous deaf composer

A

Beethoven

29
Q

Daydream, Fantasy

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Reverie

30
Q

Disagree, Differing

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Discordant