English Flashcards

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What does isolation mean?

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Isolation
The process or fact of isolating or being isolated. (Being alone / apart from others.

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Define loneliness

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Sadness because one has no friends or company.

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Define racism

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Racism is the belief that people of some races are inferior to others, and the behaviour which is the result of this belief

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Define segregation

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The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.

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Define a nomad

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A person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or better living conditions.

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Define cyclical

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Occurring in cycles; recurrent.

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Define hierarchy

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A system in which members of an organisation or society are ranked according to relative status or authority.

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Define marginalisation

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Making people feel unimportant

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Define the American dream

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The ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved.

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Define the great depression

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A long and severe recession in an economy or market.

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Define the dust bowl

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An area of land where vegetation had been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded

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