English Flashcards
What is isolation?
The process or fact of isolating or being isolated. (Being alone / apart from others).
What is Loneliness?
Sadness because one has no friends or company.
What is Racism?
Racism is the belief that people of some races are inferior to others, and the behaviour which is the result of this belief.
What is segregation?
The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
What is Nomadic?
A person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or better living conditions.
What is the meaning of cyclical?
Occurring in cycles; recurrent.
What is a hierarchy?
A system in which members of an organisation or society are ranked according to relative status or authority.
What is marginalisation?
To marginalize a group of people means to make them feel isolated and inimportant.
What is the American dream?
The ideal b which equality of opportunity is avaiable to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achived.
What is the great depression?
A long and severe recession in an economy or market.
What is the dust bowl?
An area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded, especially because of drought or unsuitable farming practice.
