Key Vocab Flashcards

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What is Isolation?

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

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What is Loneliness?

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Sadness because no one has fno friends or company

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What is racism?

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The belief that people of some races are inferior to others, and the behaviour which isnthe result of this belief.

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What is segregation?

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The action or state of setting someone or something apart from ithers

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What does being Nomadic mean?

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

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What does cyclical mean?

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Occuring in cycles; reccurent

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What does Hierarchy mean?

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

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What does margilisation mean?

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To marganilize a group of people means to make them feel isolated and unimportant

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What is the American dream?

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The ideal by which equalitu of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspiratioms ajd goals to be achieved,

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What was the great depressiom?

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A long and severe recession in an economy or market.

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What was The dyst bowl?

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An area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded, especially because of drought or unsuitable farming practice.

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