Key Vocab Flashcards
What is Isolation?
The process or fact of isolating or being isolated. (Being alone/ apart from others)
What is Loneliness?
Sadness because no one has fno friends or company
What is racism?
The belief that people of some races are inferior to others, and the behaviour which isnthe result of this belief.
What is segregation?
The action or state of setting someone or something apart from ithers
What does being Nomadic mean?
A person who moves from on place to another in order to find work or better living conditions.
What does cyclical mean?
Occuring in cycles; reccurent
What does Hierarchy mean?
A system in which members of an organisation or society are ranked according to relative status or auhtority.
What does margilisation mean?
To marganilize a group of people means to make them feel isolated and unimportant
What is the American dream?
The ideal by which equalitu of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspiratioms ajd goals to be achieved,
What was the great depressiom?
A long and severe recession in an economy or market.
What was The dyst 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.
