Keywords RS

Question 0

Prejudice

Answer 0

Judging a person before you know them based on a stereotype.

Question 1

Stereotype

Answer 1

a fixed idea or image of a group of people.

Question 2

Discrimination

Answer 2

Treating someone unfairly because of prejudice.

Question 3

Positive Discrimination

Answer 3

Treating a minority that is usually discriminated against with special favours.

Question 4

Racism

Answer 4

Prejudice or discrimination against someone on the grounds of ethnic origin.

Question 5

Sexism

Answer 5

Prejudice or discrimination against someone on the grounds of gender.

Question 6

Asylum Seeker

Answer 6

Someone seeking safety in another country.

Question 7

Equality

Answer 7

The belief that everyone should be treated the same.

Question 8

Diversity

Answer 8

The belief that everyone has the right to express their differences.

Question 9

Scapegoat

Answer 9

Someone who is blamed for things that may not be their fault.

Question 10

Segregation

Answer 10

Keeping different groups of people (e.g. ethnic groups) separate.

Question 11

‘Jim Crow’ laws

Answer 11

Laws in the southern states of America that discriminated against black people.

Question 12

Nonviolent direct action

Answer 12

Using means other than violence to challenge injustice directly (e.g. sit-ins, boycotts).

Question 13

Civil disobedience

Answer 13

Deliberately disobeying the law because it is unjust.

Question 14

Boycott

Answer 14

Refusing to buy or use something (e.g. public transport).

Question 15

Who is Rosa Parks?

Answer 15

Black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus in 1956.

Question 16

Who is Martin Luther King?

Answer 16

Leader of the black Civil Rights Movement in the United States; assasinated in 1968.