Unit 5 Vocabulary

Question 1

without a name or other information that identifies who you are

Answer 1

anonymous

Question 2

a graphic image that represents a person online

Answer 2

avatar

Question 3

a person who is present but does not take part in what is happening

Answer 3

bystander

Question 4

knowledge collected from many people toward a common goal

Answer 4

collective intelligence

Question 5

a use in connection with a business, usually for profit

Answer 5

commercial purposes

Question 6

the effect of something that happened earlier

Answer 6

consequence

Question 7

a law that protects a creator’s ownership of and control over the work he or she creates, requiring other people to get the creator’s permission before they copy, share, or perform that work

Answer 7

copyright

Question 8

a kind of copyright that makes it easy for people to copy, share, and build on someone’s creative work - as long as they give the creator credit for it

Answer 8

creative commons

Question 9

standards by which you base a judgment

Answer 9

criteria

Question 10

the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature

Answer 10

cyber bullying

Question 11

to decrease or make less tense

Answer 11

de-escalate

Question 12

intentionally hurtful and harmful, designed to insult or degrade

Answer 12

derogatory

Question 13

navigating he digital world safely, responsibly, and ethically

Answer 13

digital citizenship

Question 14

electronic devices and media platforms such as computers, cell phones, video, the internet, and video games that allow users to create, communicate, and interact with one another or with the device or application itself

Answer 14

digital media

Question 15

achieving a desired goal or result

Answer 15

effective

Question 16

doing something in a way that saves you time and/or energy

Answer 16

efficient

Question 17

to increase or make more intense

Answer 17

escalate

Question 18

a set of principles and morals governing people’s behavior, including honesty and respect toward others

Answer 18

ethics

Question 19

to carefully examine something to figure out its value

Answer 19

evaluate

Question 20

the ability to use a small amount of someone’s creative work without permission, but only in certain ways

Answer 20

fair use

Question 21

to bother or pressure aggressively

Answer 21

harass

Question 22

making cruel, hostile, or negative statements about someone based on their race, religion, national origin, ability, age, gender, or sexual orientation

Answer 22

hate speech

Question 23

a type of crime in which your personal information is stolen and used for criminal activity

Answer 23

identity theft

Question 24

not proper; not okay for the situation

Answer 24

inappropriate

Question 25

careful or restrained about your actions or impulses

Answer 25

inhibited

Question 26

efforts to settle disputes made by someone who is not part of a situation

Answer 26

mediation

Question 27

a person who has malicious intent to hurt or damage someone; person who commits an illegal act

Answer 27

offender

Question 28

a set of principles and morals governing people's behavior as it relates to internet and digital devices

Answer 28

online ethics

Question 29

a chance for something to happen

Answer 29

opportunity

Question 30

an image and personality that you show to others

Answer 30

persona

Question 31

when people send you phony emails, pop-up messages, social media messages, texts, calls, or links to fake websites in order to hook you in to giving out your personal and financial information

Answer 31

phishing

Question 32

the state of being free from public attention

Answer 32

privacy

Question 33

a hidden or unsuspected problem or danger

Answer 33

pitfall

Question 34

creative work that's not protected by copyright and is therefore free for one to use however one wants

Answer 34

public domain

Question 35

to present a finished piece of work to the public

Answer 35

publish

Question 36

to depict yourself to others as being a certain way or having particular characteristics; to serve as a symbol of something

Answer 36

represent

Question 37

potentially harmful to one's emotional or physical well-being

Answer 37

risky

Question 38

a dishonest scheme; a fraud

Answer 38

scam

Question 39

a course of action designed to help you reach a specific goal or result

Answer 39

strategy

Question 40

a simplified and often negative assumption about a particular group of people

Answer 40

stereotype

Question 41

two or more things working together to produce something that each could not achieve separately

Answer 41

synergy

Question 42

a person who is the object of an intentional action

Answer 42

target

Question 43

accurate and dependable

Answer 43

trustworthy

Question 44

a person who supports and stand up for someone else

Answer 44

upstander

Question 45

in a position that makes it easier for you to be harmed or attacked

Answer 45

vulnerable

Question 46

a website created by a group that allows all users in a group to add or edit content

Answer 46

wiki