Vocab

Question 1

Isolation

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Loneliness

Answer 2

Sadness because one has no friends or company

Question 3

Racism

Answer 3

Racism is the belief that people of some races are inferior to others, and the behaviour which is the result of this belief

Question 4

Segregation

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Nomadic

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Cyclical

Answer 6

Occurring in cycles; recurrent

Question 7

Hierarchy

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Marginalisation

Answer 8

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

Question 9

American Dream

Answer 9

The ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved

Question 10

The Great Depression

Answer 10

A long and severe recession in an economy or market

Question 11

The Dust Bowl

Answer 11

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