Vocab 2

Question 1

Achievement gap

Answer 1

a persistent disparity in academic performance between groups of students, such as those defined by race, gender, or socioeconomic status

Question 2

Androgynous

Answer 2

having both masculine and feminine characteristics, or presenting as neither male nor female

Question 3

Asexual

Answer 3

little or no sexual attraction to others

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society’s majority group or assimilates the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group whether fully or partially.

Question 5

Binary

Answer 5

The idea that there are only two genders

Question 6

Cisgender

Answer 6

denoting or relating to a person whose gender identity corresponds with the sex registered for them at birth; not transgender.

Question 7

Civil rights

Answer 7

protect you from unlawful discrimination, harassment, or abuse

Question 8

Colorblind

Answer 8

the belief that a person’s race or ethnicity should not influence their legal or social treatment in society.

Question 9

Couch surfing

Answer 9

to stay with a series of different friends or relatives, sleeping somewhere temporary such as a couch, because you do not have your own place to live

Question 10

Cultural capital

Answer 10

the social assets that help people navigate culture and move up in a stratified society

Question 11

Culturally responsive teaching

Answer 11

a bridge between home and school life, affirming of students’ history and culture, and. centering student voices and learning styles in all lessons and classroom experiences.

Question 12

Cultures

Answer 12

the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.

Question 13

Disability

Answer 13

a condition that makes it harder for a person to do certain activities or interact with the world around them.

Question 14

Ethnicity

Answer 14

a group of people who share a common culture, background, or experiences

Question 15

Evangelical

Answer 15

a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that puts primary emphasis on evangelizing and converting non-believers to their specific movement.

Question 16

Gender

Answer 16

Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity.

Question 17

Gender bending

Answer 17

a person who dresses up and presents themselves in a way that defies societal expectations of their gender, especially as the opposite sex

Question 18

Gender diverse

Answer 18

the extent to which a person’s gender identity, role, or expression differs from the cultural

Question 19

Gender expression

Answer 19

the external manifestation of one’s gender identity through behavior, clothing, hairstyles, voice, or body characteristics.

Question 20

Gender fluid

Answer 20

a person whose gender identity is not fixed and can change over time or depending on the situation

Question 21

Gender identity

Answer 21

each person’s internal and individual experience of gender.

Question 22

Gender nonconformist

Answer 22

when someone’s gender expression, role, or identity doesn’t match the gender norms for their assigned sex.

Question 23

Heterosexism

Answer 23

discrimination or prejudice against gay people on the assumption that heterosexuality is the normal sexual orientation.

Question 24

Indigenous

Answer 24

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native

Question 25

LGBTQ+

Answer 25

LGBTQ is an initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning

Question 26

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

Answer 26

a United States federal law that provides federal money for homeless shelter programs.

Question 27

Multilingual

Answer 27

in or using several languages.

Question 28

Naturalized citizens

Answer 28

a foreign national who has become a citizen of the United States after meeting certain requirements

Question 29

Nonbinary

Answer 29

an umbrella term for people who don’t identify as exclusively male or female

Question 30

Opportunity gaps

Answer 30

the way that uncontrollable life factors contribute to lower rates of success in educational achievement

Question 31

Pan-ethnic

Answer 31

a political neologism used to group various ethnic groups together based on their related cultural origins

Question 32

Pangender

Answer 32

identifying as many or infinite genders

Question 33

Plurilingual

Answer 33

the ability of a person who has competence in more than one language to switch between multiple languages depending on the situation for ease of communication

Question 34

Race

Answer 34

Race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society.

Question 35

Racism

Answer 35

prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.

Question 36

Refugees

Answer 36

a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

Question 37

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 37

process through which an originally false expectation leads to its own confirmation

Question 38

Sex

Answer 38

multidimensional biological construct that describes a person’s reproductive, hormonal, anatomical, and genetic characteristics.

Question 39

Sexual orientation

Answer 39

about who you’re attracted to and want to have relationships with

Question 40

Socialization

Answer 40

the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society.

Question 41

Socioeconomic status (SES)

Answer 41

ncompasses not only income but also educational attainment, occupational prestige, and subjective perceptions of social status and social class.

Question 42

Stereotypes

Answer 42

characteristics that society instinctively attributes to groups of people to classify them according to age, weight, occupation, skin colour, gender, etc

Question 43

Tracking

Answer 43

separates students within a school into different tracks based on their skills and abilities

Question 44

Transgender

Answer 44

persons whose gender identity, gender expression or behavior does not conform to that typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth

Question 45

Translanguaging

Answer 45

the practice of using multiple languages in a flexible way to communicate and make sense of the world