Essential Vocabulary - HUMANITIES Flashcards
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STATISTICIAN
A compiler of statistical data.
COSMOPOLITAN
Influenced by many countries or cultures.
STATISTICIAN
A compiler of statistical data
ANGLO-CELTIC
An inhabitant of Australia.
-whose ancestors were born in British isles, including England,Ireland,Scotland and Waves.
ASSIMILATION
Policy requiring immigrants to adopt the new country’s culture completely while giving up their own.
INTEGRATION
Immigrants to publicly adopt the new country’s culture while still being able to celebrate their own culture privately.
IMMIGRATION
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
MULTICULTRALISM
Recognising the right to celebrate any culture you choose..
- so long as long as you are not breaking the laws.
COMMUNISM
A system of government in which the state controls the economy
ASSISTED MIGRATION
Assisted colonisation or managed relocation.
PEN POUND POMS
British subjects who migrated to Australia after WW2
SNOWY MOUNTAINS SCHEME
Hypo electricity and irrigation complex in South East Australia.
FALL OF SAIGON
The capture of Saigon.
WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY
Australia’s previous approach to immigration which favoured applicants from certain countries.
XENOPHOBIC
Showing a dislike against people from other countries.
NATIONAL SERVICE
A period of compulsory service in the armed forces during peacetime.
NOTORIETY ASYLUM SEEKER
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PERMANENT RESIDENCY
Persons visa status
SOVEREIGN NATION
Governs itself independently of foreign powers.
PICKET
A group of people who try to persuade others from doing something.
SOUND BITE
A short extract from a recorded speech or interview.
VISA
Endorsement on a passport
ASYLUM SEEKER
A person who has left their own home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another.
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