Key Vocablury For End Of Year Exams Year 8 Flashcards
What does Isolation mean?
The process or fact of isolating or being isolated. (Being alone / apart
from others.
What does Loneliness mean?
Sadness because one has no friends or company.
What does Racism mean?
Racism is the belief that people of some races are inferior to others, and
the behaviour which is the result of this belief.
What does Segregation mean?
The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
What does Nomadic mean?
A person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or
better living conditions.
What does Cyclical mean?
Occurring in cycles; recurrent.
What does Hierarchy meam?
A system in which members of an organisation or society are ranked
according to relative status or authority.
What does Marginalisation mean?
To marginalize a group of people means to make them feel isolated and
unimportant.
What does American Dream mean?
The ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American,
allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved.
What does the great depression mean?
A long and severe recession in an economy or market.
What does The Dust Bowl mean?
An area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust
and eroded, especially because of drought or unsuitable farming
practice.
