"Reach for the Stars" Vocabulary Quiz

Which word means "hard time or misfortune"?

• adversity

• segregation

• discrimination

Which word means "an idea or belief people have about a person based on how they look on the outside"?

• adversity

• stereotype

• discrimination

Which word means "a person or group of people treated unfairly compared to others"?

• adversity

• stereotype

• discrimination

Which word means "the practice or policy of separating a race, class, or group form the rest of society"?

• adversity

• segregation

• discrimination

Match the following

• trajectory

• the positions or path followed by an object moving through space

• astronaut

• the area that contains the entire universe beyond Earth

• space

• a person who travels beyond the Earth's atmosphere

Match the following

• contribution

• the part played by a person or thing in bringing about a result or helping something to advance

• research

• someone who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress

• pioneer

• the study and investigation for the purpose of discovering and explaining new information

Taylor Swift received an award recognizing her ​ (a)   to the music industry.

• contribution
• stereotype
• trajectory

A common ​ (a)   of people in Louisiana is that they all love to eat crawfish.

• stereotype
• discrimination
• contribution

Katherine Coleman Johnson faced ​ (a)   because she was a black woman who wanted to be a mathematician.​

• discrimination
• contribution
• trajectory

Put these words in alphabetical order

• astronaut

• space

• pioneer

• segregation

• adversity