"The Migrant Experience" Vocabulary & Author Quiz

What does the term "Ethnographic" relate to?

• The process of making a negative situation worse

• The scientific description of peoples and cultures with their customs, habits, and mutual differences

• A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people

• Being used to something being the way it is

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the definition of "Exacerbate"?

• To gradually wear away

• To be lacking in quality or quantity

• To make a negative situation worse

• To encourage or assist to do something wrong

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which term describes a person who has been forced to leave their country to escape a natural disaster?

• Tenant

• Refugee

• Exaggerated

• Abetted

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does "Tenuous" mean?

• Having little substance or strength

• Being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary

• To be used to something being the way it is

• To encourage or assist to do something wrong

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The "Dust Bowl" refers to an area affected by severe soil erosion in the early 1930s. Which states were part of the Dust Bowl?

• Oklahoma, Kansas, and northern Texas

• Oklahoma, Kansas, and southern Texas

• Oklahoma, Nebraska, and northern Texas

• Oklahoma, Nebraska, and southern Texas

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What does the term "Ethnocentric" mean?

• A belief in the equality of all cultures

• Evaluating other peoples and cultures according to the standards of one's own culture

• The study of different ethnic groups

• A type of government system

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is a "Stereotype"?

• A type of music genre

• A scientific method for classifying species

• A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing

• A new technology in virtual reality

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

What does "Universal" imply?

• Unique to a particular region

• Common everywhere

• Restricted to the universe

• A type of language

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the meaning of "Tenacity"?

• The ability to stretch and bend without breaking

• The quality displayed by someone who just won't quit — who keeps trying until they reach their goal

• A type of legal document

• The state of being held in low esteem

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does "Solidarity" refer to?

• A type of building material

• A legal agreement between two parties

• An awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes

• The state of being alone or isolated

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4