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Black History Month Vocabulary Quiz

 

Directions: Match the vocabulary words on the left with the definitions on the right.

1. Integrity Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit.
2. Civil Rights Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
3. Racism An unjust or excessive exercise of power.
4. Abolitionist Physical or mental exertion, especially when difficult or exhausting; work.
5. Discrimination An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts.
6. Emancipation Violation of another's rights or of what is right; lack of justice.
7. Prejudice A preference or an inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment.
8. Heritage The policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public or commercial facilities, especially as a form of discrimination.
9. Oppression To speak, plead, or argue in favor of.
10. Equality The state or quality of being equal.
11. Advocate The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
12. Segregation A reformer who favors abolishing slavery.
13. Bias Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
14. Laborer The rights belonging to an individual by virtue of citizenship, including equal protection of the laws, and freedom from discrimination.
15. Injustice Freeing someone from the control of another.

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