"The Woman in the Snow" & "Rosa Parks" Vocabulary

Authority means that
someone has

• pity for others.
• power over others. 
• patience with others.
• anger toward others.

A boycott is a way to

• provide transportation for
  a community.
• reach an important
  decision by taking a vote.
• begin a project by
  gathering ideas from
  people in the community.
• punish an organization
  by refusing to use its
  products or services. 

Compassion means

• pity. 
• waste.
• desire.
• weakness.

Desperately means

• deeply.
• carefully.
• frantically. 
• comfortably.

Discrimination means

• unkind statements that
  are not true.
• disagreement about a
  particular issue.
• bad behavior that disturbs
  other people.
• unfair treatment of a
  particular group of
  people. 

Persistent means that
something is

• unsafe.
• unreliable.
• unfortunate.
• unchanging. 

To provoke people means to

• force them to act. 
• face them in battle.
• protect them from harm.
• prepare them for
  challenges.

Segregation is the act of

• sharing.
• scaring.
• satisfying.
• separating. 

"Her simple act galvanized America's civil rights revolution." 
In the above subtitle, what does "galvanized" mean?

• forced
• strengthened
• wrote
• declined

'Parks was not only above moral reproach (securely married, reasonably employed) but possessed a quiet fortitude as well as political savvy."
Which choice best paraphrases the above sentence?

• Parks had some moral problems, but had a quiet house and was involved in politics.
• Parks approached the right morals but was quiet and not motivated in politics.
• Parks did not have "above the line" values, but she was respectful and political.
• Parks had good morals with a stable marriage and job and was quiet and smooth in politics.