USII.4b Vocab Review

Causing hardship on a minority group

• oppressive

• segregating

• corruption

• discrimination

dishonest behavior by those in power, typically involving bribery

• oppressive

• segregating

• corruption

• discrimination

the unjust treatment of people, based on race, age, gender or nationality

• oppressive

• segregating

• corruption

• discrimination

the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

• immigration

• segregation

• urbanization

• industrialization

the process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods (growth of industry)

• immigration

• mechanization

• urbanization

• industrialization

growth of cities; lots of people moving to the city

• immigration

• segregation

• urbanization

• industrialization

relating to the CITY or densely populated area

• suburban

• rural

• urban

• ghetto

relating to the COUNTRY or sparsely populated area

• suburban

• rural

• urban

• ghetto

a very poor area of a city; occupied by a minority group

• suburban

• rural

• urban

• ghetto

a run-down, overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city

• tenement

• rural

• urban

• ghetto