Activism & Global Issues: Vocab Quiz

an international organization established in 1945 (at the end of WWII) to keep international peace and cooperation.

• The United Nations

• Refugee Rights

• Immigration Act

• World War II

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Refugees who have fled to a new country, having access to human rights such as food, water, shelter, and safety from harm.

• Socialism

• Democracy

• Refugee Rights

• Unprecedented

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

global issue, given that over 780 million people on earth do not have access to clean water or sanitation

• hunger

• access to clean water

• free speech

• racism

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Currently a major issue in the US-- our country has a high immigrant population, & there is constant debate about the laws, rights, & treatments of this population

• Black Lives Matter

• Sanitation Act

• Immigration in the US

• poverty

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Major changes in climate patterns over time due mainly to human actions (including deforestation, poaching, & pollution)

• Human Rights

• Clean Water

• seasonal changes

• Climate Change

"Globally, about 8.9% of the world's population — 690 million people — go to bed on an empty stomach each night." (according to https://www.worldvision.org/hunger-news-stories )

• United Nations

• Systematic Racism

• World Hunger

• Strategic Intervention

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Forms of racism & discrimination that have been built into systems or institutions (intentionally or unintentionally) over time.... for example, discrimination against minorities in the criminal justice or healthcare systems

• Systematic / Institutional Racism

• Indescribable

• United Nations

• Community Building

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

Basic rights that every human should be born with- including rights to freedom, equality, education, & the pursuit of happiness

• Under represented

• Human Rights

• Social Inequality

• Activists

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

A person who advocates, or stands up for, social change/social justice!

• Astronomist

• Geologist

• Economist

• Activist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

any issue that negatively affects the global community and environment... such as climate change, political crisis, social inequality and economic crisis.

• Activism

• Protest

• Hierarchy

• Global Issues

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D