Black History Month Vocabulary Quiz

Choose the word that means:a tradition handed down from generation to generation.

• culture

• heritage

• diversity

Choose the correct spelling which means:The beliefs, social practices, and characteristics of a racial, religious, or social group.

• calture

• culter

• culture

• cutlere

What does the following word mean?advocate.

• someone who stands for peace and peaceful means to accomplish a goal.

• a person who believes in taking action (as a mass demonstration) for social justice

• to speak in favor of or to argue for

Which of the following is both a noun and also a verb?

• heritage

• culture

• riot

• abolish

A peaceful protest where a group of African Americans and pacifists would sit in the White section of a restaurant to protest against segregation.Choose the correct word:

• riot

• advocate

• civil rights

• sit-in

Which of the following is the opposite of segregation?

• diversity

• integration

• discrimination

• activist

Which is the meaning of discrimination?

• the beliefs, social practices, and characteristics of a racial, religious, or social group

• to get rid of

• unjust and unkind feelings towards a person or group of people

What does activist mean?

• a person who believes in taking action (as a mass demonstration) for social justice

• to speak in favor of or to argue for

• opposite of segregation, to accept as equals into society without barriers

• a tradition handed down from generation to generation

What is the meaning of :opposite of segregation, to accept as equals into society without barriers.

• civil rights

• culture

• integration

• heritage

In 1863 a movement and a secret mapped out path for slaves to secretly escape to the Northern states or Canada to obtain their freedom .

• sit-in

• pacifist

• Underground Railroad

• culture