Unit 2 Introduction Vocabulary - Grade 8, MyPerspectives

Which word means "to strengthen or support physically or mentally"?

• refuge

• sustain

• regime

• command

Which word refers to an authoritarian government?

• asylum

• tyrant

• regime

• oppressor

Which word means "safe" or "with shelter"?

• sustain

• endure

• runaway

• refuge

What do we call a person who has escaped, or is hiding from arrest or persecution?

• fugitive

• oppressor

• detainee

• persecutor

What do we call someone who exercises harsh authority?

• escapee

• mean

• oppressor

• dominion

Match the following

• runaway, escapee

• oppressor

• asylum. sanctuary

• refuge

• persecutor, tyrant

• sustain

• command, dominion

• fugitive

• endure, assist

• regime