A | B |
Under-representation | there aren't enough people with a specific characteristic shown in a distinct way or place |
Unrepresented | there is no one with a specific characteristic shown in a distinct way or place |
Discrimination | unjust or prejudiced treatment of someone based on a specific trait or characteristic |
Prejudice | to judge someone before you know them based on a specific trait or characteristic |
Integration | to combine people with different traits/characteristics into one group; to bring together |
Petition | to make a formal request (usually in writing) asking for a specific change |
Ratify | to approve |
Resilience | the ability to keep trying; not giving up |
Suffrage | the right to vote |
Treaty | a formal agreement; a contract between nations |
Reform | to make a change |
Immigration | to come into a country |
Migration | the movement of people |
Emigration | to exit a country |
Race | a physical trait based on skin color |
Ethnicity | the cultural identity of a person |
Motivations | the reasons for doing something |
Plantations | Plantations |
Sharecropping | small farms where the farmer did not own the land; they paid a portion of the crops instead of rent |
Reservations | an area of land assigned to Indigenous tribes as a permanent homeland; usually limited in size and/or resources |