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GLOSSARY civil rights movement—an effort made forester—a person who is an expert in LGBTQ+—abbreviation for lesbian,
the science of planting and caring for
gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and
by Black people and their supporters to
eliminate segregation and gain equal
rights for everyone, using such tactics trees and forests others
as boycotts, marches and protests fossil fuels—nonrenewable fuels, such militant—someone who is combative
as coal, oil or natural gas, that come and aggressive in support of a cause
civil war—a conflict that takes place from the breakdown of the remains of
between different groups in the same plants or animals Nazi—member of the National Socialist
acquitted—declared not guilty of a crime German Workers Party, which
country
activist—a person who works toward climate change—major changes in free speech—the right to express infor- promoted dictatorial, racist policies
mation and ideas without government
and was led by Adolf Hitler
political or social change
weather patterns (temperature, interference
advocate—to support and speak in precipitation, etc.) brought about by hard-line—to deal with something in a pandemic—a disease outbreak that
occurs over a large geographic area,
favor of a group or movement (verb); human activity firm way and refuse to change such as a whole country or the world,
someone who advocates (noun)
depression—an illness that causes a and affects a high proportion of the
AIDS—abbreviation for acquired person to feel persistent deep sadness, hippie—a term from the 1960s for a population
young person who is unconventional
immune deficiency syndrome, a apathy, restlessness, irritability and/ in dress and behavior and believes in persecuted—harassed or punished
disease caused by the long-term pres- or many other emotions, usually for living a life based on peace and love unfairly, often for being perceived as
ence of a virus that makes a person’s no apparent reason different
body unable to protect itself from diabetes—a disease caused by a person HIV—abbreviation for human immuno-
other diseases deficiency virus, the virus that attacks plantation—a large farm or estate
being unable to produce or use insulin,
apartheid—a policy in South Africa that a chemical that helps people’s bodies the immune system and makes it where crops such as cotton or rubber
are grown for sale
harder for someone to fight off infec-
divided people by race and discrimi- use sugar properly tions. Untreated, it can lead to AIDS.
nated against nonwhites poaching—the illegal capturing, hunting
discrimination—unjust treatment of
Asperger’s syndrome—a mild autism people based on such characteristics Indigenous Peoples—the first or orig- or killing of animals
inal inhabitants of an area, including
spectrum disorder. People with it may as their sex, race or age First Nations people in Canada and polio—a disease that damages the
have trouble with nonverbal commu- ecology—the science that studies the United States, and Aboriginal nervous system and can cause paral-
nication and have poor social skills. ysis (the full name is poliomyelitis)
how living things—plants, animals Australians
autism spectrum disorder (ASD)—a and people—interact with their landmine—explosive device that’s prosecute—take legal action against a
disorder in which people have difficul- environment hidden underground and is set off by person
ties in learning words and interacting environment—all the plants, animals, pressure, such as people walking or
with other people psychology—the science of behavior,
buildings, etc. that surround a living vehicles driving over it mental processes and the mind
boycott—refusal to buy items or have thing and affect how it grows landslide—a huge majority of votes for
dealings with a place or organization exiled—being away or restricted from one political party racism—the belief that one race is
in order to protest or create change superior or inferior to another
a certain place, often for political
reasons
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