ACS VOCABULARY:  

RACISM = POWER + NEGATIVE ATTITUDE

AFRICVILLE:

1.  genocide = killing of an ethnic group of people

2.  urban renewal = city renewal

3.  indigenous people = original people

4.  racial profiling = looking for characteristics that are common in a group of people

5.  prejudiced = holding an already formed judgment considered to be negative.

6.  racism = holding one race higher than another.

7.  peasant = a poor landless person.

8.  ethnic = relating to certain group of people.

9. expropriate = when government takes the land away from someone

10.  abattoir = slaughterhouse

VIOLA DESMOND

1. Nullify = to reduce to zero
2. Infer = to make an educated guess, to read between the lines
3. Inference = the noun of infer (see above)
4. Lynch = to hang without a trial
5. Vigilante = one who takes the law into one’s own hands
6. Demeaning = belittling,
7. Matron = a strong female leader in a school or institution.
8. work ethic = the belief one holds about the value of work.
9. defraud = to steal money (rip off)

SKIN COLOUR

1. Melanin - chemical found in the skin to darken skin

2. Hunker - to stay in one place

3. Anthropologist - studies differences in humans.

4. Savanna – open grassland located in Africa

5. Folate (folic acid) – a vitamin (B complex)

6. Neural tube defect- destruction of the nervous system during development. 

7. Solarium- room with lots of sunlight

8. Fetus- unborn child

9. Palate- hard/ soft part of the upper mouth i.e. roof of the mouth.

10. Gastrointestinal- the system of the stomach and intestines that breaks down and takes the good parts out of food and removes waste.

11. Biochemist- a person who studies the chemistry of the human body

12. Osteomalacia – softening of the bone.

13. Shroud- a cloth or sheet that is used to cover a dead body.

14. Trans-continental- across a continent i.e. the trans-continental railway traveled the width of North American.

15. Migration- to leave one area for another.

VOCABULARY TO THE  POWER OF ONE

Township = areas like reserves in South Africa, only people were forced to live there if they belonged to a specified ethnic group.

Shantytown = a collection of shacks used as homes

Apartheid = a policy of segregation in South Africa

Segregation = forced apart

Afrikaner = A white South African who has Dutch heritage.

Nationalist Party = the ruling party in South Africa that brought in the Apartheid system.

Roeneck = red neck

Shaman = medicine man

Pisskopf = piss head

Cactus, cacti = type of plant that likes the heat

Heil Hitler = hail Hitler

Kaffir = the n-word in South Africa

Tutelage = guidance, instruction

Little defeat big when little is smart, first with the head, then with the heart.

Geel Peet was degraded = humiliated, made to feel like an animal.

Ideology = belief system

Inclusion = to include, make a part of the group.

Exclusion = to exclude, to keep out of the group.

Homelands = the areas in South Africa reserved for specific tribes and ethnic groups.

Regime = the ruling government

Oppression = prevented from being totally free.

Vocabulary from "Mediba: Nelson Mandela"

CIA = Central Intelligence Agency

Arrogant = some thinking they are better than others.

Boycott = to refuse to purchase from a specified store or group of people.

Revelation = something made clear and visible to you.

Epiphany = the "uh-ha" moment that Oprah talks about.  A flash in which all is made clear and understandable.

Sabotage = to cause destruction in a secret way against a ruling group.

Petrified = scared stiff

ANC = African National Congress, the party that Nelson Mandela led.

Passive Resistance = to resist the authorities without fighting, and by staying peaceful.

PYGMIES

Monogamy = having one spouse

Polygamy = having more than one spouse

Acquiesce = to give in

biggest Quarry = biggest catch

Preclude = to exclude something before you even start to select.

Spoils = winnings (usually in a war, but not always)

great reverence = great honour

botany (botanical) = the study of plants

without fanfare   = without lots of music, dance and celebration

vital place = a place that is important to sustain life

bone marrow = the white flesh inside the bone

canopy = the collection of tree tops that provides shade for the forrest.

ridicule with impunity = to make fun of without fear of being caught or taken to task for it.

CLASS VOCABULARY

1. Coup d’etat = an overthrow of the government, usually by a military wing.

AFRICA: A HISTORY DENIED

1.  cistern = usually a stone reservoir to preserve water

2.  sultan = an Arabic ruler.

3.  Zanzibar = an island off the coast of Tanzania and Kenya

4.  Hose of Wonders = an expensive palace given by the English to the sutlann on Zanzibar to keep the Swahili out of power.  (from Africa: a history denied.)

5.  Queen of Sheba and King Solomon =  Two people from the bible.

6.  Swahili = a cultural group of people on the east coast of Africa.

VOCABULARY:  FOCUS ON AFRICA

1.     oral tradition = passing on information by word of mouth.

2.     griot = the oral historian of the village or tribe.

3.     archaeology = study of artefacts.

4.     botany = study of plants

5.     linguistics = study of language development.

6.     savanna = open grassland

7.     desertification = turning into a desert.

8.     oasis = a pool of water in the desert surrounded by palms.

9.     trade language = a mixture of languages used for trading.

10. sedentary = living in one place.

11. pharaoh = ruler of ancient Egypt

12. hieroglyph = holy writing.

13. syncretism = blending of two belief systems (or more).

14. divine kingship = rule with permission from god.

15.   Bedouin = nomad of the desert

16.   BC = Before Christ

17.   AD = Anno Domini

18.   BCE = Before the Common Era

VOCABULARY: ISLAM 

Islam = submit or surrender to God

Interrogation = questioning

Affront = serious insult

Impaled = stuck on a pole

Succumb = to give in, surrender

Abhorrence = hatred

Via = through

VOCABULARY : JESUS

Prophet = one who sees the future with god’s help.

Exorbitant =  costing much more than is usual

Manifestation = becoming visible

Betrothed = oath given to wed someone.

Chronology = following the order of time

Unanimous = all agree

Extirpation = removal, (killing is meant here)

Evangelist = a preacher of the gospel.

Disciples = followers

Raiment = clothing

Inculcate = to teach by frequent repetition.

Exalted = elevated in rank or power,

Discourse = a talk, speech

Intercessory = praying for another person

Depository = a place where something is put for safe. keeping.

Mockery = making fun of someone.

Salutation = greeting

Filial = brotherly

Rent (verb) = broken

Proselytize = to try to convert to a religion

ROOTS

1.     Exorbitant = very high, costly

2.     okeu = wrestler

1.     chattel = property that can walk.

2.     One Drop Rule = one drop of black blood makes a white person black.

3.     hold of a ship = the bottom of a boat for cargo.

4.     dysentery = diarrhoea and blood loss leading to death.

5.     jettison = to throw away cargo or parts of a unit

6.     sustenance = food

7.     impending disaster = unavoidable disaster

8.       mutinous = rebellious

9.       mortality = dealing with death.

10.    abolition = to do away with.

Eastern Slave Trade = slave trade between Arabia and Africa

Atlantic Slave Trade = slave trade between Africa and America

Sling = a weapon made from strings and a leather patch in the middle used for throwing rocks.

Foto  = penis

kamby bilango = river

koa = fiddle

kizzy = stay put

Kitango = overseer of the rituals for becoming a man.

Tubab = negative term for “white man”

Cull = to cut back

Avarice = greed

Fornication = to have sex outside of marriage

Swoon = to faint

Pica ninny = negative term for black children

GLORY

Rebs = rebels (from the south), grey uniforms,

Yankees = from the north, navy blue uniforms.

Contraband = smuggled goods,

Summarily shot = shot without trial, on the spot

Servile insurrection = slave revolt

Characters in the movie "Glory"

1. Curt – Washington

2. Seargent – Freeman

3. Robert G. Shaw –

4. Squirrel

5. Thomas

6. Major Forbes

Martin and Malcolm

Passive resistance = making a stand while sitting down, not fighting back, but not doing what the "law" wants.

Orators = speakers