| Term | Definition |
|---|
| protest | to come together to publicly express disapproval or opposition to something |
| civil rights movement | a group of people who share the same ideas that there are rights that every person should have, such as the right to vote or to be treated fairly by the law, whatever their sex, race, or religion |
| segregation | when people of different races, sexes, or religions are kept apart so that they live, work, or study separately |
| counterculture | the art, beliefs, behaviour etc of people who are against the usual or accepted behaviour, art etc of society |
| contribute to | give money, help, ideas etc to something that a lot of other people are also involved in |
| discrimination | the practice of treating one person or group differently from another in an unfair way |
| freedom of speech | to have the freedom to say whatever you think or believe in in public |
| leadership | the position of being the leader of a group, organization, country etc |
| ban | o say that something must not be done, seen, used, legally forbid |
| draft | a system in which people are ordered to join the army, navy etc, especially during a war |
| regime | a government, especially one that was not elected fairly or that you disapprove of for some other reason |
| sacrifice | when you decide not to have something valuable, in order to get something that is more important |
| repression, repressive | cruel and severe control of a large group of people & someone or something that does that |
| unemployment | the number of people in a particular country or area who cannot get a job |
| standard of living | the level of comfort and the amount of money that people have |
| strike | a period of time when a group of workers deliberately stop working because of a disagreement about pay, working conditions etc |
| demonstration | an event at which a large group of people meet to protest or to support something in public |
| riot | a situation in which a large crowd of people are behaving in a violent and uncontrolled way, especially when they are protesting about something |
| march | an organized event in which many people walk together to express their ideas or protest about something |
| public nudity | protesters either go totally naked, or show a part of body not conventionally exposed in public such as female breasts |
| sit-in | a type of protest in which people refuse to leave the place where they work or study until their demands are agreed to |
| die-in | a form of protest where participants simulate being dead (with varying degrees of realism) |
| petition | a written request signed by a lot of people, asking someone in authority to do something or change something |
| vigil | a silent protest in which people wait outside a building, especially during the night |
| individual | belonging to or intended for one person rather than a group |
| act of resistance | when you do something in refusal to accept certain ideas or changes |
| vocal | expressing strong opinions publicly, especially about things that you disagree with (adjective) |
| accompany | go somewhere with someone |
| justification | a good and acceptable reason for doing something |
| commit genocide | to deliberately murder a whole group or race of people |
| function | to work in the correct or intended way |
| unannounced | happening without anyone expecting or knowing about it |
| plentiful | more than enough in quantity |
| solidarity | loyalty and general agreement between all the people in a group, or between different groups because they all have a shared aim |
| call for | ask publicly for something to be done; need or deserve a particular type of behaviour or treatment |
| prompt | to make someone decide to do something, to make people say or do something as a reaction |
| compromise | an agreement that is achieved after everyone involved accepts less than what they wanted at first, or the act of making this agreement |
| spontaneous | has not been planned or organized, but happens by itself, or because you suddenly feel you want to do it |
| fuel (e. g.) anger | make something, especially something bad, increase or become stronger |
| rationale | the reasons for a decision, belief etc |
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