Esperanza Rising
Farming and Markets
UDHR
Vocab I
Vocab II
100

The name of Hortensia's husband and Miguel's father

Alfonso 

100

A word that means to trade and negotiate goods and services with others

Barter

100

Article 3

The right to life

100

To gush or poured out in a chaotic way

Spew

100

Speak to in an unkind or angry way

Scorn

200

What Esperanza's mama made the young peasant girl on the train

A yarn doll

200

A synonym for "money" which is used to exchange goods and services

Currency

200

Article 23

The right to work

200

Torn or shredded clothing

Tatters

200

Dull; the same thing happening over and over again

Monotonous

300

Why Esperanza's family and servants brought guavas with them on their wagon trip to Zacatecas

To disguise themselves as farmers taking fruit to the market

300

A term for when everyone in the community shared farming duties and crops

Communal farming

300

Article 17

The right to own property

300

An outlaw or rebel

Renegade

300

Noisy in a violent or crazy way

Blustery

400

The main difference between Esperanza's family's first train ride from Zacatecas, and the second

They rode "first class" the first time. The second time, they were surrounded by peasants. 

400

A term that means to take care of one's own needs, particularly in relation to farming

Self-sufficient

400

Article 2

The right to be treated without discrimination

400

To show love or affection to someone, especially a parent showing love to a child

Dote

400

To make a choppy, spitting sound

Sputter

500

Why Mama scolded Esperanza on the train

Esperanza was being disrespectful to the peasants.

500

A term for farming a specific crop that one can later trade for other necessities 

Specialized farming

500
Why the United Nations created the UDHR

So that the crimes and atrocities of World War II would never be repeated

500

To do something in a way that shows you don't want to do it

Reluctantly

500

To move in an unsteady motion going up and down, like waves

Undulate

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