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Literacy Terms
Quiz Time
100
segragation
What is the forced separation from others?
100
retroactive
What is influencing what has already happened? Example- Rosa have to pay 11 years worth of poll taxes.
100
Anyone the driver chose
Who sat in the middle 16 seats on city buses?
100
conflict
What is another word for problem?
100
White Americans
Who could sit in the front section of city buses?
200
caucasians
What is another name for white Americans?
200
registration
What is the act of signing up on a list or record?
200
She refused to give up her bus seat to a white American.
What is Rosa Parks famous for?
200
Exposition
What is the beginning of a story referred to as? This is when the setting and characters are introduced.
200
3 times
What is the number of times Rosa had to register before she was given the chance to vote?
300
literacy
What is the ability to read and write?
300
attorney
What is another name for a lawyer?
300
Poll Tax
What is the tax that voters had to pay in order to vote?
300
climax
What is the part of the story that is most exciting?
300
She got on the front of the bus and walked to the back. When he asked her to get off and enter in the back she questioned him.
Why did the "mean" bus drive threaten Rosa?
400
intimidation
What is causing fear in others based upon your actions?
400
Voting Poll
What is the place where people go to vote?
400
They just wanted to get where they were going without problems.
What is the reason other African Americans didn't stand up for Rosa when she was asked to leave the bus by the "mean" bus driver?
400
author's purpose
What is the reason that an author write a piece of work?
400
Reading and writing
What skills does a literacy test check?
500
racism
What is a hatred toward a group of people?
500
Courthouse
What is the building in which courts of law are held?
500
Check with teacher.
What are three ways white Americans tried to keep African Americans from voting?
500
point of view
What is the position from which the author tells a story?
500
She never received her voting certificate in the mail.
What happened to Rosa the first time she registered to vote?