Unit 2 Vocabulary

5. generally one word that outlines the main idea(s) being explored in a text
6. native; birth or origin in a place or region
8. an area of land managed by a Native American tribe under the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
10. when members of a majority group adopt cultural elements of a minority group in an exploitative, disrespectful, or stereotypical way
11. compares two things without like or as
12. widely held but fixed idea or belief about a particular person or thing
16. the action of taking something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission
17. trauma that gets passed down from those who directly experience an incident to subsequent generations

1. the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
2. traumatic events affecting multiple family members, or collective trauma affecting larger community, cultural, racial, ethnic, or other groups/populations
3. uses like or as to compare two things
4. usually the moral lesson or message the author wants the reader to learn
7. usually expressed in one sentence and explains the moral lesson or message the author wants the reader to learn
9. the status of belonging to a nation
13. a social division based on social and economic status
14. a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group
15. state of being extremely poor