Immigration Vocabulary | Figurative Language | A Growing New World | A "New World" of Opportunity | MLK |
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What is an immigrant?
A person who moves from one nation to another nation to live permanently.
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What is a metaphor?
Comparing two things without using the words "like" or "as".
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What is the East?
Many immigrants move from nations in the ________ to countries in the Western Hemisphere.
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What is a potato famine?
What caused a wave of immigration in Ireland during the 1840s?
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Who is Rosa Parks?
Who refused to get out of their bus seat for a white passenger?
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What is a migrant?
A person who moves within a country from one place to another for better living conditions.
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What is personification?
Giving lifelike qualities to something that is not living.
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What is the United States of America?
What country has a larger population of immigrants than any other nation in the world?
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What is railroads?
What were American companies building that required them to hire many immigrants from China?
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What is a boycott?
To refuse to buy something or use a service out of protest.
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What is a wave?
A _______ of immigration happens when a situation or event inspires many people to move from one place to another.
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What is alliteration?
Repeating the same beginning sound over and over.
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What is California?
What state in the US has the highest number of immigrants?
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To practice their religion freely.
In the 1840s, why did members of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints migrate?
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What is Alabama?
What state did Martin Luther King live in?
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What is a melting pot?
A place where many cultures and different types of people come together and combine as a cohesive whole.
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What is an idiom?
Name this type of figurative language:
"I was so tired after school today. I went home and immediately hit the sack." |
(Answers vary)
Name one push factor and one pull factor for immigrants.
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What is the gold rush?
What caused a rush of migration to California?
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What is the TV?
The invention of the ________ made it possible for MLK to reach millions of Americans with his speeches at one time.
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What is the land rush?
The ________ was when migrants traveled cross country to claim land for ranches and farms.
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What is a metaphor?
Name this type of figurative language:
"That girl is an early bird. She's up hours before my alarm is set!" |
What is New York, New Jersey, Florida and Nevada.
Name one state besides California that has a high population of immigrants.
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What are the Europeans?
Who were the first group of immigrants to America? (continent)
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What is segregation?
Legally separating people on the basis of skin color.
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