Characters
Figurative Language
Immigration
Translations
Vocabulary
100
Little brother who volunteers to seek permission for his sister to attend the school dance.
Who is Nurzhan?
100
Compares two things using the words “like” and “as.”
What is simile?
100
Website in which an immigrant would go to learn how to apply for citizenship.
What is United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)?
100
The French term for baby.
What is bebe'?
100
When governments grant people full citizenship.
What is naturalize?
200
The Kazakhstan family's surname.
What is Alazova?
200
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas.
What is personification?
200
During the Duvalier reign most Haitians fled to these two countries.
What is France & US?
200
A Russian phrase that means No.
What is nyet?
200
The harsh treatment of other, often due to race or religion.
What is persecution?
300
The former Navy seaman who sponsored Aunt Madina's entry to America.
What is Bob Campbell?
300
An outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point.
What is hyperbole?
300
During the 1970s war and conflict caused many people from this ethnic group to flee to refugee camps in Thailand.
What is Hmong?
300
The Russian term for currency.
What is tenge?
300
To support someone's admission to a group.
What is sponsor?
400
Immigrant who wrote a memoir sharing her true life's story.
What is Kao Kalia Yang?
400
The use of words that sound like their meaning, or mimic sounds.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
The sculpture is an icon of freedom in the United States: a welcoming signal to immigrants arriving from abroad.
What is The Statue of Liberty?
400
The French term "Happy New Year".
What is Bonne Anne'?
400
To enter or settle in a new country.
What is immigrate?
500
Immigrant who assumed adult responsibilities of working to provide for her family as well as caring for her younger brother.
What is Maya?
500
A figurative saying in which a bit of “wisdom” is given.
What is proverb?
500
The gateway for millions of immigrants from 1892-1954.
What is Ellis Island?
500
The Russian phrase meaning "come here".
What is Edee Suda?
500
To return someone to the country which they were born.
What is repatriate?
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