Vocabulary
This is a design made from many small tiles, stones, or other objects that are placed together to form a pattern or picture.
What is a mosaic?
A person who was born in a country and moved to a different country for a better life.
What is an immigrant?
This is the U.S. motto found on all U.S. coins.
What is e pluribus unum? Bonus: earn 200 extra points! What does e pluribus unum mean?
He is considered to be the "father of the Constitution" and was the 4th U.S. president.
Who is James Madison?
To stand up for someone, help them, or encourage them.
What is support or supported?
These are freedoms you have as American citizens that cannot and should not be taken from you.
What are rights?
This is someone who is given certain protections by a country's government, and they have responsibilities that go with these rights.
What is a citizen?
The first three words of the U.S. Constitution.
What is "We the people"?
This is where immigrants were processed near San Francisco on the West Coast.
What is Angel Island?
Something that is sure to happen.
What is guaranteed?
This is when someone is unkind and unwelcoming.
What is hostile?
Someone who EXITS or leaves their country to move to another country is someone who ________. (Hint: not immigrate, but _______.)
What is emigrate?
A person who was born in another country and has earned the same rights as citizens born in the United States is a ___________ ________.
What is a naturalized citizen?
This is what greeted people when they came into New York Harbor from European countries.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
This is when something is customary and well-established. It has been done for a long time a certain way.
What is traditional or traditions?
These are shared traditions that people bring from their homelands. People may choose to live near people from the same country because they have shared ________.
What are customs?
This is what you are expected to do for yourself. It is your _________ to do your homeowork, NOT your parents.
What is responsibility?
This group of people is the first group of people who came to America to practice their religion freely.
What are pilgrims?
Immigrants from here most likely travelled through the West Coast immigrant centers, such as Angel Island.
What is Asia or China?
This is a chance to do something.
What is opportunity?
These are some of the benefits of living in large cities when someone is an immigrant. Must get two of the asnwers to get the points!
What is community, shared customs or traditions, more job opportunities, and having a familiar language?
These are people who are related to earlier ancestors. They are not people who lived before us, who we are related to.
What are descendants?
Immigrants from these countries most likely travelled through the East Coast and New York Harbor. Bonus: Can you name the four countries?
What are European countries, such as Italy, Germany, Sweden, and Ireland?
DOUBLE TROUBLE: This is where immigrants were processed in New York Harbor on the East Coast ... 2 answers gets you 500 points, 1 gets you 250!
What is Ellis Island or Castle Garden?
TRIPLE TROUBLE: These are things that influence other things to happen.
What are factors? *Triple your points: name one push factor and one pull factor.