Ellis Island
Vocabulary
Diseases of the 1800s
Ireland Today
The Great Potato Famine
100
Where is Ellis island Located.
What is New york
100
A disease that ruined all the crops in the Great Famine.
What is blight
100
A disease that causes severe diarrhea.
What is dysentery.
100
Where is Ireland?
What is an island in Western Europe.
100
What time did the Potato famine occur?
What is 1845
200
What was Ellis Island?
What is the gateway for over 12 million immigrants.
200
Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new one
What is emigrant
200
An eradicated virus that used to be contagious, disfiguring, and often deadly. Hint: Rhymes with "Ox"
What is smallpox
200
What is the population of Ireland
What is 6.4 million
200
When did the Potato famine end?
What is 1852
300
What was Ellis Island used for?
What is checking immigrants for certain diseases that can spread.
300
The body of people coming to a country
What is Immigration
300
A bacterial infection that affects the eyes.
What is Trachoma
300
What is a popular tourist attraction in Ireland?
What is "The Ring of Kerry".
300
What caused the Great Potato Famine?
What is potato blight
400
What was one way they checked for trachoma?
What is prying the eyelid back and looking behind the eye.
400
A large monumental statue symbolizing liberty in New York
What is The Statue of Liberty
400
A highly contagious viral infection causing an itchy, blister-like rash on the skin.
What is Chickenpox
400
What is the area of Ireland.
What is 32.6 thousand square miles.
400
How many died from the famine?
What is 1 million
500
What year did the construction of Ellis island begin?
What is 1795
500
Someone who translates one language to another
What is Interpreter
500
A viral infection that's serious for small children but is easily preventable by a vaccine.
What is measles.
500
What state is closest in size to Ireland.
What is Indiana.
500
What is the great potato famine?
What is potatoes getting disease and dying
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