Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Story Questions
Story Questions
100

Choose the vocabulary word that means:

got to where you were going

a.) moment

b.) inspected

c.) arrived

c.) arrived

100

Choose the vocabulary word that means:

got to where you were going

a.) moment

b.) inspected

c.) arrived

a.) arrived

100

How many MILLIONS of people entered out country between 1892 to 1954?

a.) 8 million

b.) 12 million

c.) 2 million

b.) 12 million

100

If the immigrants had an eye infection, what happened?

They had to go back to their country

200

Choose the vocabulary word that means:

to have come to a new country to live

a.) moment

b.) immigrated

c.) arrived

b.) immigrated

200

Choose the vocabulary word that means:

looked at something closely

a.) moment

b.) inspected

c.) arrived

b.) inspected

200

What are immigrants?

a.) pictures taken by a camera

b.) people who move to another country to live

c.) worth a lot of money

b.) people who move to another country to live

200

What are the two New York neighborhoods that the immigrants chose to live in when getting to our country?

a.) New York City and Little Italy

b.) Little Italy and The Bronx

c.) Watkins Glen and the Bronx

b.) Little Italy and The Bronx

300

Choose the vocabulary word that means:

looked at something closely

a.) moment

b.) inspected

c.) arrived

b.) inspected

300

Choose the vocabulary word that means:

PICTURES taken with a camera

a.) photographs

b.) valuable

c.) arrived

a.) photographs

300

Why did the people (immigrants) want to move to our country?


to escape war

to get jobs

for freedom

300

Where is the statue of liberty located?

a.) Pennsylvania

b.) Maryland

c.) New York

c.) New York

400

Choose the vocabulary word that means:

a very SHORT amount of time

a.) moment

b.) inspected

c.) photographs

a.) moment

400

Choose the vocabulary word that means:

worth a lot of money

a.) arrived

b.) inspected

c.) valuable

c.) valuable
400

Was it an easy process to come to America for the immigrants?

No

400

According to our story, the 12 million people stood in a line to get to our country.  It would be as long as _______?

a.) a trip from Hanover to Nanticoke

b.) a bridge across the Atlantic Ocean

c.) From KFC to McDonalds

b.) a bridge across the Atlantic Ocean

500

Choose the vocabulary word that means:

a chance for GOOD THINGS to happen

a.) opportunity

b.) immigrated

c.) arrived

a.) opportunity

500

Choose the vocabulary word that means:

spoken in a very QUIET voice

a.) whispered

b.) inspected

c.) arrived

a.) whispered

500

Once the immigrants got to our country they first had to be seen by a _________, to make sure they weren't sick.

doctor

500

Most of the immigrants came from which part of the world?

a.) New Jersey

b.) Canada

c.) Europe

c.) Europe