Vocabulary
What does immigrant mean?
A person who comes into a foreign country to live there.
Why did the pilgrims come?
They came to escape religious persecution.
I________ is to come into a foreign country to live.
Immigrate
What are two languages immigrants brought to America?
Spanish, English, Chinese.
Where did the Gold Rush take place?
In California.
What does emigrate mean?
To leave a country to go to live in another country.
When did people cross the land bridge?
12,000 years ago.
G_________ is the laws, institutions, and customs people are ruled by.
Government
What's a religion immigrants brought?
Christian, Jewish.
Where was the Potato Famine?
In Ireland
What does citizen mean?
A person who lives in a country and is protected by it.
How many immigrants came through Ellis Island
More than 12 million.
F_____ is an extreme shortage of food.
Famine
What are two holidays immigrants brought?
Hanukkah, Valentine's Day, Saint Patrick's Day, and Christmas.
What does ancester mean?
One from whom a person is descended.
What does persecution mean?
The act of harming someone in a cruel or harmful way.
What was the nickname for Angel Island?
The Ellis Island of the West.
H_______ is somthing acquired from the past or property that is passed down to an heir.
Heritage
What are three foods immigrants brought?
French bread, pasta, and kabasi.
People crossed from A___ to N____ A______ on the Land Bridge.
Asia to North America.
What does ethnic mean?
Realating to groups of people who share common customs, usually because of the country they are from.
Between which years did the first great wave happen and why?
Between 1815-1860 because of the Gold Rush and the Potato Famine.
Many i________ from other countries came here to l___.
Immigrants and live.
What are three music styles that immigrants brought?
Jazz, Blues, and Rock and Roll.
Whoever picked this category gets the points unless the other person can answer this question. Why is America called The Great American Melting Pot? If the person that answered the question gets it right the person who picked loses the points and the other person gets double.
People came from many other countries to live here. They brought religions, holidays, foods, clothes styles, and languages. They all mixed together and made America what it is today.