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Immigration
Famous Immigrants
Cities of Many Cultures
Expressing Culture
Holiday Customs and Traditions
100
someone who comes to live in a country from somewhere else in the world
immigrant
100
an immigrant who made many important contributions to math and science
Albert Einstein
100
to make something with machines (like the waterfall in Paterson, NJ helped to do this)
manufacture
100
created by the sounds made with instruments or voices
music
100
A day that celebrates a sense of Irish pride
Saint Patrick's Day
200
the reason Irish immigrants came to the United States
the potato famine
200
the first woman to earn a medical degree
Elizabeth Blackwell
200
the language spoken by the fastest growing group in Chicago
Spanish
200
words or signs people use to communicate
language
200
Americans celebrate this holiday by staying up until midnight
New Year's Eve
300
created by the United States to honor immigrants from ireland
a postage stamp
300
he designed many beautiful buildings located all over the world
I. M. Pei
300
places to buy tacos and burritos (there are many in Chicago)
tacquerias
300
what people do in churches, synagogues, and masjids
worship
300
the holiday that celebrates a Mexican victory
Cinco de Mayo
400
this was the nation's largest immigrant center, located across the harbor from New York City
Ellis Island
400
she was the first Hispanic librarian
Pura Belpre'
400
Los Angeles has a growing number of immigrants from here
Asia
400
a custom, or way of doing something, that is passed on in a family
tradition
400
a joyful gathering of people to celebrate something
festival
500
the country from which some of the first European immigrants came
England
500
an immigrant from Czechoslovakia that served as Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright
500
a pickled vegetable treat made in Koreatown in Los Angeles
Kimchi
500
the name of the drum that comes from Nigeria in Africa
a kalungu
500
a holiday that celebrates African culture and values
Kwanzaa