Vocabulary
Current Ireland
Ellis Island
Great Potato Famine
Diseases of the 1800's
100
Causing someone to suffer
What is Persecution
100
The continent in which Ireland is located in
What is Europe
100
The place where Ellis Island is located
What is New York Bay
100
The plant disease that wiped out the potatoes in Ireland
What is Blight
100
An infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
What is Dysentery
200
A large monumental statue symbolizing liberty on Liberty Island in New York Bay
What is the Statue of Liberty
200
The colors of which the Ireland flag contain
What is Green, White, and Orange
200
The number of immigrants that traveled through Ellis Island (1892-1954)
What is 12 Million Immigrants
200
The number of people that died because of the Great Potato Famine
What is Over a Million
200
A disease where you can get wart like spots on you. This is a contagious disease. Not deadly. (Hint* it has an animal name in it)
What is Cowpox
300
Someone who meditates between speakers or different languages
What is Interpreter
300
Capital of current day Ireland
What is Dublin
300
The way in which Ellis Island got its name
What is it got its name from the islands owner: Samuel Ellis
300
The years of which the Great Potato Famine lasted
What is 1845-1852
300
Rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
What is Typhus
400
Science dealing with the circulation of goods and services
What is Economics
400
What animal is Ireland free of (cold-blooded animal)
What is a snake
400
The percent of Americans that can trace ancestors back to Ellis Island
What is 40%
400
The percent of which Ireland's population was lost
What is 25%
400
A chronic contagious viral disease that has to do with the eye and the formation of scar tissue
What is Trachoma
500
The cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship
What is Steerage
500
The president of current day Ireland
What is Michael D. Higgins
500
The first person to arrive at Ellis Island
What is Annie Moore
500
Another name for the Great Potato Famine
What is the Great Hunger
500
A very contagious disease with fever pustules usually leaving permanent scars. It is a very deadly disease.
What is Smallpox