People & Places
This group made up about 25% of U.S. immigrants in 2018 and is the largest single-country source.
a. Florida
b. Mexico
c. Russia
What is Mexico?
People who come to the U.S. to live or work and were born in another country are called this.
What are immigrants?
Many immigrants share this with their new communities, adding to the country's experiences (one-word answer from text).
a. Culture
b. Cook-outs
c. Racism
What is culture?
Name two global organizations which help to support refugees
a. The White House, ICE
b. The United Nations, Amnesty International
c. Boy Scouts, TV stations
What is the United Nations, Amnesty International?
Reasons why refugees leave their homeland.
a. Perserverance, homicide, hurricanes
b. Persecution, war, violence
c. Pressure, combat, tornadoes
What are war, persecution or violence?
Name the two U.S. cities mentioned where many immigrants settle because of more job opportunities.
a. Hartford and Springfield
b. Pittsburgh and Chicago
c. New York City and Los Angeles
What is New York City or Los Angeles
People who leave their countries because of war, natural disasters, or harsh governments are called this
What are refugees?
What can new U.S. citizens do that lawful permanent residents cannot do (two-word phrase mentioned in the text)?
a. Eat at McDonald's
b. Vote or run for political office
c. Live and work in the U.S.
What is Vote in elections (or "vote" / "run for political office"?
A famous event in California that drew many people in the 1800s.
a. The Great Depression
b. The Chinese Exclusion Act
c. The Gold Rush
What is the Gold Rush?
True or False: Refugees can be sent back to they are fleeing from after 5 years in the United States.
What is false?
In 2018, three states had about half of all U.S. immigrants. Name those states.
a. California, Texas, or Florida
b. Mexico, New York or Washington, D.C.
c. Russia, Germany or England
What is California, Texas, or Florida ?
What is the card called that allows an immigrant to live and work permanently in the United States?
What is Permanent resident card / green card?
In 2020, how many members of Congress were immigrants born outside the United States?
a. 25%
b. 1.4
c. 14
What is 14?
A severe shortage of food that caused some people to leave their homelands in the 1840s.
a. Hunger
b. Famine
c. Disease
What is famine?
In 2019, about 68% of refugees came from which five countries?
a. Africa, Australia, Afghanistan, Russia and the Ukraine.
b. New Mexico, China, South America, Turkey and South Carolina
c. Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Myanmar
What is Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Myanmar?
How many people living in the U.S. today were born in another country (approximate number given in the text)?
a. More than 20 million
b. More than 40 million
c. Less than 30 million
What is More than 40 million?
How many years with a green card must many immigrants wait before they can apply for U.S. citizenship (according to the text)?
What is Five years?
According to the text, immigrants often choose to settle where there are more of these (one-word; reason related to work).
a. More expensive houses
b. Jobs
c. Restaurants
What are jobs?
During what economic time did fewer people immigrate and some left the country instead?
a. The Great Depression
b. The Gold Rush
c..Trump's Presidency
What is The Great Depression?
True or False
The process to become a refugee is immediate after they arrive.
What is false?
Which country was listed as giving about 6% of U.S. immigrants in 2018 alongside China and India? (Hint: one of the top five listed)?
a. The Phillipines
b. The Netherlands
c. Hong Kong
What are The Philippines?
The term for when people are treated unfairly because of who they are; the text says immigrants still face this struggle.
a. Evil
b. Equity
c. Discrimination
What is discrimination?
Explain some of the challenges immigrants may face after arriving in the U.S., based on the passage.
a. Discrimination/Treated fairly, finding work, understanding the language
b. Living in slums, cockroaches and rats, no car
c. Making too much money, buying fancy cars, having a maid
What is face discrimination, have trouble finding work or be treated unfairly or understanding the language?
A historical law designed to limit some groups from coming to the U.S.
a. The Holocaust Laws
b. The Chinese Exclusion Act
c. Segregation
What is The Chinese Exclusion Act?
True or false: Refugees bring meaningful contribution to the communities they resettle to including their homeland's culture and history.
What is true?