Definitions
Vocabulary Words
Use the word in a sentence
Bonus Round: Fill in the blank
100

What is the definition of ancestor?

Someone who comes in the family earlier, such as a great grandmother or father.

100

Extreme lack of food

Famine

100

Use the word detained in a sentence

EX: The suspect was detained for more questioning.

100
Sometimes, people of different beliefs or cultures are ____________________ for having their own values.

Harrassed

200

What is the definition of excluded?

Keep someone from being a part of something

200

Treated poorly

Exploited

200

Use the word immigrate in a sentence.

Many people need to immigrate to different countries to find better opportunities.
200

_________________ are supposed to help establish and maintain relationships between countries.

Diplomats

300

What is the definition of influx?

The arrival of a large number of people or things
300

People trained to translate one language to another

Interpreter

300

Use the word crooked in a sentence.

EX: The crooked police arrest people in order to get bribes in return.

Crooked can also mean something that is not straight

300

___________________ was important for immigrants arriving at Ellis Island so that they could blend into the local culture.

Assimilation

400

What is the definition of quotas?

A fixed number or amount

400

Tossed in a storm at sea

Tempest-tost

400

Use the word steerage in a sentence

Ex: Many people who did not have a lot of resources were put into steerage on the Titanic.

400

After moving to a new country, immigrants sometimes have a __________________ to be back home in a place they are used to.

yearning

500

What is the defintion of ethnicities?

Belonging to a particular nation or cultural group

500

Run down apartment buildings in poor sections of cities

Tenements

500

Use the word, swindlers, in a sentence.

EX: Sometimes, the immigration journey can be filled with swindlers who try to cheat people out of money.
500

People's rights should be ______________, no matter what country they live in.

Irrevocable