Vocabulary
Ancestor
What is a relative who was born long ago.
They had no freedom and were forced to work for no pay.
What is a slave.
They wanted to find work.
What is why immigrants moved to Brazil?
Generation
What is a group of people born and living at about the same time.
They took tough jobs for little pay.
What are immigrants in the United States?
Teaching children traditional dances.
What is a way of passing a tradition to the next generation?
Immigrant
What is someone who left their own country to work and live in the United States?
They helped build the railroad.
What is Chinese immigrants helped make the US a better country?
The Amazon River
What is the river located in the northern part of Brazil?
Diversity
What is variety or mix of many people from other countries.
Spanish
What is the language spoken in Mexico and Central America?
Portugal, Africa, Germany, Japan, Italy
Where immigrants came from when they arrived in Brazil.
Ellis and Angel Island
What are government centers for immigrants in New York Harbor and San Francisco Bay?
Japan, Philippines, Korea, Mexico, and Central America
What are other places immigrants came from to the West Coast?
Portuguese
What is the language most Brazilians speak today?