Irene's family left this country to come to the United States.
What is "Mexico"?
100
This is used to count the number of people in the United States.
What is the census?
100
This word means "money from a job"
What is income?
200
This word means "a person who moves from one country to another"
What is an immigrant?
200
Freddy Adu's family moved to America for this reason.
What is "They wanted a better education for their kids."
200
Daily Triple: Irene's family moved to this city.
What is "Los Angeles?"
200
The census occurs this often.
What is every 10 years?
200
This word means "the least amount"
What is minimum?
300
This word means "to change or affect something"
What is influence?
300
This person reminded Freddy of why they came to America in the first place when he was trying to make the decision about whether to play soccer professionally.
Who is "his mother"?
300
This was the hardest thing for Irene about leaving Mexico.
What is "she had to say goodbye to her grandmother"?
300
The census is conducted in these two ways.
What is
1) forms are mailed out
2) census workers go door to door
300
This word means "a part of a whole"
What is "percent"
400
This word means "a rule"
What is a policy?
400
Freddy achieved this accomplishment by age 14.
What is "he graduated from high school"?
400
Irene's father became very upset with Irene about this.
What is "she got a bad report card?"
400
Daily Double: Before 1965, most immigrants came from Europe, but now, most come from these two places
What is
1) Asia
2) Latin America
400
This word means "at the present time"
What is currently?
500
This word means "a pattern of change over time"
What is a trend?
500
The team that wanted Freddy to join them was from this country.
What is Italy?
500
Irene became successful in high school these two ways.
What is
1) she communicated with a friend only in English
2) She begin helping other ESL students
500
Latinos are now the largest immigrant group, and they come from four places. Three of these places include:
What is
1) Mexico 2) Central America 3) South America
4) Caribbean
500
This word means "to make someone want to do something"