Immigration Review

What is an immigrant?

• A person who visits another country.

• A person born in a country.

• A person who comes from one country to live in another.

• A person who moves from one state to live in another.

What is a port?

• Where airplanes land.

• Where ships dock near land.

• Where trains stop to pick up passengers.

• Where cars can park overnight.

A way of life shared by a group of people is:

• generation

• ancestors

• heritage

• culture

An unfair way that people are treated is called:

• discrimination

• heritage

• culture

• ancestor

How did the nomads arrive in America and become the first Americans?

• Riding horses

• Walking in order to follow the food they were hunting

• By ship

• They swam to the Americas from England.

Which is NOT a reason that immigrants came to America?

• For a better life.

• Freedom

• Religious reasons

• To learn how to speak English.

Where was the first stop for most immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• Angel Island

• Ellis Island

• New York City

• Plymouth Rock

What was a challenge immigrants faced on the ship coming to America?

• cramped spaces

• illness and disease

• limited food and water

• All of these

What part of the inspection included doctors checking immigrants for possible disease?

• job interview

• language inspection

• health inspection

• legal inspection

When immigrants first arrived in New York Harbor, what was the first important symbol for America and freedom that they saw?

• The Statue of Liberty

• The American Flag

• Liberty Island

• Ellis Island