Unit 5 Vocabulary

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are examples of

• human experience

• human rights

• empathy

• quotas

From 1880 to 1924, over 25 million ___________, left Europe to settle and live in the United States.

• Refugees

• Emigrate

• Immigration

• Immigrants

Taylor __________ from Italy to Canada, making Canada his new home. (Point-of-view of the departure)

• Emigrated

• Immigrated

• Displaced

• Migrated

Older people that live in the North like to ____________ from the North to Florida during the winters, and then back up north for the summers because of the weather.

• emigrate

• immigrate

• migrate

• human experience

We all go through trials and tribulations, it's part of the _____________.

• human rights

• human experience

• empathy

• dehumanizing

Because of the warring parties, it wasn't safe in her home any longer, so they had to flee. This family is now ________.

• displaced

• migrants

• dehumanizing

• refugees

The Immigration Act of 1990 establishes an annual limit of 700,000 visas for immigrants. This is called a ________.

• immigration

• human rights

• asylum

• quota

Malala is a ________ because she was targeted by the Taliban, and in great danger in her country for speaking out for girls' education. She found ________ in Britain.

• asylum, refugee

• refugee, displacement

• refugee, asylum

• immigrant, empathy

An important quality to have is being able to show _________, or understanding how one feels, when others go through __________ experiences like being treated like an animal.

• empathy, dehumanizing

• dehumanizing, empathy

• empathy, human rights

• dehumanizing, immigration

The ___________ process is long and expensive for those who come from other countries to live in the US. There is paperwork, fees, tests and interviews.

• quota

• asylum

• immigration

• emigrate