MCS - Unit 4 Vocab

Definition: A person who has left or departed one country for another

• Immigrant

• Foreign-born alien

• Emigrant

• Naturalized citizen

What is the name for a person that comes to a country from another country to take up a permanent residence?

• Immigrant

• Emigrant

• Naturalized Citizen

• Citizen

What was the name of the section of a boat where passengers traveled in inferior accommodations and paid the lowest fares?

• 1st class

• 2nd class

• Low class

• Steerage

This disease of the eye was caused by bacteria and if left untreated the person can go blind.

• Trachoma

• Eyelitis Rectoma

• Bacteriosis of the Eye

• Tracheostomy

What is the name for a person held in custody, especially for political reasons?

• Captive

• Detainee

• Prisoner-of-War

• Suspect

Which of these would be considered a steamship?

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What is the term for which a ship arriving in port and suspected of carrying a contagious disease is held in isolation from the shore or a person carrying a contagious disease is kept in a separate room?

• Almshouse

• Trachoma

• Quarantine

• Greenhorn

What is the name of a house built by a charitable person or organization (sometimes religious organization) for the poor to live in?

• Almshouse

• Settlement House

• Tenement

• Poverty House

What is the name of an institution in an inner-city that provided educational, recreational and other social services to immigrants in an attempt to battle poverty?

• Almshouse

• Settlement House

• Tenement

• Orphanage

What is the name for a room or set or rooms that formed a separate residence within a house or a block of apartments were immigrants lived?

• Almshouse

• Settlement House

• Tenement

• Penthouse Apartment