Springboard 1.8 (11th) What is an American?

What do you think an asylum might mean when referred to as an "American asylum" in a sentence?

• A type of mental health facility in the U.S.
• A legal term for American citizenship
• A place of refuge or protection in the United States for individuals seeking safety.
• A historical landmark in the United States

What could penury mean in this context? "...whose life is a continual scene of

sore affliction or pinching penury;..."

• Wealth and prosperity.
• Extreme poverty or financial hardship.
• A temporary financial setback.
• A comfortable lifestyle.

Read the context clues to help you figure out the meaning to procured. "...whose fields procured him no harvest,..."

• destroyed or ruined
• gained or produced

• failed to cultivate
• ignored or overlooked

What does motives mean in this context? "...Urged by a variety of motives, here they came."

• Personal beliefs or values.
• Reasons or driving forces for action.
• Physical locations or places.
• Emotional states or feelings.

What could metamorphosis mean in this quotation? "...By what invisible power has this surprising

metamorphosis been performed?..."

• A minor adjustment that is easily noticeable.
• A process of physical growth and development.
• A temporary state that will revert back soon.
• A significant change that is not immediately visible.

What does province mean in the following quotation: "This is the great chain which links us all,

this is the picture which every province exhibits, Nova Scotia excepted."

• A region or area within a larger country, specifically referring to Canadian regions.
• A historical reference to a Canadian city.
• A term for a specific type of wildlife.
• A type of government structure in Canada.

What could emigrant mean from this quote: "What attachment can a poor European emigrant have for a country where he had

nothing?"

• A person who travels for leisure and tourism.
• A person who is forced to leave their country due to political reasons.
• A person who returns to their home country after living abroad.
• A person who leaves their country to settle elsewhere, often due to economic hardship.

Read the following quote and determine what the word posterity means in this context: "Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men, whose labours

and posterity will one day cause great change in the world."

• ancestors
• current population
• future generations
• historical events

Read the following quote and determine what allurement means: "Here the rewards of his industry follow with equal steps the

progress of his labour; his labour is founded on the basis of nature, self-interest; can it

want a stronger allurement?"

• Attraction or temptation.

• Indifference or apathy.
• Obligation or duty.
• Distraction or diversion.

What could despotic mean?

• A system based on equality and justice.
• Democratic and fair in governance.
• Authoritarian or tyrannical in nature.
• Benevolent and kind leadership.