WorksheetsImmigration- SW 5 Vocabulary
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
port of entry
a place where weapons are stored
a place where one may lawfully enter a country
a place to change ships
the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country
persecute
shortage
immigration
an island in upper New York Bay: a former US immigrant examination station
port of entry
Liberty Island
Ellis Island
a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Immigration Act
to subject someone to hostility and ill-treatment, expecially because of their race, religion, or political beliefs.
process
persecute
unusual or uncharacteristic;
"The yellow taxicab was an _______ sight on these roads."
shortage
settled
unfamiliar
a place where weapons and military equipment are stored or made
port of entry
arsenal
island of weapons
a place that has typically been uninhabited (no one lived there), where people set up a new community
immigrant
settlement
cabin
a place, like Ellis Island, that is used to process refugees bound for resettlement somewhere else
processing center
port of entry
Isle of Refugees
A _______________ of gasoline can cause prices to go higher.
A __________ of toilet paper might be a big problem for Americans.
settlement
persecution
shortage
