Madalynn Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
immigrant | someone who comes to live in a country from somewhere else in the world |
opportunity | a chance to get a job, education, or have a better way of life |
tradition | a custom or way of doing something |
famine | a time of hunger when there is little food |
voyage | a trip across the ocean on crowded ships |
language | words or signs people use to communicate |
manufacture | to make something with machines |
music | sounds made with instruments or voices |
festival | a joyful gathering for celebration |
What are some reasons people come to live in the US? | to get a job, better education or to live with their family |
Why did many people leave Ireland to live in the US? | Because there was a potato famine and there was no food. |
Why do ethnic groups form neighborhoods in a large city? | So they can speak their own language and follow customs of their culture. The people in the neighborhoods help the new immigrants learn about this country |
What are some of the ways people express their culture every day? | By the foods they eat, the clothes they wear, the stories we write |
Why are holidays and celebrations important to communities? | People express their culture through holidays and celebrations. |
Who were the first immigrants to arrive in the 1600's and what people were already here when they came? | People from England were the first to arrive. The Native Americans were already here. |
What were 3 reasons immigrants came to this country? | to find a job, get a better education, or have a better way of life |
What parts of their culture do immigrants often keep in their new country? | they speak their own language, their foods and the way they dress, songs, music, art |
During the 1800's the largest group of immigrants came from? | Europe |
Today , the largest groups of immigrants come from? | Asia, Mexico and Central America |
Albert Einstein | won the Nobel Prize for Physics, contributed to the fields of science and math |
I.M. Pei | He designed many beautiful buildings all over the world |
Madeline K Albright | Used her skills as a leader to improve communication between the US and other countries |
Elizabeth Blackwell | the first woman to earn a medical degree in the US |
Elijah McCoy | He invented a cup that dripped oil into machinery on trains so they wouldn't have to stop to oil the machinery |
Pura Belpre | She became the first Hispanic librarian at the New York public Library |
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