Immigration Vocabulary

3. a metaphor for the way an intercultural society can integrate different cultures while maintaining their separate identities
6. move from one region or habitat to another
7. having a negative judgment or opinion of something or someone that is not based on facts
10. to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own.
11. he process or state of excluding or being excluded
12. a universal symbol of freedom
13. leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another
14. the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group
16. an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group
17. a place where different peoples, styles, theories, etc. are mixed together.
18. a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster

1. the principal immigration facility on the West Coast of the United States from 1910 to 1940
2. the chief immigration station of the United States was on Ellis Island from 1892 to 1943
4. This means shedding or hiding aspects of one's culture – including certain foods, clothing, language, religious
5. The transcontinental railroad was a train route across the United States that was finished in 1869
8. This act provided an absolute 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States
9. the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.
12. the part of a ship providing accommodations for passengers with the cheapest tickets
15. come to live permanently in a foreign country