Immigration+Word+Bank

Lets make a list of important words that you find in your reading. Knowing what these words mean will help you understand the information.

assimilation birthplace border crossing 'brain drain' citizenship civil war culture custom deportation displaced person economic opportunity emigrant emigrate famine foreigner homeland hunger illegal immigrant immigrant immigration Industrial Revolution language 'melting pot' migration native country Nativism persecution persecution port of entry poverty refugee ship's manifest slavery visa work permit