| A | B |
|---|
| culture | the language, customs, and traditions of a country's people |
| immigrant | person coming into the United States from another country |
| refugee | person who leaves a country becuase of a war or personal beliefs |
| borrow | use the customs or ideas of another culture as your own |
| steerage | the cheapest section of a passenger ship |
| trachoma | a bad eye disease |
| manifest | list of people and information about them made by a shipping company |
| immigrate | enter a new country to live there |
| admit | allow an immigrant into a country |
| detain | keep a person at Ellis Island until well or for other reasons |
| Ellis Island | place where immigrants came in New York Harbor |
| sponsor | person who tells the government that he or she will help with a new immigrant |
| inspector | person who checks immigrants before they can enter the country |
| consulate | an office of the United States in another country |
| illegal | person who enters the country withour obeying the laws for entery |
| emigrate | leave your country to settle in another country |
| assimilate | become a part of a culture of a new country |
| aid society | group that helps new immigrants solve their problems |
| exclude | refuse to allow a person to enter a country |
| interpreter | a person who helps two people speak different languages understand each other |
