Immigration and Growth of Cities Vocabulary
Directions: match the vocab words to the correct definition.
Immigrate
Famine
Poverty
Emigrate
Assimilation
Oppressive
Urbanization
Tenement
Political Corruption
Equality
Ghetto
Religious Persecution
The growth of cities
Moving away from one country
Moving to another country
Unjust or cruel
Not having enough money to meet your basic needs (food, shelter,
etc)
Everyone is treated equally
A shortage of food due to environmental causes (drought, flood, etc)
When a group of people are treated unfairly because of their religion
Adopting another country’s culture as your own.
A crowded, urban, run-down building with small, cheap apartments
A poor area of the city made up of a group of people from the same
race or religious group
When elected officials misuses or abuses their power for a personal
gain