Refugee Pre-Reading Vocabulary

a person who moves regularly in order to find work, especially in harvesting crops. Someone who CHOOSES to move.

• migrant

• refugee

• assylum seeker

• infidel

Answer explanation

a migrant worker might spend the summer harvesting almonds in the valley, travel north to harvest the grapes in fall, and then move to the coastal valley to harvest lettuce and strawberries in the spring.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

weighing heavily on the mind or spirits

• sanctuary

• oppressive

• xenophobia

• visa

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

all of these are examples of sanctuaries except

• home

• church

• boxing ring

• a peaceful country

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Someone who has an intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries

• nativephobe

• claustrophobe

• aracniphobe

• xenophobe

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

many countries require the passport holder to have one of these if they want to enter

• a letter from the country's leader

• documentation

• visa

• a gift

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The old women called me a(n) _________ because I refused to go to her church.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The __________ moved around California, harvesting the crops grown throughout the state.

• asylum seeker

• refugee

• migrant worker

• xenophobe

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

all of the following are synonyms of persecution EXCEPT

• discrimination

• help

• ill-treatment

• oppression

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

which one of these words refers to hot and humid

• persecution

• oppressive

• stagnant

• crisp

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

All characters hope to leave behind their ____________ leaders.

• persecuted

• military

• oppressive

• servant

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3