Question

choose the best answer.
what is a working definition of the word \immigrant?\
○ an immigrant is someone that leaves a new country to return to their homeland.
○ an immigrant is a specialized railroad worker.
○ an immigrant is someone who works in a factory.
○ an immigrant is someone who leaves their homeland and moves to a new country.

choose the best answer.
why are colonists usually not considered immigrants?
○ colonists are not considered immigrants because they never left their home country.
○ colonists are considered immigrants.
○ colonists are not considered immigrants because they were forced to the new nation.
○ colonists are still part of their old nation, which is expanding into a new area.

Explanation:

First Question:

To determine the working definition of "immigrant", we analyze each option:

• Option 1: Describes someone leaving a new country (refugee or emigrant, not immigrant).
• Option 2: Immigrant has no relation to railroad work.
• Option 3: Working in a factory is not the definition of an immigrant.
• Option 4: Matches the standard definition of an immigrant (leaving homeland to move to a new country).

To find why colonists are not considered immigrants:

• Option 1: Colonists do leave their home country, so this is incorrect.
• Option 2: Contradicts the question's premise.
• Option 3: Forced movement isn't the reason they aren't immigrants.
• Option 4: Colonists expand their old nation's territory, so they remain part of it, unlike immigrants who join a new nation.

Answer:

D. An immigrant is someone who leaves their homeland and moves to a new country.

Second Question: