Who named America? 9th Grade Passage

Who named America?

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English

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9th Grade

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1, Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember

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7 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

When was the map known as America’s birth certificate created?

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

Out of a thousand copies of the map, how many are known to have survived?

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

Label the map below as it was marked in 1507.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.7

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the phrase ‘a crown jewel’ mean in the context of the passage?

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.4

5.

DROPDOWN

1 min • 1 pt

Fill in the blanks with the correct words.America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who (a) the then (b) concept that the lands that Christopher Columbus sailed to in 1492 were part of a different continent.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the discovery of the Western Hemisphere change existing geographical beliefs?

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1

7.

CLASSIFICATION

3 mins • 1 pt

Classify the information under the medium on which it appeared.

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(a) Informative video

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(b) The passage

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.7

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