A Grand, Grand Canyon

What is the cause if the effect is:

The Grand Canyon has remained largely undeveloped after all these years.

• People like Theodore Roosevelt worked to have the Grand Canyon preserved as a national park.

• The area near the Grand Canyon is home to many Native Americans, including the Navajo.

• The Grand Canyon's cragginess and location have made it unusable for businesses like hotels.

• Early entrepreneurs learned that the Grand Canyon wasn't a place for them to make money.

Suppose you were writing a summary of the Article. Which of these would be most important to put in the summary?

• Joseph Christmas Ives led the first white Americans to the Grand Canyon.

• Some people have wanted to build ranches and mines in the Grand Canyon.

• Early entrepreneurs charged people a dollar to hike down the trail in the Grand Canyon.

• The Grand Canyon, which is now a national park, has amazed people for many years.

Which event in the Article took place third?

• Joseph Christmas Ives led the first white Americans to the Grand Canyon.

• The Grand Canyon was named a national park by U.S. lawmakers.

• Some entrepreneurs charged a dollar to hike down a trail in the Grand Canyon.

• Native American peoples started living near the Grand Canyon.

Which would be the closest synonym for the word majestic, as it is used in the Article?

• Lovely

• weird

• ugly

• familiar

The reader can tell from the Article that __________.

• People today probably don't worry about water when they hike the trails in the Grand Canyon.

• Lieutenant Joseph Christmas Ives would not be surprised that the Grand Canyon became a popular national park.

• Even without hotels, shops, and restaurants, there is still plenty to do while visiting the Grand Canyon.

• Past U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt probably had no desire to travel to the Grand Canyon.

Suppose Eduardo wants to find out about places to visit in Arizona. He would find the most information by __________.

• Looking up the word "visit" in the dictionary

• Reading a book about camping in the U.S. many years ago

• Looking at a website about tourism in the U.S.

• Reading an article about becoming an entrepreneur in the hotel business

Which two words are the closest antonyms?

• Improve and harm

• Tourist and visitor

• Awesome and amazing

• Protect and save

Which passage from the Article best supports the idea that Lieutenant Joseph Christmas Ives would have never guessed that the Grand Canyon would one day bring in more than six million visitors a year?

• "It seems intended by nature that the Colorado River, along the greater portion of [the canyon's] lonely and majestic way, shall be forever unvisited and undisturbed."

• After all, Native American peoples, including the Navajo, the Hopi, and the Havasupai, had lived in the area for hundreds of years.

• He couldn't get the U.S. government to make the Grand Canyon a national park.

• The canyon is still about the same as it was when Joseph Ives saw it.