Grade 5 -- Wordly Wise Lesson 4

The Pilgrims who boarded the Mayflower left for religious reasons. They _____ of ever being able to practice their faith in England.

• jubilation

• nostalgic

• despaired

• revived

The Pilgrims wished to be free to practice their own religion in America. They _____ all religious ties with England when they left.

• severed

• accurately

• gales

• course

A hundred and two passengers boarded the Mayflower. When they _____ from England, they had little hope of ever seeing their native land again.

• accurately

• departed

• horizon

• revived

The Mayflower left Plymouth on September 6, 1620. Its _____ was supposed to take it to Virginia.

• severed

• gales

• nostalgic

• course

Sailors in the 1600s steered mainly by the sun and stars. In those days it was impossible for them to know their position _____.

• despaired

• navigate

• jubilation

• accurately

Clocks and other instruments were not very reliable in the 1600s. At best they could tell those on board only _____ where their ship was on the ocean.

• approximately

• course

• horizon

• destination

Sailors knew their location when they were in sight of land. To _____ across three thousand miles of open ocean using unreliable instruments was very difficult.

• accurately

• navigate

• deteriorated

• voyages

The passengers on the Mayflower set off with high hopes. Their spirits _____ as weeks went by without sight of land.

• gales

• accurately

• deteriorated

• destination

After several weeks of fine weather, conditions changed. Strong _____ in the mid-Atlantic carried the Mayflower north, away from Virginia.

• gales

• horizon

• severed

• destination

The Mayflower was lucky to reach America, as shipwrecks were common in the 1600s. Not all _____ ended successfully.

• departed

• accurately

• navigate

• voyages