Unit 5 Comprehension Quiz 3

The Santa Fe Trail was developed mainly for which group of people?

• traders

• missionaries

• army soldiers

• settlers moving west

Read these sentences from the article.

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The first path went with the river to Bent’s Fort in Colorado. It then turned south through a mountain pass to reach Santa Fe.

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Which meaning fits pass as it is used in the sentence above?

• narrow route or road

• throw a ball, as in football

• permission to come and go

• move past or around something

Which of these events happened FIRST in the history of the Pecos Pueblo?

• Pecos Pueblo became a trading center.

• William Becknell traveled to Santa Fe.

• Spanish missionaries came to Pecos.

• Spaniards began looking for Quivera.

Read these sentences from the article.

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The desert was riskier, however. Travelers could run out of water in the desert.

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Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of riskier as used in the sentence above?

• better

• easier

• safer

• wider

The author describes how life changed at the Pecos Pueblo. Which piece of evidence shows a cause that created the LEAST amount of change in Pecos Pueblo?

• The Santa Fe trail passed through Pecos Pueblo.

• A church was built at the Pecos Pueblo.

• Spanish explorers came to Pecos Pueblo.

• Many tribes went to the Pecos Pueblo to trade.

T he author explains that the people of Pecos Pueblo told the Spanish about the city called Quivera to show that ____

• they wanted the Spanish to go away.

• they needed the Spanish to destroy it.

• they hoped the Spanish would build a mission there.

• they knew the Spanish would not survive a trip there.

I f you visited Pecos Pueblo in 1600, what would you have seen there?

• a railroad station

• four-story buildings

• the ruins of a pueblo

• American wagon trains

Read these sentences from the article.

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The Spanish prohibited trade with the United States. After Mexico gained its freedom from Spain, trade between Mexico and the United States began.

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Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of prohibited as used in the sentence above?

• allowed

• ignored

• outlawed

• taxed

Did Pecos Pueblo become a busy trading center in a short or long amount of time? R.A.C.E. your answer by explaining why it developed like this and supporting it with evidence from the text.

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If you were a traveler trying to cross the Santa Fe Trail, would you take the Northern/first path or the Southern/second path to travel across America? Support your answer by comparing AND contrasting the different paths. R.A.C.E your answer.

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