October Vocabulary

Christopher Columbus was considered a cruel man. What does CRUEL mean?

• brave

• mean

• smart

• creative

We live on Long Island. Columbus landed on the Bahamas - an island. What is an ISLAND?

• A vacation spot with palm trees

• A country

• A continent

• A land surrounded by water

Columbus wanted to find a new route to the East Indies. You take a bus route every day! What is a ROUTE?

• A way of doing something

• A land surrounded by water

• A path

• An area of North America

Columbus took a voyage to find a new land. What is a VOYAGE?

• A trip across the water on a boat

• A vacation on a boat

• A journey on land

• A place on an island

Some people want to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. Who is an example of an Indigenous Person?

• Christopher Columbus

• A Native American

• A European Settler

A bat is a mammal. What is a MAMMAL?

• An animal that flies and lays eggs

• An insect

• An animal with fur that lays eggs

• An animal with fur that has live babies (not eggs)

Bats are nocturnal animals. What does NOCTURNAL mean?

• You are awake during the day and asleep at night

• You are asleep during the day and awake at night

• You sleep all winter

• You sleep all spring

Bats migrate to warmer climates to find food. What does MIGRATE mean?

• To move quickly

• To fly in the air

• To sleep all winter

• To move from one habitat to another

Vampire bats have an appetite for blood. What is an APPETITE?

• A desire for food

• Long, sharp teeth

• To sleep all winter

• To be thirsty

Bats come out at dusk. When is DUSK?

• When the sun comes up and it begins to get light out

• At 12 pm midnight

• When the sun goes down and it begins to get dark out