Unit 1 Week 4

Poetry: “Learning the World,” “Latitude Longitude Dreams,” “A Map and a Dream,” “Early Explorers”

Directions: Choose the best answer to each question.

In “Learning the World,” the speaker’s dream is to —

• Travel and learn about the world

• Find or create a map of the world

• Memorize the places on the map

• See the planets through a telescope

The poem “Latitude Longitude Dreams” says that Magellan and Columbus traversed their dreams. What does the word traversed mean?

• Lived with

• Traveled through

• Shared with others

• Planned to explore

Which line from “Latitude Longitude Dreams” tells what latitude and longitude are?

• "Steered his ship by celestial rays”

• “Etching earth with invisible designs”

• “These lines that slide from pole to pole”

• “Our home, our ship, our planet earth”

Why does the speaker of “Early Explorers” say that no place is ever undiscovered?

• You can learn about any place from books.

• Animals have already traveled everywhere.

• Explorers have already mapped every place

• You can travel anywhere in your imagination.

n both “Learning the World” and “A Map and a Dream,” the speakers use maps to —

• Create a telescope

• Find where they live

• Plan trips to new places

• Imagine places in the world

Another word for crossing is?

Choose from the following

• -peering

• -via

• -traversed

• -girth

• -intersecting

By way of; means of; or through is?

Choose from the following

• -peering

• -via

• -traversed

• -girth

• -intersecting

Looking closely or in a searching manner is?

Choose from the following

• -peering

• -via

• -traversed

• -girth

• -intersecting

To have traveled through or moved across?

Choose from the following

• -peering

• -via

• -traversed

• -girth

• -intersecting

The distance around something, it's circumference is known as?

Choose from the following

• -peering

• -via

• -traversed

• -girth

• -intersecting