Factual and Negative Questions

According to the passage, Williamsburg is located...

• on an island

• in the middle of a river

• where the York and the James meet

• on a piece of land with rivers on two sides

The passage indicates that Jamestown...

• was settled 1n 1633

• was settled twenty-six years after Williamsburg

• was the first permanent English colony in America

• was originally named Middle Plantation

The passage states that the name Middle Plantation

• is a more recent name than Williamsburg

• derived from the location of the colony on the peninsula

• refers to the middle part of England that was home to the colonists

• was given to the new colony because it was located in the middle of several plantations

according to the passage, what happens during an ice ages?

• rock strata are recognized by geologist

• evidence of foreign materials is found

• ice covers a large portion of the Earth's surface

• ice melts six times

The passage covers how many different methods of recognizing past ice ages?

• one

• two

• three

• four

According to the passage, what in the rock strata is a clue to geologists of a past ice age?

• Ice

• Melting glaciers

• U-shaped valleys

• Substances from other areas

the passage indicates that the ventricles

• have relatively thin walls

• send blood to the atria

• are above the atria

• force blood into the arteries

according to the passage, when is blood pushed into the arteries from the ventricles?

• as the heart beats

• between heart beats

• before each constraction of the heart

• before it is received by the atria

according to the passage, which part of the heart gets blood from the body tissues and passes it on to the lungs?

• the atria

• the ventricles

• the right atrium and ventricle

• the left atrium and ventricle

According to the passage, the Golden Age of Railroads

• occurred prior to the Civil War

• was a result of World War I

• was a period when most of U.S. masstransportation was controlled bythe railroads

• resulted in a decrease in uniformity oftrack gauge