Unit 7/ CKLA Lesson #8 Comprehension questions

What is a front? Look on pages #40-41

• the place where fighting happens in a war

• the place where there is safety in times of war

• a store to buy supplies

• a place on the ocean

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Military leaders usually have a strategy for how to defeat the enemy. What was the British Army's strategy? Read pages 41-42

• They planned to face them together all at once.

• They were going to let the colonists attack first

• They would just decide at the time it happens

• They planned to divide the colonies in half and fight them on two fronts.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

At the beginning of the war between the British and the colonists, who seemed most likely to win the war and why?

Look on pages #40-41

• The Continental Army, because they had farmers and shopkeepers who knew how to shoot.

• The British, because they were the largest and best trained in the world.

• The commanders of both sides

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Why did the British focus on New York City?

Look on pages #42-43

• New York City had a port.

• New York CIty was a good place to stay

• New York City was heavily populated.

• New York CIty had the best leaders.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Who fought in the Continental Army? Look on pages #40-42

• teachers & doctors

• commanders & knights

• farmers & shopkeepers

• bakers & gardeners

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Who paid the Hessians to help them in the war? Look on pages #42-43

• the colonists

• the farmers

• the shopkeepers

• the British

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

When Mother Nature is referred to as the enemy, what literary device is that? Look on pages #44-46

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

What date did General Washington's troops cross the Delaware River to surprise the Hessian troops in Trenton?

Look on pages #41-42

• December 25th, 1775

• January 1st, 1777

• December 1st, 1776

• December 25th, 1776

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2