Unseen Comprehension: The Inventors of YouTube

In which year was the first YouTube video uploaded?

• 2007

• 2009

• 2005

• 2003

What was the first job of Chad Hurley after college?

• Teacher

• Engineer

• Artist

• PayPal

In which country was Jawed Karim born?

• China

• United States

• Germany

• France

What did Chad Hurley invest in after leaving YouTube?

• Fashion brands

• Technology companies

• Real estate

• Sports teams

How many video views per day did YouTube have by the middle of 2006?

• 125 million

• 50 million

• 75 million

• 100 million

The text draws a comparison between the ages and first jobs of Chen, Hurley, and Karim. What is one part of their lives that the text draws a contrast in?

• The countries where they were born and spent their childhood years.

• The companies their parents worked at when they were growing up.

• The types of trips they liked to take after their success with YouTube.

• 1. The musical instruments they learned to play in elementary school.

How do Chen, Hurley, and Karim support other people who are like them?

• They continue to invest their own money into YouTube so they can support everyone working there.

• They invest in different companies and industries like technology, sports, and companies with new ideas.

• They donate to young college students studying technology in Taiwan, the United States, and Germany.

• They volunteer to help YouTube so it can grow even though they do not work there anymore.

What is the main idea of this text?

• Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim are immigrants that moved to the United States as teenagers and changed the way people shop forever.

• The creators of YouTube, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, met each other for the first time while working at a company called PayPal.

• Companies and industries in technology and sports are very thankful for the support that Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim give them today.

• YouTube, one of the most popular websites on the internet and a place where people can share videos, was created by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim.

Read the following sentences from the text.

“When they first began developing YouTube, the three men worked in someone’s garage. They started from very humble beginnings.”

As used in this excerpt, what does the word “humble” most closely mean?

• bright and colorful

• clean and neat

• simple and small

• quick and hurried

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

Chen, Hurley, and Karim grew up in different countries, ________ they later came together in the United States to fulfill their dream of starting their own company.

• but

• so

• next

• soon