Unit 1 Week 5 Reading/Vocabulary

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? A You can learn about any place from books. B Animals have already traveled everywhere. C Explorers have already mapped every place. D You can travel anywhere in your imagination.

• 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.

In 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

Which word means looking closely at someone that is hard to see?

• peering

• via

• traversed

• girth

• intersecting

Which word means by way of; by means of; through?

• peering

• via

• traversed

• girth

• intersecting

Which word means trveled through, moved across?

• peering

• via

• traversed

• girth

• intersecting

Which word means distance around something; circumferenced?

• peering

• via

• traversed

• girth

• intersecting

Which word means crossing or overlapping?

• peering

• via

• traversed

• girth

• intersecting