Geography Quiz

What is an urban area where people live, work, and spend their time called?

• a community

• a city

• a town

• a suburb

What is migration?

• many different cultures

• when a city has a high population

• a variety of opportunities

• when someone moves from one place to live in another

What does population measure?

• the diversity of a city

• the number of people in an area

• the number of colleges and universities

• where people work and spend their time

What is an immigrant?

• a person who visits another country for a long length of time

• a person who travels the world

• a person who lives in the country they were born

• a person who moves to another country

What is the main idea of this article?

• many people who came to Ellis Island were sick

• poor people were the only people processed on Ellis Island

• people came to Ellis Island to escape their poor living conditions in other countries

• almost half of Americans living today have ancestors who traveled through Ellis Island

Why was Ellis Island called The Island of Hope?

• Ellis Island is also known by Hope island

• people who lived on Ellis Island hoped for a better life

• people came here hoping to find a better life for themselves and their families

• people coming to Ellis Island hoped to see their families

What does the Calusa word "Myami" mean?

• ocean

• big water

• long river

• palm tree

What do the city names of Miami and Chicago have in common?

• they are both Native American words for things in the environment

• they are both Algonquin words

• they are both famous Native Americans

• they have nothing in common

What were Brook's poems mostly about?

• life in the 1940s and 1950s

• nature

• romance

• the struggles of black people

Where was Gwendolyn Brooks born?

• Kansas

• Chicago

• Mississippi

• Alabama