Coming to America Reading Test

What are some reasons for people to immigrate to America that we have learned about?

• to have religious freedom and have a better life

• to get lost and never go home again

• to not and go hungry

• to learn how to spell new words

What type of book is Coming to America?

• fiction

• nonfiction

• fantasy

• poetry

"All Americans are related to _______."

• Germans

• no one

• immigrants

• Americans

When did people first come to the Americas?

• During a long sand storm.

• During the Ice Age.

• During the meltdown.

• During the Dark Ages.

Thousands and thousands of years ago how did people come to the Americas?

• They walked across a wooden bridge to Australia.

• They walked across the hot sand for many days.

• They followed the monkeys into the jungle.

• They crossed over a land bridge from Asia to Alaska.

Why did the nomads come to the Americas in the beginning.

• to find warm cozy caves

• to find food

• to find wood to build houses

• to shop in a better store.

According to the author...Who were the first people to arrive in what was truly a new world?

• Native Americans

• Italians

• Eskimos

• The author didn’t say.

After Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean, other European explorers came in search of ...?

• ...land and riches for their own countries.

• ...houses to live in.

• ...good books to read.

• ...good stories to tell their families.

Who came to the “New World” by the thousands to live in North America after many explorers came?

• Native Americans

• Settlers

• Kings and Queens

• Not many people came at all.

As populations grew, the Europeans competed with (a)   .

• Indians for land and food.

• animals for land and food.

• ocean animals for seaweed.

• ships for shipping lanes.