Question

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1. What is this passage mostly about?
a. Christopher Columbus
b. a land bridge
c. the Vikings
d. discovering America
2.How did the first humans get to America?
a. By boat
b. By foot
c. By car
d. By swimming
3. According to the passage, who really discovered America?
a. Christopher Columbus who sailed to America
b. The Vikings from Norway
c. Ancient travelers that crossed a land bridge
d. Many European explorers
4. The author writes “But was America really a new land?” because
a. other European explorers had actually already found America
b. there were already people living here before the explorers
c. the explorers came from Spain, Portugal, and England
d. there was not enough food for everyone to live here
5. According to the passage, what connected Asia and North America? _____________________________________________________________________________.
6. Who discovered America? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. _____________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

1. d. discovering America

2. b. By foot

3. c. Ancient travelers that crossed a land bridge.

4. b. there were already people living here before the explorers.

5. What connected Asia and North America is the land bridge called Beringia.

6. According to this passage, America was ancient travelers that crossed Beringia, a land bridge. This is true because from the passage, we discover that the ancient travelers settled down in America long before the European explorers. An evidence from the passage is: "I read that there were people living in America long before the European explorers were even born...once they arrived, they slowly spread out. Eventually, they settled all over North and South America".

Step-by-step explanation:

From the passage, we see that the main idea centers on the discovery of America. The passage reveals that there were ancient travelers that lived in America long before European explorers arrived. The ancient travelers were known have crossed the land bridge, Beringia. This land bridge is known to have connected Asia and America.

The ancient travelers that settled in America are known to have crossed the the land bridge on foot.