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5.2 Unit 1 Week 2 Common Assessment
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Question 1
1.
What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
President Wilson signed a law creating the National Park System in 1916.
The National Park System preserves and protects our national wilderness.
Many people over many years contributed to the founding of the National Park System.
If the National Park System had not been created in 1916, there would be no national parks today.
Question 2
2.
Choose two key details from the passage that support the main idea in question 1.
The wildlife inside national parks is protected.
President Theodore Roosevelt established the first wildlife refuge in Florida in 1903.
The views inside the Shenandoah National Park are incredible.
John Muir started the Sierra Club in 1892 to preserve and protect America's wild places.
In the 1800s, there was no national system for managing parks
Question 3
3.
Which word does the writer use several times in this speech to emphasize a main idea?
gift
photographs
thank
protect
Question 4
4.
Which of these ideas is supported by evidence in the speech?
Artists can influence governments to make new laws.
Teachers should take students on more field trips.
Shenandoah is the most beautiful of all our national parks.
People hike the Appalachian Trail in all seasons of the year.
Question 5
5.
What sentence from the speech best supports the answer to question #4?
"Driving through the Blue Ridge Mountains felt like driving through a huge painting and I'd never experienced anything like it before."
"These places have been protected because of their beauty and geography."
"About thirty years later, Carleton Watkins's dramatic photographs of the California landscape inspired Congress to take ownership of Yosemite Valley."
"When we met people hiking the Appalachian Trail, I felt like they were my co-owners."
Question 6
6.
What main idea does the writer imply in paragraph 4?
No one should have to pay to visit a national park.
Everyone should hike the Appalachian Trail at least once.
Students like to sing songs on the bus during a field trip.
We Americans must all help take care of our national parks.
