What a World Reading 1: Amazing Stories from Around the Globe Answer Key

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CONTENTS

ANSWER KEY ............................................................................................................................. 1

UNIT 1 WHO IS J.K. ROWLING? ................................................................................................. 1

UNIT 2 WHAT ARE SOME NEW YEAR’S CUSTOMS? .............................................................. 1

UNIT 3 WHERE IS BUCKINGHAM PALACE?............................................................................. 2

UNIT 4 WHY ARE COWS SPECIAL IN INDIA? ........................................................................... 2

UNIT 5 WHY DO SOME PEOPLE GIVE GIFTS FOR WEDDINGS?............................................ 3

UNIT 6 WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT THE BLOWFISH? ............................................................... 4

UNIT 7 WHO ARE THE SAMI? .................................................................................................... 4

UNIT 8 WHY ARE RAIN FORESTS SO IMPORTANT?............................................................... 5

UNIT 9 WHERE IS THE GREAT WALL? ..................................................................................... 6

UNIT 10 WHAT IS TORNADO ALLEY? ......................................................................................... 6

SELF-TEST 1: UNITS 1–10 ............................................................................................................... 7

UNIT 11 WHO WAS ANDREW CARNEGIE?................................................................................. 7

UNIT 12 WHAT IS LIFE LIKE IN ANTARCTICA?.......................................................................... 8

UNIT 13 WHERE DO PEOPLE LIVE UNDER THE GROUND?..................................................... 9

UNIT 14 WHY DO PEOPLE DECORATE THEIR BODIES? .......................................................... 9

UNIT 15 WHO ARE THE UROS? ................................................................................................. 10

UNIT 16 WHAT IS CANADA’S FAVORITE SPORT? .................................................................. 11

UNIT 17 WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT NEW ZEALAND? .............................................................. 11

UNIT 18 WHY IS THE ELEPHANT IMPORTANT IN THAILAND? .............................................. 12

UNIT 19 WHO WERE THE MEN SAILING DRAGON SHIPS? .................................................... 12

UNIT 20 HOW DID THE RED CROSS START?........................................................................... 13

SELF-TEST 2: UNITS 11–20 ........................................................................................................... 14

ANSWER KEY Spelling and Punctuation (page 6)
Answers not given will vary. 1. Harry Potter
2. Rowling, Edinburgh
3. Harry Potter, Spanish
4. Spain, Portugal
UNIT 1 5. Portuguese
WHO IS J.K. ROWLING? 6. Bristol, England

Vocabulary (page 3) UNIT 2

Meaning WHAT ARE SOME NEW

1. author YEAR’S CUSTOMS?
2. quiet
3. special
4. adults Vocabulary (page 9)
5. alone
6. interview Meaning
1. strike
Words That Go Together 2. celebrations
1. free time 3. fireworks
2. took care of 4. traditions
3. make money 5. wealth
4. all over the world 6. coins
5. came true 7. grapes
8. represents

Comprehension (page 4) Words That Go Together

1. in the middle
Understanding the Reading 2. at the stroke of
1. a 3. step inside
2. a
3. c
Comprehension (page 10)
Remembering Details
1. T Understanding the Reading
2. F 1. c
3. F 2. b
4. T 3. b
5. F
6. F Remembering Details
1. T
Understanding the Sequence 2. T
1. 2, 1 3. T
2. 1, 2 4. F
3. 1, 2 5. F
4. 2, 1 6. F

Sentence Completion
Writing (page 6) 1. b
Answers may vary. Possible answers: 2. c
1. J. K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter. 3. d
2. Joanne is from Bristol, England. 4. a
3. Joanne worked as an English teacher in Portugal. 5. f
4. Joanne married a Portuguese man. 6. e
5. Harry Potter is famous all over the world.

What a World Reading 1 Answer Key 1

Writing (page 12) 6. The queen starts her day at 7:00 in the morning.
Answers may vary. Possible answers: 7. After lunch, the queen visits hospitals, schools, or new
1. On New Year’s Day, I wear new clothes. buildings.
2. On New Year’s Day, we eat special food.
3. On New Year’s Day, people don’t work. Sentence Completion
4. On New Year’s Day, I like to visit friends. 1. b
5. On New Year’s Day, I don’t like to be alone. 2. d
3. a
4. c
Spelling and Punctuation (page 13) 5. f
6. e
A.
1. Brazil, New Year’s Day
2. South America, New Year’s Day Writing (page 19)
3. Chinese New Year, January, February Answers may vary. Possible answers:
4. Iranians, New Year’s Day 1. Buckingham Palace was built around 1705.
5. Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 2. Buckingham Palace is a big and beautiful building.
3. Buckingham Place has about 600 rooms.
4. The queen has breakfast with her husband, Prince Philip.
5. After lunch, the queen visits hospitals, schools, or new
UNIT 3 buildings.
WHERE IS BUCKINGHAM
PALACE? Spelling and Punctuation (page 19)
1. queen
2. quiet
Vocabulary (page 16) 3. banquets
4. squeeze
Meaning 5. quality
1. garden 6. quickly
2. prepares 7. question
3. politicians
4. flag
5. floor
UNIT 4
6. emergency
7. bowls WHY ARE COWS SPECIAL IN
INDIA?
Words That Go Together
1. the rest of
2. A lot of Vocabulary (page 22)
3. on top of
4. follow rules
Meaning
1. farms
Comprehension (page 17)
2. ground
3. soft
4. cost
Understanding the Reading 5. repairs
1. c 6. problem
2. a 7. hit
3. b 8. decorate
9. protect
Remembering Details
1. Buckingham Palace is in London, England. Words That Go Together
2. The queen lives on the second floor. 1. against the law
3. The queen has garden parties in the summer. 2. spends money on
4. The queen invites 9,000 people to each party. 3. for a long time
5. The palace has about 600 rooms.

What a World Reading 1 Answer Key 2

Comprehension (page 23) 6. reasons
7. expensive
8. agree
Understanding the Reading
1. a
2. a Words That Go Together
3. c 1. asks for
2. equal to
3. can afford to
Remembering Details
4. brand name
1. F
2. F
3. T
4. F
Comprehension (page 29)
5. F
6. T Understanding the Reading
1. c
2. b
Sentence Completion
3. a
1. b
2. c
3. a Remembering Details
4. e 1. T
5. f 2. F
6. d 3. T
4. T
5. F
Writing (page 25) 6. F
Answers may vary. Possible answers:
1. Cows give milk and work on farms. Sentence Completion
2. Farmers use cows to work on farms. 1. b
3. In India, people cannot kill cows. 2. a
4. People in other countries do not understand why the 3. d
Indian government spends money on cows. 4. c
5. People in India have cared for their cows for a long time. 5. f
6. e

Spelling and Punctuation (page 25)

1. don’t Writing (page 31)
2. can’t Answers may vary. Possible answers:
3. isn’t 1. In the United States, both families give gifts to the
4. they’re couple.
5. There’s 2. In India, the groom’s family asks for payment or a dowry
6. It’s, that’s from the bride’s family.
3. In Saudi Arabia, the groom gives a gift called a “mahr”
to the bride’s family.
4. In Oman, soldiers at one time could not afford to get
UNIT 5 married.
WHY DO PEOPLE GIVE GIFTS 5. People give gifts to help the bride and groom start a
happy life together.
FOR WEDDINGS?
Spelling and Punctuation (page 31)
Vocabulary (page 28) 1. Dior suit
2. wedding dress
Meaning 3. Cartier
1. couple 4. television
2. bride 5. Sony
3. groom 6. refrigerator
4. income 7. Electrolux
5. foreigner
What a World Reading 1 Answer Key 3
UNIT 6 4. stories
WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT THE 5. Families
6. companies
BLOWFISH?
UNIT 7
Vocabulary (page 34)
WHO ARE THE SAMI?
Meaning
1. poison
2. enemies Vocabulary (page 40)
3. flavor
4. chefs Meaning
5. dish 1. bilingual
6. raw 2. describe
7. dangerous 3. personal
8. bite 4. costumes
9. pattern 5. peaceful
6. culture
Words That Go Together 7. snowmobiles
1. blows itself up 8. helicopters
2. in danger
3. show off Words That Go Together
1. modern equipment
2. regards himself or herself
Comprehension (page 35) 3. native language
4. are allowed to
Understanding the Reading
1. a
2. b Comprehension (page 41)
3. b
Understanding the Reading
Remembering Details 1. b
1. Most blowfish live in warm oceans. 2. b
2. Blowfish have bright colors to tell their enemies they are 3. c
dangerous.
3. Many chefs who take the official test do not pass. Remembering Details
4. The chefs put the parts that have poison in a special box. 1. The Sami live in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.
5. The chef uses a special knife to cut the meat of the fish. 2. Today, the Sami use snowmobiles and helicopters to help
6. People have a warm and strange feeling on the lips when them herd reindeer.
they eat blowfish. 3. The Sami languages have many words to describe nature.
4. The colors and patterns of the traditional Sami costume
Sentence Completion represent nature.
1. b 5. After a joik is made for a baby, it becomes the child’s
2. d personal song for life.
3. a 6. The colors on the Sami flag are red for the sun, blue for
4. e the moon, and yellow and green for the land.
5. f
6. c Sentence Completion
1. b
2. c
Spelling and Punctuation (page 37) 3. a
1. parties 4. f
2. babies 5. d
3. birthdays 6. e

What a World Reading 1 Answer Key 4

Writing (page 43) Remembering Details
Answers may vary. Possible answers: 1. F
1. The Sami have their own languages, culture, and flag. 2. T
2. Their traditional costumes tell where a Sami comes from. 3. F
3. A long time ago, the Sami hunted reindeer. 4. F
4. Today, most Sami speak a Sami language and the 5. T
language of the country they live in. 6. T
5. The Sami love nature.
Sentence Completion
1. d
Spelling and Punctuation (page 43) 2. e
1. moved 3. a
2. making 4. c
3. survived 5. f
4. loved 6. b
5. hoping
6. coming
7. recognized Writing (page 49)
Answers may vary. Possible answers:
1. Rain forests give us food and medicine.
2. Rain forests are in hot, wet parts of the world.
UNIT 8 3. Some animals in the rain forest give us important
WHY ARE RAIN FORESTS medicines.
4. Rain forests help to balance our climate.
IMPORTANT? 5. Today, rain forests about the size of Poland are
disappearing every year.
Vocabulary (page 46)
Spelling and Punctuation (page 49)
Meaning
1. climate A.
2. balance 1. ESL
3. planet 2. ATM
4. includes 3. NASA
5. harming 4. FBI
6. environment 5. CBS
7. atmosphere 6. IRS
8. cure 7. UNESCO
9. drugs
B.
Words That Go Together 1. investigates
1. global warming
2. was
2. as well
3. sends
3. the size of
4. has
5. collects
Comprehension (page 47)

Understanding the Reading

1. a
2. a
3. b

What a World Reading 1 Answer Key 5

UNIT 9 Spelling and Punctuation (page 56)
WHERE IS THE GREAT WALL? 1. Beijing, China, Temple, Heaven
2. Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
3. Empire State Building, New York
Vocabulary (page 53) 4. Tower, Toronto, Canada
5. Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri
Meaning 6. Amida Buddha, Ushiku City, Japan
1. exactly
2. added
3. attacked UNIT 10
4. space
5. structure
WHAT IS TORNADO ALLEY?
6. along
7. buried
8. monument Vocabulary (page 59)

Words That Go Together Meaning

1. fell down 1. mattress
2. comes from 2. thunderstorm
3. grew up 3. closet
4. care about 4. basement
5. sound
6. explosions
Comprehension (page 54) 7. area
8. nickname
9. shelter
Understanding the Reading
1. a
2. a Words That Go Together
3. c 1. coming her way
2. warning system
3. depending on
Remembering Details
1. F
2. F
3. T
Comprehension (page 60)
4. T
5. T Understanding the Reading
6. F 1. b
2. c
3. c
Sentence Completion
1. b
2. c Remembering Details
3. a 1. F
4. e 2. F
5. f 3. F
6. d 4. T
5. T
6. F
Writing (page 56)
Answers may vary. Possible answers: Sentence Completion
1. The Chinese built the Great Wall thousands of years ago. 1. b
2. Shi Huangdi joined the walls and made the Great Wall. 2. e
3. Emperors added to the wall and made it better. 3. a
4. Many guards lived and died on the wall. 4. f
5. Today, the Great Wall is the largest structure in the 5. c
world. 6. d

What a World Reading 1 Answer Key 6

Writing (page 62) 5. c
Answers may vary. Possible answers: 6. c
1. Tornado Alley has the most tornadoes. 7. b
2. The time to watch for tornadoes is from late March to 8. c
June. 9. a
3. A storm cellar is a safe place or shelter. 10. a
4. A tornado outbreak is when there are six or more
tornadoes at the same time.
5. Today, it is safer than before because we have a better C. Spelling and Punctuation (page 67)
warning system. 1. b
2. c
3. c
Spelling and Punctuation (page 62) 4. c
1. The only things left were the mattress, the bathtub, the 5. b
mother, the two children, and the dog. 6. a
2. C 7. b
3. C 8. b
4. In Tornado Alley, the dangerous months are March, 9. c
April, May, and June. 10. c
5. A tornado can suck up animals, cars, people, and
houses.
6. Tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and UNIT 11
tsunamis are all dangerous.
7. C
WHO WAS ANDREW
8. C CARNEGIE?
9. C
10. People can take shelter in a storm cellar, a bathroom, or
a closet. Vocabulary (page 71)
11. C
12. C Meaning
1. factory
2. throughout
3. realized
4. bridges
SELF-TEST 1, UNITS 1-10 5. peace
6. saved
7. let
A. Comprehension (page 64) 8. nearly
1. b
2. c
Words That Go Together
3. a
1. right away
4. b
2. gave away
5. b
3. named after
6. d
4. as much as possible
7. d
8. c
9.
10.
a
d
Comprehension (page 72)

Understanding the Reading

B. Vocabulary (page 66) 1. b
1. b 2. c
2. a 3. c
3. c
4. d

What a World Reading 1 Answer Key 7

Remembering Details 7. unique
1. Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland. 8. separate
2. Carnegie started to work when he was twelve. 9. continent
3. His first company made bridges for the railroads.
4. Carnegie made steel for bridges, machines, and many Words That Go Together
other things. 1. in all
5. Carnegie sold his company in 1901. 2. belong to
6. Carnegie built 2,811 public libraries. 3. had no choice

Understanding the Sequence

1. 2, 1 Comprehension (page 78)
2. 1, 2
3. 2, 1 Understanding the Reading
4. 2, 1 1. b
2. c
3. c
Writing (page 74)
Answers may vary. Possible answers: Remembering Details
1. Carnegie worked in a factory when he was twelve years 1. T
old. 2. F
2. Carnegie loved to read. 3. F
3. Carnegie started a company when he was thirty years 4. T
old. 5. F
4. Carnegie became the richest man in the world. 6. T
5. Carnegie gave away nearly all of his money.
Sentence Completion
1. b
Spelling and Punctuation (page 74)
2. c
1. ninety-one 3. a
2. fifty-two 4. f
3. C 5. d
4. two thousand 6. e
5. C
6. three million
Writing (page 80)
Answers may vary. Possible answers:
UNIT 12 1. Antarctica is the coldest place in the world.
2. Antarctica has no land animals.
WHAT IS LIFE LIKE IN 3. There are huge glaciers in Antarctica.
ANTARCTICA? 4. Scientists do experiments in Antarctica.
5. People visit Antarctica from November to February.

Vocabulary (page 77)

Spelling and Punctuation (page 80)
Meaning
1. dropped A.
2. temperature 1. Jan.
3. blows 2. Mar.
4. empty 3. No abbreviation
5. huge 4. Jul.
6. experiments 5. Sep.

What a World Reading 1 Answer Key 8

UNIT 13 Writing (page 86)
WHERE DO PEOPLE LIVE Answers may vary. Possible answers:
1. Miners dig under the ground to look for gold and special
UNDER THE GROUND? stones.
2. Coober Pedy has opals under the ground.
3. One reason people live underground is to hide from
Vocabulary (page 83) enemies.
4. The main reason is because it is too hot above the
Meaning ground.
1. dig 5. In the future, more people will live under the ground.
2. deep
3. discovered
4. native Spelling and Punctuation (page 86)
5. main 1. Look! There’s a man in the hole!
6. view 2. What a great idea!
7. holes 3. Wow! There are no trees in the town!
8. design 4. Coober Pedy is a town in South Australia.
5. C
Words That Go Together 6. The miners found thousands of opals.
1. in the future
2. look for
3. Of course
UNIT 14
4. hiding places
WHY DO PEOPLE DECORATE
Comprehension (page 84)
THEIR BODIES?

Understanding the Reading Vocabulary (page 89)

1. c
2. b
Meaning
3. a
1. normal
2. lips
Remembering Details 3. attractive
1. Coober Pedy is in the outback of South Australia. 4. returned
2. About two thousand people live underground in Coober 5. straight
Pedy. 6. stretches
3. The Aboriginal people are the native people of Australia. 7. spread
4. Cappadocia is in Turkey.
Words That Go Together
5. Fifty thousand people could find shelter in the largest
1. belong to
underground city in Cappadocia.
2. stick out
6. Alice City is the name of the underground city Japan is
3. pull out
planning to build.
4. puts in
5. take off
Sentence Completion
1. f
2. d Comprehension (page 90)
3. a
4. c
Understanding the Reading
5. b
1. b
6. e
2. c
3. b

What a World Reading 1 Answer Key 9

Remembering Details 7. handicrafts
1. Some women in Africa put plates in their ears. 8. lake
2. The Kayan women are called long-necked women 9. burn
because they stretch their necks.
3. Some people pull out their bottom teeth in East Africa. Words That Go Together
1. modern technology
4. Some women in Asia paint their teeth black. 2. solar panels
5. Captain Cook was a famous English explorer. 3. a pile of
6. Captain Cook saw tattoos in Tahiti.

Sentence Completion Comprehension (page 96)

1. d
2. f Understanding the Reading
3. a 1. b
4. b 2. a
5. c 3. b
6. e
Remembering Details
1. T
Writing (page 92) 2. F
Answers may vary. Possible answers: 3. F
1. In Africa, some women put plates in their lips or ears. 4. T
2. In Burma, some women stretch their necks with metal 5. F
neck rings. 6. T
3. In east Africa, some people pull out their bottom teeth.
4. In Asia, some women paint their teeth black. Sentence Completion
5. Today, tattoos are popular all over the world. 1. c
2. d
Spelling and Punctuation (page 92)
3. a
4. b
1. tattoos 5. f
2. tomatoes 6. e
3. videos
4. heroes
5. photos Writing (page 98)
Answers may vary. Possible answers:
1. The islands are on Lake Titicaca, which is in Peru.
UNIT 15 2. The Uros use the totora plant to make their islands.
3. The plant grows in the lake.
WHO ARE THE UROS? 4. The women make handicrafts to sell to tourists.
5. Young Uros are leaving the islands to get jobs on the
Vocabulary (page 95)
mainland.

Meaning Spelling and Punctuation (page 98)

1. tie 1. Amazon River, South America
2. rafts 2. Lake Titicaca
3. tender 3. Angel Falls, Venezuela
4. wrap 4. Black Sea, Red Sea
5. tribe 5. Africa, Lake Victoria
6. mainland

What a World Reading 1 Answer Key 10

UNIT 16 4. Professional hockey teams in Canada and the United
WHAT IS CANADA’S States play in the NHL.
5. The Stanley Cup is the prize for the best hockey team.
FAVORITE SPORT?
Spelling and Punctuation (page 104)
Vocabulary (page 101) 1. world’s
2. players’
Meaning 3. children’s
1. skate 4. James’ or James’s
2. slides 5. player’s
3. team
4. game
5. final UNIT 17
6. prize
7. flat WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT NEW
8. goal ZEALAND?
9. professional

Words That Go Together Vocabulary (page 107)

1. At first
2. similar to Meaning
3. get hurt 1. crowded
2. isolated
3. spectacular
Comprehension (page 102) 4. countryside
5. beaches
Understanding the Reading 6. civilized
1. b 7. origin
2. a 8. hills
3. c

Remembering Details Words That Go Together

1. Canadian students made the first rules for ice hockey. 1. in slang
2. There are six players on a hockey team. 2. golf courses
3. Players go thirty miles an hour. 3. made up of
4. Players hit a puck with a stick. 4. per person
5. Players wear special clothes to protect their bodies.
6. The name of the prize is the Stanley Cup.
Comprehension (page 108)
Sentence Completion
1. c Understanding the Reading
2. d 1. c
3. e 2. a
4. f 3. b
5. b
6. a Remembering Details
1. New Zealand is about the same size as Great Britain,
Japan, or Colorado.
Writing (page 104) 2. The capital is Wellington.
Answers may vary. Possible answers: 3. The native people of New Zealand are the Maori.
1. Ice hockey is the world’s fastest game. 4. Snakes do not exist in New Zealand.
2. Players wear special clothes to protect their bodies. 5. Birds that cannot fly live in New Zealand.
3. Players use a stick to hit a puck. 6. New Zealand is popular with movie makers because of
its dramatic beauty.

What a World Reading 1 Answer Key 11

Sentence Completion Remembering Details
1. c 1. T
2. a 2. F
3. b 3. F
4. f 4. F
5. d 5. T
6. e 6. T

Sentence Completion
Writing (page 110) 1. d
Answers may vary. Possible answers: 2. a
1. The native people of New Zealand are the Maori. 3. b
2. The plants and animals of New Zealand are unique. 4. c
3. New Zealanders are called kiwis in slang. 5. f
4. New Zealand is famous for its natural beauty. 6. e
5. New Zealand is popular with movie makers.

Writing (page 116)

Spelling and Punctuation (page 110) Answers may vary. Possible answers:
1. The Last Samurai 1. Elephants are strong and gentle.
2. The Chronicles of Narnia 2. Elephants helped the Thai people to get wood from their
3. An Angel at My Table forests.
4. The World’s Fastest Indian 3. The mahout spends his life with an elephant.
5. The Return of the King 4. Elephants worked in the forests.
5. Today, most elephants work with tourists.

UNIT 18
Spelling and Punctuation (page 116)
WHY IS THE ELEPHANT 1. Elephants, forests
IMPORTANT IN THAILAND? 2. geography
3. photo, nephew, elephant
4. phone, elephants
Vocabulary (page 113) 5. elephant, orphan, father

Meaning
1. gentle UNIT 19
2. float WHO WERE THE MEN SAILING
3. carry
4. trained DRAGON SHIPS?
5. power
6. voice
7. instructions Vocabulary (page 119)

Words That Go Together Meaning

1. spent his life 1. settled
2. proud of 2. slim
3. cut down 3. criminals
4. got used to 4. punishment
5. fine
6. fierce
Comprehension (page 114) 7. raid
8. pirates
Understanding the Reading 9. local
1. b
2. a
3. c

What a World Reading 1 Answer Key 12

Words That Go Together UNIT 20
1. learned . . . by heart HOW DID THE RED CROSS
2. fair hair
3. At the front START?

Comprehension (page 120) Vocabulary (page 125)

Understanding the Reading Meaning

1. b 1. journalist
2. c 2. wounded
3. a 3. volunteers
4. signed
Remembering Details 5. resign
1. The Vikings were tall, strong people with blue eyes and 6. symbol
fair hair. 7. shocked
2. The Viking warships were called dragon ships. 8. reverse
3. When the Vikings traveled, they looked for better land or 9. founded
things to trade.
4. European people were afraid of the Vikings. Words That Go Together
5. The most common Viking punishment for criminals was 1. on business
a fine. 2. by now
6. The Vikings had their Yule festival in the middle of 3. losing money
winter.

Sentence Completion Comprehension (page 126)

1. c
2. d Understanding the Reading
3. a 1. a
4. f 2. c
5. b 3. c
6. e
Remembering Details
1. In 1859, Henry Dunant went to Italy.
Writing (page 122) 2. Dunant was shocked that there wasn’t anybody to take
Answers may vary. Possible answers: care of the wounded soldiers.
1. Viking ships were fast and slim. 3. Dunant wanted countries to have volunteers to help
2. Some Vikings were farmers. wounded soldiers.
3. Other Vikings were explorers or traders. 4. Dunant helped organize the international Red Cross
4. At the Thing, men and women had the right to speak. conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
5. In English, some of the days of the week come from the 5. He became famous again when a journalist rediscovered
names of Viking gods. and wrote about him.
6. Today, 186 countries are part of the International Red
Cross and Red Crescent movement.
Spelling and Punctuation (page 122)
1. Thursday, August second Understanding the Sequence
2. Saturday, December seventh 1. 2, 1
3. Tuesday, March fifteenth 2. 1, 2
4. Sunday, September twenty-fourth 3. 1, 2
5. Wednesday, January thirty-first 4. 2, 1

What a World Reading 1 Answer Key 13

Writing (page 128) 6. a
Answers may vary. Possible answers: 7. b
1. Henry Dunant went to Italy on business. 8. b
2. Henry Dunant had ideas to help wounded soldiers after 9. d
battles. 10. c
3. Henry Dunant and four other Swiss men founded the
International Committee of the Red Cross.
4. Henry Dunant helped organize an international B. Vocabulary (page 131)
conference of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland. 1. b
5. Today, there are 186 countries in the International Red 2. d
Cross and Red Crescent movement. 3. c
4. a
5. d
Spelling and Punctuation (page 128) 6. a
1. symbol, Red Cross 7. a
2. Red Crescent, Muslim 8. b
3. organization, Doctors without Borders 9. c
4. Roman Catholics 10. c
5. Protestants
C. Spelling and Punctuation (page 132)
1. c
2. c
SELF-TEST 2, UNITS 11-20 3. b
4. b
5. b
A. Comprehension (page 129) 6. d
1. d 7. c
2. b 8. d
3. c 9. b
4. a 10. c
5. c

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