Foods of Mexico: a Delicious Blend

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Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. text toanswerthequestions. Directions: Readthefollowingexpositorytext.Useinformationfrom the Name ways of cooking. ways of African slaves who were brought toNew Spainalsoadded their beans spices withthem.Ricefrom Asiatogether withMexico’s native from SpanishcoloniesinAsia.They brought many foods and sugarcane, andlime, lemon, andorange trees. learned toplantspinach,eggplants, artichokes, watermelons, the Moors, who ruledtheircountryfor eighthundred years, they the Spanishlearnedtogrow olives, grapes, andchickpeas. From From theGreeks, who Spaininthefifth colonized century with them.Over thecenturiesSpainhadmany influences. The Spanishwho cametotheNew World brought theirtraditions The SpanishFlavor cacao (cocoa)beans, honey, andmushrooms. tortillas andbread. Fieldsandforests suppliedfruits, peanuts, and amaranth, anutritious grain that was ground for intoflour pumpkins, sweet potatoes, and squash.Theyalsoraised avocados black, andothercolorcombinations. white, maize: wild plant.Theygrew many red, yellow, varieties of Mexico developed (corn)from maize asmall The early peopleof Native Foods are atreat tosee, smell,taste, andeat. means “afullbelly makes for ahappy heart.” Mexico Thefoods of Between rows of corntheyplantedtomatoes,Between rows beans, of chiles, Spanish shipscalledgalleonssailedacross thePacific Ocean Panza llena,corazón contento (frijoles) A Delicious Blend Foods ofMexico: and tortillas became the staple food of Mexico.and tortillasbecamethestaple food of by GeorgeAncona is anoldMexican proverb that /108/PE01492/PARCC_Benchmark_and_Weekly_tests/NA/SE/Weekly_Test_SE/G3/0328798657/ ... Grade 3•Unit5Week 4 b.c. Unit 5•Week 4 , Weekly Test Next

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Mexican cuisine that has traces of distantlands.Mexican cuisinethat hastraces of brought withthemblended withnative cooking.Theresult isa distant lands, andtheysettledflowered. Thefoods they torta detamal, cultures: asliced Street-corner food vendors sellabreakfast snackthat blends two to eat themtoo. Mexicans never gave uptheirtortillas. Eventually thesettlersbegan Serving to thenative corntortillas. Theybaked littlerolls called The Spanishplantedwheat becausetheypreferred wheat bread Tortillas orBolillos? Grade 3•Unit5Week 4 Like seedsblown by thewind,peoplecametoMexico from Today itisn’t necessarytochoosebetween a bolillos a tamalesandwich. was astatus symbolamongEuropeans. But bolillo with ahottamaleinside. Thisiscalleda /108/PE01492/PARCC_Benchmark_and_Weekly_tests/NA/SE/Weekly_Test_SE/G3/0328798657/ ... tamal or a bolillos. bolillo. Unit 5•Week 4 Weekly Test Next

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Part A? Which detailfrom theexpository text bestsupportstheanswer to Part B from thetext? thefollowingWhich statements of isaconclusionyou candraw Part A

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Which detailfrom thetext bestsupportstheanswer toPart A? Part B to eat themtoo.” Mexicans never gave uptheirtortillas. Eventually thesettlersbegan Serving to thenative corntortillas. Theybaked littlerolls called “The Spanishplantedwheat becausetheypreferred wheat bread the Spanishtodecideplantwheat? Reread thefollowing paragraph. What was acause, orreason, for Part A Grade 3•Unit5Week 4

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“baked littlerolls” “preferred wheat bread” “never gave up” “a status symbol” different foods. The Spanishfeltnervous about growing oreating money andwas important. Growing wheat plantsshowed that apersonhadlotof corn plants. Wheat plantswere easier for theSpanishtogrow than made from corn. The Spanishliked foods madefrom wheat more thanfoods Informational Text 7. bolillos Describetherelationship betweenaseriesofhistoricalevents,scientificideasor was astatus symbolamongEuropeans. But Useinformationgainedfrom illustrations(e.g.,maps,photographs)andthe /108/PE01492/PARCC_Benchmark_and_Weekly_tests/NA/SE/Weekly_Test_SE/G3/0328798657/ ... bolillos. Unit 5•Week 4 Weekly Test Next

Which detailfrom thetext does Part B Reread thesectiontitled“TheSpanishFlavor.” Which statement Part A correctly summarizes the main idea of theseparagraphs? correctly themainideaof summarizes

D. C. B. A. D. C. B. A.

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Which word from thepassage bestsupportstheanswer toPart A? Part B What is the best definition of thewordWhat “vendors” isthebestdefinition of asusedinthetext? Part A Grade 3•Unit5Week 4

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Which word inthetext bestsupportstheanswer toPart A? Part B Reread thesectiontitled“Native Foods.” thefollowing Which of Part A words isasynonym for theword “raised” asusedinthetext?

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