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Reading Comp Begin Vol 1 Places Final Pdf Ready Teacher Workbooks Language Arts Series Reading Comprehension Beginning Level, Volume 1 – Places © Copyright 2002 Teachnology Publishing Company A Division of Teachnology, Inc. For additional information, visit us at www.teach-nology.com/publishing Some images © www.arttoday.com Table of Contents Amsterdam 1 Bangkok 2 Beijing 3 Bombay 4 Cairo 5 Chicago 6 Hong Kong 7 Havana 8 Istanbul 9 Jerusalem 10 London 11 Los Angeles 12 Madrid 13 Mexico City 14 Moscow 15 New York City 16 Ottawa 17 Paris 18 Reykjavik 19 Rome 20 Shanghai 21 Stockholm 22 Sydney 23 Tokyo 24 Zurich 25 Answers 26-27 Ó2002 Teachnology, Inc. iii Name ____________________________ Date ________________________ Amsterdam Amsterdam is the capital city of the Netherlands. Due to a great number of canals and four bridges, it’s broken into about ninety islands. Three quarters of a million people live in Amsterdam. Amsterdam is a major diamond center of the world. More money changes hands in Amsterdam than any other city in Netherlands. Amsterdam was the home of the renowned 17th-century painter 1. Circle the word Rembrandt; his home is now a museum. “Amsterdam” every time it During in the early 1940s, Amsterdam appears in the reading was taken over by the German army for passage. How many times about five years. The people of Amsterdam experienced great hardships and the city was does it appear in the passage? badly damaged, but a number of improvements have been made to the city. 2. Complete the sentence by writing the correct word in the space provided. French, German Amsterdam was once occupied by the ---------------------- army. 3. Circle the correct answer below. Which famous painter Monet, Renoir, Rembrandt called Amsterdam home? Picasso, Warhol, Bacon 4. Unscramble the word. The country in which Amsterdam esethndnrla is found is _________________. Answer: ___________________ Ó2002 Teachnology, Inc. 1 Name ____________________________ Date ________________________ Bangkok Bangkok is the largest city in Thailand. It is the capital city of Thailand. Bangkok has an area of more than 600 miles. Just under one million people call Bangkok home. English is the secondary spoken language, to Thai, in Bangkok. English is an important language in Bangkok, since tourism is main source of money for the city. In the 1990s more than four million requests for telephone service were made. Today, it can 1. Bangkok is very ---------------------- . take up to two years to get home telephone service. Due to this, small, large cellular telephones are more popular than home telephones. 2. Which language is the second most common in Bangkok? Chinese French English Spanish 3. Name two largely spoken languages in Bangkok. Chinese, English, French, ---------------------- Polish, Thai, Spanish ----------------------- 4. (Unscramble) It takes a long time in Bangkok to get one of these. A ____________________ lntpheeoe Ó2002 Teachnology, Inc. 2 Name ____________________________ Date ________________________ Beijing Beijing, also known as Peking, is the capital city of China. It is the second largest city in China with over six thousand miles of area. The city is home to just under fourteen million people. Mandarin Chinese is the primary language spoken in Beijing. Mandarin Chinese is also the official language of China. Beijing is home to many great national monuments, statues, and temples. The Palace Museum, the official site for the imperial family over five hundred years ago, is centrally located in 1. What is another name the city. for Beijing? South of the Palace Museum is Tiananmen Square. Tiananmen Square -------------------------- is the site of large celebrations and rallies, such as the National Day st celebrations held each year on the 1 of October. Duking, China, Mexico, Bangkok, Peking, Hawaii 2. Write two interesting facts about Beijing. A.___________________________________________ B. ___________________________________________ 3. The official language of China is ___________ Chinese. Paladin, Mandarin Ó2002 Teachnology, Inc. 3 Name ____________________________ Date ________________________ Bombay Bombay has long been referred to as Gateway of India. Bombay is where the greatest amount of money changes hands in India. Most technological breakthroughs that have taken place in India happened in Bombay. Ships send out and receive more cargo in Bombay than anywhere else in India. Word Box Twelve million people squeeze into the two hundred thirty-nine mile area of India Bombay Bombay. People speak many different 12 Marathi languages in Bombay. Marathi is the most Hindi soccer commonly spoken language, but only one third of the population speaks this 239 English language. Other important languages are Museums Gateway Gujarati, Urdu, and Hindi. English is the language for business, trade, manufacturing, education, and politics. Use the words in the Word Bombay has many attractions for Box to answer the questions. visitors including museums, theaters, libraries, and galleries. Cricket, soccer, and field hockey are very popular sports. 1. What country is Bombay located in? _____________________________________ 2. Name a sport that is commonly played in Bombay? _____________________________________ 3. When at work, what language often spoken in Bombay? _____________________________________ Ó2002 Teachnology, Inc. 4 Name ____________________________ Date ________________________ Cairo The word Cairo means “the Victorious” in Arabic. Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa. The city of Cairo covers an area of just over one hundred and seventy-five miles. The people of Cairo are known as Cairenes. There are about seven million Cairenes found in Egypt. The Pyramids of Egypt, which were Circle the word or number that tombs for the ancient Egyptian royalty, makes each sentence true. and the statue of the Sphinx, which dates from about 2500 BC, are probably the country's most famous monuments. Both 1. Cairo is the capital city of ___. of these attractions are located just west of Cairo in the suburb of Giza. China Africa Chicago Despite the desert background Giza Egypt Iran usually depicted in photographs, the pyramids are extremely close to Cairo and are likely to be surrounded by the city in the near future. 2. The citizens of Cairo are called __________. Cairoians Cairoites Eygpters Cairenes 3. The Sphinx is over ___________ years old. (A tricky one) 200 250 500 2000 2500 4000 4500 4. ______ million people live in Cairo. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Ó2002 Teachnology, Inc. 5 Name ____________________________ Date ________________________ Chicago Chicago is the third largest city in the United States. Over three million people live in the two hundred and twenty five mile area of Chicago. The world's first skyscraper was constructed in Chicago in 1885. Today, some of the world’s tallest and most famous skyscrapers are found in 1. Circle the word the city. Located in the heart of the “Chicago” every time it city is the one hundred and ten story appears in the reading Sears Tower, which is among the most passage. How many times does famous skyscrapers ever built. it appear in the passage? Chicago is often called “The Windy City”. It is assumed that this is ______ due to the City’s weather, but in the 1990s 11 major U.S. cities outranked Chicago for average annual wind 2. Complete the sentence by writing the correct word in the speed. space provided. first, smallest, tallest In 1885 Chicago was home to the world’s ---------------------- skyscraper. 3. Circle the correct answer below. What is Chicago’s well-known nickname? The Big Apple, The Big Bear Bricktown, The Windy City 4. Unscramble the word. Chicago is famous for these types of ksrapyrsces buildings? Answer: ___________________ Ó2002 Teachnology, Inc. 6 Name ____________________________ Date ________________________ Hong Kong Hong Kong is found on the southeast coast of China and consists of two hundred and thirty five islands. For many years Hong Kong was under British rule, but recently (1997) the land was given back to China. It rains frequently in Hong Kong. 1. Circle the words On average, eighty-five inches of rain “Hong Kong” every time they falls in a year. Due to all the rain, there appear in the reading is very little farmland and over half of passage. How many times the available land is swampland. do they appear in the passage? The total land area of Hong Kong is just over four hundred miles. Seven million people live in Hong Kong. Due 2. Complete the sentence by to the small land size, one hundred writing the correct word in the thousand people live within each mile. space provided. Geographically Hong Kong is found midway between Japan and Hong Kong was recently given Singapore. It also serves a key entry back to China by the point into China. ---------------------- government. British, German 3. Circle the correct answer below. How many people live within 10,000 25,000 50,000 each mile in Hong Kong? 75,000 100,000 200,000 4. Unscramble the word. Hong Kong is found halfway between Japan pgsiarone and this country. Answer: ___________________ Ó2002 Teachnology, Inc. 7 Name ____________________________ Date ________________________ Havana Havana is the capital city of Cuba. Located on the island's north coast, Havana is the largest city in the Caribbean region. Havana possesses one of the best natural harbors in the Caribbean. Due to Havana’s location, its harbors have long 1. Havana is found in the been a very important to many countries. The majority of all trade between Cuba and other countries takes place in ---------------------- . Havana’s harbors. Just over two and a quarter million people live within the four hundred square miles of Havana. The city Caribbean, experiences very hot and humid days. Netherlands The city is often cooled by brief but heavy sea winds. 2. Havana is the capital of which country? Caribea Jamaica Cuba Portugal 3. Circle the arrow that indicates the location of Havana within Cuba.
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