Name: ______Week of Feb. 28 – March 4 RD-___

R-A-T (6)

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Alaska, which became America’s forty-ninth state in 1959, was purchased from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000. This mountainous, volcanic territory was originally called Russian America before being renamed. Being almost twice the size of Texas, it is the largest state and the most difficult to traverse. Having very few major roads, the chief mode of transportation is small plane or snowmobile. In recent times more vehicles such as SUVs and RVs can be seen traveling on the oftentimes dirt or gravel roads. The southern mountains and wilderness areas are favorite destinations for tourists.

For many years Native Americans, Aleut, and Inuit people populated this vast land. In the late 1800s, when gold was discovered, people from the lower forty-eight began settling in Alaska. Today Alaska’s economy is built around tourist, oil, metals, natural gas, coal, forestry, agriculture, and fishing. Alaska can still be called America’s last frontier on Earth.

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Monday

  1. Read the selection carefully. The subject of this selection is ______.
  2. At the top of this page, write a title for this selection.
  3. The author’s purpose in writing this selection is to ______.
  4. My purpose for reading this selection is to ______.
  5. The genre of this selection is ______.

Tuesday

  1. The base word for renamedis ______.
  2. What does the word vastmean in this selection? cosmic enormous immeasurable

8. The word that could be used in the place of mode would be ______.

9. The word traverse means ______.

Wednesday

10. The population of Alaska has remained the same since the early 1800s.True False

11. The selection doesn’t say, but Alaska’s many resources are ______to America.

unnecessary important

12. The words “lower forty-eight” refer to ______.

Thursday

13. Make a chart listing

four things you read about

Alaska and four things you

know about Georgia.

Friday

14. Highlight 5-6 key words in the selection. Write them below. Write a 3-4 sentence summary of the selection using your key words. It is not necessary to use all your key words. Be sure to use correct spelling and punctuation.

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