Editorial Development: Bonnie Brook Communications

SKILL PRACTICE
Read each question. Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
 1. What percent of people got news from television 
in 2010?
A 
35%
B 
40%
C 
42%
D 
51%
 2. Which medium was accessed for news the least
in 2010?
A 
printed newspaper
B 
radio
C 
television
D 
Internet
 3. Which medium has been holding steady for the 
last few years?
A 
printed newspaper
B 
radio
C 
television
D 
Internet
 4. In which year did similar numbers of people
get their news from radio, printed newspaper,
or the Internet?
A 
2002
B 
2004
C 
2008
D 
2010
STRATEGY PRACTICE
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network? Why?
 
 
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Visual Information
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Daily Reading Comprehension • EMC 3458 • © Evan-Moor Corp.
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WEEK 24
DAY 4
READ THE MAP
Study the map to learn about the explorations made by Henry Hudson in the early 1600s.
Henry Hudson’s Last Two Voyages
Henry Hudson was an 
English explorer from the 
seventeenth century. Hudson 
sailed across the Atlantic 
Ocean to the northeast coast 
of North America looking for 
the Northwest Passage, a 
route from Europe to Asia 
that was believed to exist. On 
his first two voyages, he 
encountered icebergs north of 
Scandinavia. Hudson’s 
discoveries from his last two 
voyages led to a century of 
exploration by several 
European countries.
SKILL PRACTICE
Read each question. Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.
 1. Henry Hudson explored the waterway that is now 
called the Hudson River in 
.
A 
1609
B 
1610
C 
1611
D 
1612
 2. Which information does the box on the lower 
right side of the map include?
A 
the km-to-mile conversion information
B 
the years of the voyages
C 
the location of the routes on a world map
D 
the location of previous voyages
 3. Where did Hudson’s last voyage end?
A 
Labrador Sea
B 
Hudson Bay
C 
North Atlantic Ocean
D 
James Bay
 4. What can you infer from the map about what 
Hudson achieved?
A 
He found the Northwest Passage.
B 
He discovered three waterways.
C 
He eventually found a different route
to Asia.
D 
He explored the entire east coast of
North America