1) Who are the 2 famous explorers mentioned?
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Christopher Columbus
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Robert Peary
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Frederick Cook
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Neil Armstrong
2) Fill out the sentence with the missing words (3 of them)
Fill the gap:
The title could actually belong to an ________________________ explorer named Matthew ________________________
3) What year, after the Civil War, was Henson born?
Answer the question using your own words
4) Put this scrambled sentence in the correct order
Put the words in order:
the
He
set
Pole
foot
North
the
to
on
became
person
first
5) How old was he when he left home?
Answer the question using your own words
6) What was his first job ?
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writer
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school boy
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cabin boy
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ship sailor
7) Match the beginning and the end of these sentences
Match the items:Robert Peary hired him as | a valet. |
In 1887 Henson was working as | a famous exporer. |
In Washington DC Henson met | a store clerk. |
8) Find the missing words
Fill the gap:
The two men began a working ________________________ that lasted for over two decades and ________________________ a dozen voyages
9) Henson was skillful in many jobs and tasks. Tick the one you hear in the video.
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dogsledder
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doctor
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hunter
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navigator
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postman
10) What second language was Henson able to speak fluently?
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Hindu
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Spanish
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Inuit
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Indian
11) What year did they reach the North Pole ?
Answer the question using your own words
12) Put this scrambled sentence in the correct order
Put the words in order:
at
forty
five
Peary
before
minutes
Pole
arrived
Henson
the
13) What did Peary get from the National Geographic Society?
Answer the question using your own words
14) Replace the word by the one in the video
Correct the wrong word:
But Henson's contributions were mostly ignored by the scientific community
15) When did Henson die?
Answer the question using your own words
16) How long did it take for Henson to get the same honor as Peary?
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a decade
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a century
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a year
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50 years