INTRODUCTORY QUIZ
Pair work: Use the website below to find the answers to these eight questions about New York City.
1. Who was the first European to visit the area of New York?
2. Which Native American group inhabited the area?
3. What was the original name of New York?
4. How did New York get its present name?
5. How many people lived in New York around 1750?
6. Who designed the grid system of the streets of New York?
7. At the beginning of the 20th century, immigrants flooded the city. Where did most of them live?
8. Where did the rich people build their fancy mansions?
9. When were the boroughs of New York united into one city?
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/north_america/new_york_city/history.htm
Pair work: Use the website below to find the answers to these eight questions about New York City.
1. Who was the first European to visit the area of New York?
2. Which Native American group inhabited the area?
3. What was the original name of New York?
4. How did New York get its present name?
5. How many people lived in New York around 1750?
6. Who designed the grid system of the streets of New York?
7. At the beginning of the 20th century, immigrants flooded the city. Where did most of them live?
8. Where did the rich people build their fancy mansions?
9. When were the boroughs of New York united into one city?
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/north_america/new_york_city/history.htm