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The Five Boroughs of New York City

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Imagine you are a young city planner named Maya, and today is your first day studying the greatest city in the United States. New York City is not one place — it is five separate areas called BOROUGHS, each with its own history, neighborhoods, and character. The five boroughs are Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. Before 1898, these areas were actually separate cities and towns, each governed on their own. Then, in a massive act of political reorganization called CONSOLIDATION, they were joined together to form a single, unified New York City. Maya opens her notebook and writes at the top: "One city, five worlds."

The five separate areas that make up New York City are called _____.
BOROUGHS
The political act of joining the five boroughs together is called _____.
CONSOLIDATION
Name one of the five boroughs mentioned in this passage.
MANHATTAN / BROOKLYN / QUEENS / THE BRONX / STATEN ISLAND
Name something the text tells us about New York City before 1898.
SEPARATE CITIES / GOVERNED ON THEIR OWN / NOT ONE PLACE
Before consolidation, the boroughs were separate cities and towns, each _____ on their own.
GOVERNED
The Hudson River forms one of the natural boundaries of Manhattan, flowing into the _____ Ocean.
ATLANTIC

Writing Prompt

What comes to mind when you picture a city made up of five very different worlds joined together?

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