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Pamela Hartmann, Los Angeles Unified School District
James Mentel, Los Angeles Unified School District
Neighborhoods, Cities, and Towns

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Write the meaning of the underlined words.



1

A borough is a division of a large city.
What is a borough?
2

New York has five boroughs, but Queens is the most diverse (including many different kinds of people.)
What does diverse mean?
3

They wanted immigrants (residents who come from other countries) to move from lower Manhattan to Queens.
What is an immigrant?
4

Queens also offered a short commute (trip to work) to Manhattan.
What is a commute?








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