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History of New York City

Choose an answer from the three choices offered after each question and then click "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz to see how you scored. All of the answers can be found in World Book.

1.   

What borough is the smallest in area?

    Bronx
    Manhattan
    Staten Island

2.   

What borough has more people than any other borough of New York City?

    Brooklyn
    Manhattan
    Queens

3.   

What is the only borough that is not connected to Manhattan by a bridge or tunnel?

    Bronx
    Queens
    Staten Island

4.   

In what year did Brooklyn and several communities in what became the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island unite with Manhattan to form what was called Greater New York?

    1664
    1785
    1898

5.   

Where is the Statue of Liberty located?

    Ellis Island
    Governors Island
    Liberty Island

6.   

What park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted is located in Brooklyn?

    Central Park
    International Wildlife Conservation Park
    Prospect Park

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