KEY VOCABULARYFamiliar Places

AGREE

• Definition: to have the same idea or opinion.

• N, V or Adj.?

• I agree with Michelle Obama’s healthy eating campaign.

COMMUNITY• Definition: A place where

people live, work and carry out their daily lives.

• N, V or Adj.?

• La Villita, or Little Village, is a community in Chicago that was built by the city’s Mexican population.

• Definition: already known

• N, V or Adj.?

• I am familiar with many traditional Mexican foods.

FAMILIAR

• Definition: A special event or party.

• N, V or Adj.?

• Day of the Dead is a festival celebrated in Mexico.

FESTIVAL

• Definition: belonging or pertaining to a home country or culture.

• N, V or Adj.?

• Tall prairie grasses are native to the Kansas plains.

NATIVE

• Definition: A place where people live and work together.

• N, V or Adj.?

• The neighborhoods in a city are different than those in the country.

NEIGHBORHOOD

• Definition: The number of people living in a place.

• N, V or Adj.?

• The world’s population is currently over seven billion people.

POPULATION

• Definition: An activity or belief that people share for many years.

• N, V or Adj.?

• The dance of Los Voladores is a tradition of the Totonaca people of Mexico.

TRADITION