In 1654, the Jews of Sephardic Origin, Immigrating to the United

question 24

Multiple Choice

In 1654, the Jews of Sephardic origin, immigrating to the United States, ________.

• A) were explorers seeking new lands and adventure
• B) were refugees expelled from their countries of residence
• C) were religious preachers with intentions to introduce their religion to the natives
• D) were refugees escaping the Holocaust in Germany

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Definitions:

Monocot

A group of flowering plants that are characterized by having a single seed leaf, or cotyledon, in addition to parallel leaf venation and scattered vascular bundles in stems.

Rhizoids

Thread-like structures that anchor nonvascular plants like mosses and liverworts to their substrates, but do not absorb nutrients like true roots.

Cotyledons

Embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, the first to appear from a germinating seed.

Ovule

In seed plants, a structure that contains the female gametophyte and has the potential to develop into a seed.