Vocabulary
A historian is a person that
a. Builds old structures
b. Finds lost people
c. Researches and knows history.
c. Researches and knows history.
The article "The Royal Treatment" argues that Machu Picchu was
a. built to track sun, stars, and planets.
b. built to celebrate Festival of Sun
c. built as a royal estate
c. built as a royal estate
The article "Eyes on the Sky" argues Machu Picchu was
a. built to track sun, stars, and planets
b. built as a royal estate
c. built to celebrate Festival of the Sun
a. built to track sun, stars, and planets
An ______ studied the objects found in Pompeii.
a. historian
b. biologist
c. archeologist
c. archeologist
What is the opposite of intact?
a. Together
b. Broken
b. Broken
What did the Incas observe to create calendars?
a. moon
b. planets
c. sun
c. sun
Who is responsible for finding Machu Picchu?
a. Tourists
b. Archeologist
c. Biologist
b. Archeologist
When is the Winter Solstice in Peru?
a. January
b. March
c. June
c. June
My mom picked up the _________ of the rug after my dog ripped it up.
a. era
b. remnants
c. fragments
c. fragments
Which continent is Peru a part of?
a. North America
b. South America
c. Europe
d. Africa
b. South America
Which large capital city was Machi Picchu located by?
a. Argentina
b. Cuzco
c. Brazil
b. Cuzco
When a plate breaks, what are the pieces called?
a. remnants
b. shards
c. sprinkles
a. remnants
How many people did archeologist think Machu Picchu had?
a. 750 people
b. 850 people
c. 950 people
a. 750 people
The car was not _______ after the car accident.
a. remnants
b. preserved
c. intact
c. intact
Which word is similar to a fragment of something?
a. thorns
b. pieces
c. needles
b. pieces
Where is Machu Picchu located?
a. Peru
b. Chili
c. Argentina
a. Peru
Reconstruct means
a. Make new again
b. Prove something to be false
c. Put back together again.
c. Put back together again.
What activity was not available in Machu Picchu?
a. fishing
b. hunting
c. relaxing
a. fishing
After the hurricane, the city had to _______ their town hall.
a. reconstruct
b. intact
c. fragment
a. reconstruct
"Re"in the word reconstruct means
a. Do it again
b. Not to do it again
a. Do it again
Why did the Incas celebrate the Festival of the Sun?
a. to honor their king
b. to honor the sun god
c. to honor the mountain god
b. to honor the sun god
Which of these are an example of preserved?
a. fresh bread
b. grass
c. can of green beans
c. can of green beans
Who do some historians think Machu Picchu was built for observing the sun, stars, and planets?
a. It was built like other observatory cities.
b. It had round wall buildings.
c. It was built 7,000 feet in the air.
c. It was built 7,000 feet in the air.
Who cannot help us explain what happened in the past?
a. archeologist
b. historian
c. biologist
c. biologist