Vocabulary
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Comprehension
What makes sense?
100

A historian is a person that

a. Builds old structures

b. Finds lost people

c. Researches and knows history.

c. Researches and knows history.

100

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

100

What era was big hair popular? 

a. 1960's

b. 1970's

c. 1980's

100

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

100

An ______ studied the objects found in Pompeii. 

a. historian

b. biologist

c. archeologist

c. archeologist

200

What is the opposite of intact? 

a. Together

b. Broken

b. Broken

200

What did the Incas observe to create calendars? 

a. moon

b. planets

c. sun

c. sun

200

Who is responsible for finding Machu Picchu? 

a. Tourists

b. Archeologist

c. Biologist

b. Archeologist

200

When is the Winter Solstice in Peru? 

a. January

b. March

c. June

c. June

200

My mom picked up the _________ of the rug after my dog ripped it up. 

a. era

b. remnants

c. fragments

c. fragments

300

Which continent is Peru a part of? 

a. North America

b. South America

c. Europe

d. Africa

b. South America

300

Which large capital city was Machi Picchu located by? 

a. Argentina

b. Cuzco

c. Brazil

b. Cuzco

300

When a plate breaks, what are the pieces called? 

a. remnants

b. shards

c. sprinkles

a. remnants

300

How many people did archeologist think Machu Picchu had? 

a. 750 people

b. 850 people

c. 950 people

a. 750 people

300

The car was not _______ after the car accident.

a. remnants

b. preserved

c. intact

c. intact

400

Which word is similar to a fragment of something?

a. thorns

b. pieces

c. needles

b. pieces

400

Where is Machu Picchu located? 

a. Peru

b. Chili

c. Argentina

a. Peru

400

Reconstruct means

a. Make new again

b. Prove something to be false

c. Put back together again.

c. Put back together again.

400

What activity was not available in Machu Picchu? 

a. fishing

b. hunting

c. relaxing

a. fishing

400

After the hurricane, the city had to _______ their town hall.

a. reconstruct

b. intact

c. fragment

a. reconstruct

500

"Re"in the word reconstruct means

a. Do it again

b. Not to do it again

a. Do it again

500

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

500

Which of these are an example of preserved? 

a. fresh bread

b. grass

c. can of green beans

c. can of green beans

500

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.

500

Who cannot help us explain what happened in the past? 

a. archeologist

b. historian

c. biologist

c. biologist

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