Vocabulary
Which means the same as reconstruct?
a. make new
b. change something
c. put back together
c. put back together
What was the argumentative text point of view in "The Royal Treatment"?
a. Machu Picchu was built to track the sun, stars, and sky.
b. Machu Picchu was built to celebrate Festival of the Sun.
c. Machu Picchu was built as an estate for royalty to vacation at.
c. Machu Picchu was built as an estate for royalty to vacation at.
What is the opposite of preserved?
a. destroyed
b. glossy
c. responsible
a. destroyed
True or False
Machu Picchu is earthquake resistant?
True!
Incas used various techniques to make their buildings resistant to earthquakes. These included the ashlar technique mentioned above, as well as trapezoidal-shaped doors and windows, inward inclining walls, and bracing blocks.
What does remnants mean?
a. small parts that are left over.
b. a specific request
c. a payment plan
a. small parts that are left over.
The argumentative text "Eyes on the Sky" believes Machu Picchu was built to:
a. track sun, stars, and planets.
b. celebrate Festival of the Sun
c. give royalty a place to vacation.
a. track sun, stars, and planets.
What does the word era mean?
a. wide, open space of land
b. particular place or spot
c. period of time or history
c. period of time or history
True or False: Machu Picchu had a functioning water system?
True
Engineers designed a complex, functioning water system with 16 fountains for the city.
Which means almost the same as fragments?
a. pieces
b. grains
c. needles
a. pieces
Where is Machu Picchu located?
a. eastern South America
b. in the city of Cuzco
c. Andes Mountains of Peru
c. Andes Mountains of Peru
What does an archeologist do?
a. reconstruct ruined structures to preserve history.
b. focus on changing history
c. dig up remains of an ancient city to study the things found there.
c. dig up remains of an ancient city to study the things found there.
True or False
Machu Picchu means "steep hil"
False
Machu Picchu means "Old Mountain".
What is the opposite of intact?
a. forgotten
b. mistaken
c. broken
c. broken
What did the Inca's observe to create calendars for the farmers?
a. planets
b. sun
c. stars
b. sun
What is the difference between fragments and remnants?
a. fragments are pieces left after something breaks, remnants are the small pieces of a broken item.
b. fragments are small pieces of a broken item, remnants are pieces left after something breaks.
b. fragments are small pieces of a broken item, remnants are pieces left after something breaks.
A hidden rock formation behind Machu Picchu resembles
a. A cat
b. A face
c. A foot
b. Face
A specific, hidden rock formation behind the site resembles a human face looking at the sky.
What best describes a historian?
a. someone who teaches science
b. someone who knows a lot about history
c. someone who specializes in philosophy
b. someone who knows a lot about history
What was celebrated at the Festival of the Sun?
a. the sun
b. the sun God
c. their king
b. the sun God
What word fits the blank? In the Victorian ______, all women wore long sleeved dresses that had a full length skirt even in summer.
a. intact
b. era
c. preserved
b. era
What did the Inca's occasionally eat besides lots of beans and fruit?
a. meat-guinea pigs and llamas.
b. dried vegetables
c. lots of local insects
a. occasional meat, such as guinea pig, llama, or dried meat (ch'arki).