CKLA Unit 2 Ancient Civilizations Reading Comprehension

Select the correct word to complete each sentence:

Beautiful pictures from an 1800s explorer seemed to ________ Hiram Bingham to Peru.

• Distract

• Tractor

• Attract

• Retract

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Archaeologists were able to ________ King Pakal's death mask from the rubble in his tomb.

• extract

• attract

• subtract

• tractor

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Maya cities were places where people could _______ with one another to exchange goods and ideas.

• interflow

• flow

• act

• interact

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Conquistadors Cortes and Pizzaro were ________ explorers who left their homeland to establish colonies for the Spanish king.

• intercoastal

• international

• coastal

• national

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Mesoamerica was a ________ name for the area where the Maya and Aztec lived because Mesoamerica means Middle America.

• illegible

• logical

• legible

• illogical

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Potatoes served as food for the Inca year round. They were a _______ part of the Inca diet.

• irrgular

• regular

• legal

• illegal

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What part of speech is the underlined word.

The tropics are near the equator. Mesoamerica lies north of the equator.

• action verb

• subject

• linking verb

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence:

The Inca Empire began in the Andes Mountains. The Andes Mountains are high and tall.

• action verb

• subject

• linking verb

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What part of speech are the underlined words in the following sentences:

The Inca divided their empire into four quarters. Some quarters were larger than others.

• action verb

• subject

• linking verb

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Read the two sentences below:

The gods were pleased that the corn people could think, hear, speak, and see. The gods were not pleased that the corn people's vision was even better than their own vision.

Now, select the correct word to combine these two sentences into one sentence correctly:

The gods were pleased that the corn people could think, hear, speak, and see ______ the gods were not pleased that the corn people's vision was even better than their own vision.

• and

• but

• also

• as well

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9