"Machu Picchu: Ancient City" Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of 'intact'?

• Whole, with nothing missing, broken, or injured

• A period of time or of history

• Left-over small parts or remaining traces

• A person who digs up remains of ancient cities.

Fill in the blank: 'Preserved' means ______.

• kept from being lost, damaged, or decayed

• parts broken off; small pieces

• a person who knows a great deal about the past

• to put parts back together again.

What does 'reconstruct' mean?

• To put parts back together again

• Left-over small parts or remaining traces

• A person who digs up remains of ancient cities

• Whole, with nothing missing, broken, or injured.

The whale tooth was kept in a special box so it stays ______.

• broken

• intact

• preserved

• lost

Even ______, or small pieces, of pots and utensils can tell us a lot about ancient cultures.

• fragments

• remnants

• wholes

• parts

Although I tried to clean it all up, Mom knew I broke her vase because she saw the glass ______ on the floor.

• pieces

• fragments

• remnants

• shards

What is the definition of 'archaeologist'?

• a period of time in history

• a person who knows a lot about the past

• protected

• a person who digs up and studies ancient remains

Fill in the blank: An 'era' is a ______.

• a period of time in history

• a person who knows a lot about the past

• protected

• left-over parts

What does 'fragments' mean?

• whole

• small pieces

• protected

• left-over parts

Fill in the blank: 'Preserved' means ______.

• a period of time in history

• protected

• put back together again

• left-over parts