Great Discoveries and amazing Adventures

Choose all the synonyms for the word "ransacked".

• Rancid

• Plunder

• Pillage

• Loot

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What clue is provided to show Hiram Bingham’s discovery of Machu Picchu brought him worldwide fame?

• This text is about Hiram Bingham and how located Machu Picchu.

• Hiram Bingham was a well-known Yale history professor.

• He was the inspiration for the movie hero Indiana Jones.

• Hiram Bingham became a famous actor.

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What is meant by the phrase "I know of no place in the world [which] can compare with it."

• Machu Picchu is one of the oldest towns in the world.

• Machu Picchu is one of the highest places to visit in the world.

• Machu Picchu is the most amazing place in the world.

• Machu Picchu is irreplaceable.

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How can the photo and caption help you determine what the word "remote ridge" means on page 101? Choose all that apply.

• The photo shows Machu Picchu is in the middle of nowhere.

• The photo shows Machu Picchu is surrounded by mountains.

• The caption informs the reader there is no sign of civilization around Machu Picchu.

• The caption informs the reader Machu Picchi is the most populated town in Peru.

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A SYNONYM for this word is "cruel"

• ignited

• precious

• ruthless

• hybrid

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Policemen are an example of _____________.

• ransacked

• authorities

• hybrid

• synthetic

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Match the following

• Drawings made from plant roots

• Lascaux Caves

• Discovered in 1974

• Terra-cotta Army

• Highly ordered city discovered in 1911

• Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu means ​ (a)   . It was abandoned by the ​ (b)   . It was a simple city and on the outskirts were hills for ​ (c)  

• old mountain
• cave
• remote
• Incas
• Peru
• Lima
• farming.
• carving.
• hiking.

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Cause

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(b) Effect

• visitors were having a harmful effect on the paintings

• A group of farmers stubbled upon several carved heads made out of pottery

• Bingham discovers Machu Picchu

• The terra-cotta army brought a unique work of art to the world

• The caves were closed in 1963

• Bingham discovers an old book

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According to the passage, what was the relationship between Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi and the terra-cotta warriors?

• The warriors were designed to look like the emperor

• The warriors were competing with the emperor for power.

• The warriors were hired to help build the tomb for the emperor

• The warriors were meant to keep the emperor safe in the afterlife.

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