Unit 2 Assessment

Unit Assessment for Early American Civilizations

Reading Comprehension

Directions

• Turn to page 143 in your reading workbook. Today you will read two book excerpts, or pieces about Machu Picchu.

• An explorer named Hiram Bingham wrote the book in 1922.

• The first excerpt is from his book's preface, or introductions.

Directions

• The second excerpt is from chapter 17 of the book.

• After reading the excerpts, you will answer the several questions based on the texts

• Some of the questions have two parts.

• You should answer Part A of the question before you answer Part B.

• Good Luck and do your best!

Multiple Choice

Part A: In paragraph 2 of excerpt 1, the author states he hopes that his photographs inspire others. What is the meaning of the word inspire?

• to make someone want to do something

• to scare someone from doing something

• to make someone take a picture of something

• to explore a mysterious place

Multiple Select

Part B: Which phrases from paragraph 2 of excerpt 1 help the reader determine the meaning of inspire? (Choose two)

• the imaginative pencil

• relatively unknown region

• to further explore

• lead future travelers

• some wonderful pictures

Read Excerpt 2

Remember to read the text carefully and answer each question.

Multiple Choice

Part A: Based on Inca Land: Explorations of the Highlands of Peru, what inference can be made about how the author felt about the stone walls Machu Picchu?

• He wished the stone walls had been discovered sooner.

• He had great admiration and respect for the people who built the walls.

• He believed someone had discovered the stone walls but kept them secret.

• He believed marble walls would have been too expensive to build.

Multiple Select

Part B: In the text, which paragraph helps provide evidence for the answer you selected in Part A.

• Paragraph 1

• Paragraph 2

• Paragraph 3

• Paragraph 4

• Paragraph 5

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 5 of the excerpt from Inca Land: Explorations of the Highlands of Peru, what is the meaning of the word spellbound?

• scared

• bored

• amazed

• strengthened

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentence from paragraph 4.

"If the Spanish ever saw this wonderful place, they would have surely written about it."

Which point is the author supporting by including this sentence?

• He thinks the Spanish found Machu Picchu.

• He believes someone found Machu Picchu but did not write about it.

• He thinks he was the first to find Machu Picchu.

• He believes no one discovered Machu Picchu until the early 1900s because no on wrote about it before that time.