Angkor Wat Readworks Articles

What word or phrase best completes the sentence?There is a lot about Angkor Wat historians don't know. _______, they don't know its original name or why it was built the way it was.

• For example

• Although

• Therefore

• Altogether

King Suryavarman II dedicated Angkor Wat to which Hindu god?

• Vishnu

• Zeus

• Hindi Tikki Tembo

• Amarak

Maly, the main character in the story, knew about the place they were going because her father worked as _______.

• an archaeologist

• a restoration artist

• a tour guide

• an anthropologist

Angkor Wat was one building as part of a whole city in the ________________________.

• Ottoman Empire

• Mesopotamia capital

• Mayan Empire

• Khmer Empire

Mr. Reynolds had been speaking to another student about the history of the Bayon temple when he saw Chet looking over at the kids. “A lot of young Cambodian children come here instead of going to school because __________________.

• they can make more money selling trinkets and being tour guides.

• they can play with the wild monkeys that live by the ruins.

• their families cannot afford to send them to private school.

• they are orphans.

“Exactly! It actually was the capital city. And they placed the Bayon Temple here because it represented the location where heaven and earth intersected. It was a very sacred place,” Mr. Reynolds explained.

In this segment, "intersected" means _______________.

• to meet or cross at a point or specific place on a line

• to have a gravitational push against the other

• to dislike each other

• to make a new portal for alien life

Mr. Reynolds said,“It’s a tough situation—you just want to help, but often you’re dealing with a much larger problem. If you’re concerned about their wellbeing, sometimes it’s better to _____________"

• give food or clothes

• tell them to go back to school

• wait for their families to pick them up

• give them your change at the end of the day

What has grown all around the buildings of Ta Prohm without crushing the temple?

• tree roots and vines

• mold

• tall grasses

• a waterfall

"Both looked toward the trees whose giant roots had climbed down the side of the temple’s walls. 'That makes perfect sense,' she replied. 'It almost looks as if the tree is strangling the life out of the building.'"

Maly is speaking in a way that is a__________________.

• metaphor or simile

• comparison to a video game

• Greek or Latin root

• synonym or antonym

The actual setting of the story is the country _____________.

• Cambodia

• Canada

• Asia

• Indonesia