Machu Picchu U3L5

When was Machu Picchu found?

• 1800

• 1911

• 1500

• 1621

How many people do researchers think lived in Machu Picchu?

• 10,000

• 1500

• 750

• 1150

Who is Hiram Bingham?

• An American Historian

• found the settlement of Machu Picchu

• An archeologist

• settled Machu Piccchu

Why were they looking for fragment of pottery and metal pins?

• to gather and put in a museum

• to find clues about the activities of the people who lived there

The experts have concluded that Machu Picchu was an astronomical observatory.

• True

• false

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When was Machu Picchu built?

• 1600s

• 1500s

• 1400s

• 1300s

Who ruled the ancient empire of the Incas?

• Machu Picchu

• Hiram Bingham

• Pachacuti

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What month does the winter solstice occur in South America?

• June

• December

• January

• August

Machu Picchu was abandoned around the 1600s.

• True

• False

Machu Picchu was built high in the______

• Rocky Mountains

• Sierra Nevada

• Andes Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains