Travels of the Past

A summary of this article should not include the information about -

• travel from South America to Polynesia.

• journeys by Egyptians to America.

• the movie about the trip to Polynesia.

• Sumerian travel to the Indian Ocean.

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A main idea of this article is that ancient peoples-

• followed currents and stars.

• were smart.

• did not know latitude and longitude.

• traveled far in simple crafts.

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A summary of this article should include information about Thor Heyerdahl's-

• ways of testing his ideas about ancient travel.

• balsa raft.

• crew.

• education.

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Thor Heyerdahl believed that journeys made in ancient times explain why-

• his film won an Academy Award.

• Egyptians used boats made of papyrus.

• similar objects are found in places great distances apart.

• the native peoples of Peru built such excellent boats.

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Which text structure best describes the organization of this article?

• chronological order.

• comparison-contrast

• problem-solution

• cause-effect

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