Fact or Fiction - Reading Comprehension

Who built the Three Pyramids of Giza

• The Pharaoh Tutankhamen

• The Belgian engineer Robert Bauval

• The pharaoh Cheops and his son and grandson

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What do scientists believe about why the Egyptians built the shaft?

• So that Cheops could fly from the pyramid to Orion and become a god

• So that Cheops could look at the gods

• So that Cheops could enjoy the view of Orion's belt

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is the exact age of the Great Sphinx?

• It was built in Egypt

• It's 5.000 years old

• It remains one of the greatest mysteries. Its age is unknown

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What's the name of the statues found in Easter Island

• The giant heads

• The Moiu

• The Moai

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the message that they found in the wooden tablets with the ancient language of the Rapa Nui people on them?

• The message was about their laws

• No one knows. No one knows how to read this language today

• The message was about their beliefs

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

The message “Death will slay with his wings whoever disturbs the peace of the pharaoh." led to people believing in the:

• Curse of the Pharaoh

• The gift of the other world

• Lord Carnarvon's dog

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

To what did they attribute the death of Lord Carnarvon and other people who came close to the Mask of Tutankhamen

• the Curse of Tutankhamen

• the gold found in the tomb of Tutankhamen

• old age

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

What is "fiction"?

• A story that is invented or untrue

• A true story

• A bibliography

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9