Reading Conprehension

According to the section "The Stories We Tell humans have a long history of telling stories about ___________

• Physical competition of athletes

• The path to literacy

• Competition between siblings

Using rhymes to belp soldiers remember and follow through on orders was a strategy ______ used

• Filippo Brunelleschi

• Genghis Khan

• Prince Henry the Navigator

Capitalism is associated with competition because ________

• Businesses are allowed to compete

• William Makepeace Thackeray used the term

• It leads to better quality and lower prices

The Space Race refers to _______

• he launch of Sputnik I by the Soviet Union

• the Soviet Union and United States' race to reach the moon

• the Soviet Union and United States' race to launch a satellite

Gary Kildall was _______

• the owner of Digital Research

• an IBM executive

• a phrase used within the computer industry

The _______ held the record for 30 years for being the tallest building in the world.

• Taipei 101

• Shanghai World Financial Center

• Willis Tower

  
  

The PISA _______

• is a tower planned to go up in Saudi Arabia

• measures reading, math, and science skills

• is the name of a satellite

As the population increases, companies __________

• compete for their portion of resources

• predict that newspapers will offer solutions

• search for new ways to supply energy