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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon _______ one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

• were

• certain

Yet no one can be ________ whether they actually existed or not.

• cement

• certain

We still don't know who was responsible for building them, the reason they were built or how the feat was _________ without modern technology.

• responsible

• achieved

Many texts _______ to the gardens but they leave out important details.

• refer

• request

We still don't know who was responsible for building them, the reason they were built or how the feat was achieved without modern _________.

• refer

• technology

The gardens, which towered hundreds of feet into the air, were one of the most _________ sites of the ancient world.

• spectacular

• technology

One _________ for their existence is that a rich king built the artificial gardens for his wife who was homesick.

• explanation

• technology

There is a _________that the Hanging Gardens got their name because long vines grew down from the tops of the buidlings.

• theory

• technology

Question 12

The greatest _________ about the Hanging Gardens is how they were watered.

• theory

• mystery

Babylon was a city constructed in the middle of the desert without a _________ water source nearby.

• natural

• mystery