HMH Module 3 Week 3

The object was covered with minerals deposited by small sea animals and plants. It was the size of a shoebox and had a rotten wooden frame. The object itself was composed of pieces of connected metal.

What does composed mean?

• Made up

• Taken Off

• Falling Short

• Placed Inside

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This strange object was thought to be some kind of mechanism, perhaps an instrument or a machine. At the time, no one paid much attention to it. But years later the Antikythera Mechanism would change our understanding of technology in the ancient world.

What does mechanism mean as it is used above?

• A tool used by native people

• A system of parts working together

• A device once used on trading ships

• A group of letters in a foreign language

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The statues and other objects were brought to the National Museum in Athens, Greece. Archaeologists at the museum compared the marble statues with other ancient statues. As a result, they could tell that the statues from the shipwreck were made in Greece more than 2,000 years ago.

What does archaeologists mean as it is used above?

• People who have lived in Athens, Greece, for a long time

• People who can find shipwrecks using advanced technology

• People who study human history by examining ancient objects

• People who study statues to learn about the artists who made them

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What were two effects of removing minerals from the Antikythera Mechanism?

PICK TWO

• A science historian was able to read 800 Greek letters on the device.

• The mechanism was destroyed.

• The gears became clearly visible.

• The writing on the device proved it was 2,000 years old.

• Divers were able to find an underwater shipwreck with a cargo of statues.

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I am usually in a hurry, I often quickly make a salad, grab a sandwich, or just eat a granola bar. Where should the conjunction because be placed in the sentence?

• Before I am

• Before I often

• Before quickly

• Before or just

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I arrived at Maya’s house at 11:45 a.m. Maya had told me to get there by 11:30 a.m.

How should the sentences be combined to create a complex sentence with a dependent clause and an independent clause?

• Maya had told me to get there by 11:30 a.m., when I arrived at Maya’s house at 11:45 a.m.

• When I arrived at Maya’s house at 11:45 a.m., Maya had told me to get there by 11:30 a.m.

• Maya had told me to get there by 11:30 a.m., unless I arrived at Maya’s house at 11:45 a.m.

• Although I arrived at Maya’s house at 11:45 a.m., Maya had told me to get there by 11:30 a.m.

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I asked her to define the word empanada for me, and she told me that it was a fried pastry, but one that is sweet nor dessert-like.

Where should the correlative conjunction neither be placed in the sentence?

• Before told

• Before fried

• Before sweet

• Before nor

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How does the photograph help the reader understand the passage?

• It shows how the Antikythera Mechanism could track the movements of the sun and moon.

• It supports the findings that the back section of the Antikythera Mechanism had dials and gears on it.

• It shows how the Antikythera Mechanism helped to determine the age of the Greek statues found near it in the ocean.

• It supports the idea that the purpose of the Antikythera Mechanism could not easily be determined because of its age and condition.

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