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Life at the top 4

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Excel means

a)

Do well

b)

The ability to contain something

2.

How would a Chaski runner warn the next runner that he was almost there?

a)

By calling out his name

b)

By blowing a shell trumpet

3.

The Inca people had a written language.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

A chaski runner would deliver a message by......

a)

Telling it to the next runner to memorize.

b)

Giving a written paper to the next runner.

5.

The Andean people have ......... Oxygen in their blood.

a)

Less

b)

More

6.

Many native American were killed by the diseases the Europeans brought with them like.......

a)

Smallpox

b)

Stomachache

c)

Flu

7.

The Inca road was used only for ......... business.

a)

Public

b)

Official

8.

The Inca used a system of ............. To carry messages and packages around their empire.

a)

Relay runners

b)

Trains

9.

(AN dee un) .. this feature is an example of

a)

Headings

b)

Pronunciation guide

10.

"Capacity" means

a)

Do well

b)

The ability to contain something

11.

Where do the Andean people live?

a)

Great Rift Valley, Kenya

b)

The Andes Mountains, South America

12.

Andean People lived at ....... Feet above sea level

a)

10,000

b)

5,000

13.

What did the Inca develop to connect their empire?

a)

A railway station

b)

A road System

14.

The Inca road was used only for .....

a)

Official government business

b)

Public transportation

15.

Capacity means ...

a)

To do well

b)

The ability to contain something

16.

Excel means ...

a)

To do well or be the best at something

b)

The ability to contain something

17.

Relay runners carry..... around the empire

a)

Messages and Packages

b)

Toys

18.

A chaski runner would run between ..... Miles before he met the next runner

a)

3 to 5

b)

6 to 9

19.

A chaski runner ........... to warn the next runner that he was almost there.

a)

Would ring a bell

b)

Would blow a shell horn

20.

Chaskis deliver messages by ...

a)

Telling it to the next runner

b)

Writing it on paper

21.

endurance means:

a)

ability to keep going

b)

do well or be the best at something

c)

ability to contain something

22.

what makes the Kalenjin People good runners?

a)

their diet

b)

their lifestyle

c)

the shape of their bodies

d)

their home at high altitudes

23.

The Kalenjin People live .....

a)

along the Indian Ocean

b)

along the Great Rift Valley, Kenya

c)

around Lake Victoria

24.

The Kalenjin are known for being good runners because .....

a)

They won many marathons with competitors from all over the world

b)

they practice a lot

c)

they have altitude sickness

25.

Champion runner Lornah Kiplagat has founded the High Altitude Training Center in ..................

a)

Somalia

b)

Uganda

c)

Iten

26.

Champion runner Lornah Kiplagat hopes to ....................

a)

be the best runner

b)

help other athletes improve their skills

c)

run in lower altitudes

27.

high altitudes affect athletes bodies because ......

a)

people breathe harder and deeper , so they have more oxygen in their blood

b)

people can't breathe and have smaller lungs

c)

of low hemoglobin

28.

scientists believe that spending time at high altitudes can also be healthy for people's heart.. how?

a)

the heart muscles become weaker

b)

the capacity of lungs decreases

c)

the heart muscles work harder and become stronger

29.

the genre of the text "Life at the Top" is

a)

fiction

b)

autobiography

c)

informational text

30.

altitude means:

a)

low land

b)

below sea level

c)

height

31.

Earth's atmosphere is a mix of different .......

a)

gases

b)

clouds

c)

areas

32.

change in oxygen can cause ......

a)

blood pressure

b)

heart diseases

c)

altitude sickness

33.

altitude sickness may include:

a)

headache

b)

nausea

c)

dizziness

d)

death

e)

all of the above

34.

the highest altitude on Earth is

a)

valleys

b)

Mount Everest

c)

the Alpes

35.

a feature that shows how to correctly say difficult words:

a)

headings

b)

pronunciation guides

c)

photographs

36.

a feature that shows new vocabulary:

a)

boldface words

b)

pronunciation guides

c)

charts

37.

a feature that shows information visually

a)

boldface words

b)

pronunciation guides

c)

photographs

38.

a feature that shows locations

a)

boldface words

b)

maps

c)

photographs

39.

the purpose of writing an informational text is

a)

persuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

40.

high altitudes has ......................... oxygen levels

a)

low

b)

high

41.

In 1968, the summer Olympic games were held in ...................

a)

Manchester City

b)

Mexico City

c)

Florida

42.

Kenyan runners who had grown up and trained in high altitude took ........

a)

no prizes

b)

top prizes

43.

if you lived at a low altitude and moved to a high altitude, would your body adapt more like the people of the Rift Valley, The Andes, or the Tibetan Plateau?

a)

yes, it would

b)

no, it wouldn't