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"Machu Picchu: Ancient City" Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of 'intact'?

a)

Whole, with nothing missing, broken, or injured

b)

A period of time or of history

c)

Left-over small parts or remaining traces

d)

A person who digs up remains of ancient cities.

2.

Fill in the blank: 'Preserved' means ______.

a)

kept from being lost, damaged, or decayed

b)

parts broken off; small pieces

c)

a person who knows a great deal about the past

d)

to put parts back together again.

3.

What does 'reconstruct' mean?

a)

To put parts back together again

b)

Left-over small parts or remaining traces

c)

A person who digs up remains of ancient cities

d)

Whole, with nothing missing, broken, or injured.

4.

The whale tooth was kept in a special box so it stays ______.

a)

broken

b)

intact

c)

preserved

d)

lost

5.

Even ______, or small pieces, of pots and utensils can tell us a lot about ancient cultures.

a)

fragments

b)

remnants

c)

wholes

d)

parts

6.

Although I tried to clean it all up, Mom knew I broke her vase because she saw the glass ______ on the floor.

a)

pieces

b)

fragments

c)

remnants

d)

shards

7.

What is the definition of 'archaeologist'?

a)

a period of time in history

b)

a person who knows a lot about the past

c)

protected

d)

a person who digs up and studies ancient remains

8.

Fill in the blank: An 'era' is a ______.

a)

a period of time in history

b)

a person who knows a lot about the past

c)

protected

d)

left-over parts

9.

What does 'fragments' mean?

a)

whole

b)

small pieces

c)

protected

d)

left-over parts

10.

Fill in the blank: 'Preserved' means ______.

a)

a period of time in history

b)

protected

c)

put back together again

d)

left-over parts

11.

Which word means 'a person who digs up and studies ancient remains'?

a)

archaeologist

b)

historian

c)

fragments

d)

remnants

12.

Fill in the blank: 'Intact' means ______.

a)

whole

b)

small pieces

c)

protected

d)

left-over parts

13.

What is the definition of 'preserved'?

a)

a period of time in history

b)

protected

c)

put back together again

d)

left-over parts

14.

What does 'remnants' mean?

a)

whole

b)

small pieces

c)

left-over parts

d)

a period of time in history

15.

Fill in the blank: An 'archaeologist' is ______.

a)

a person who digs up and studies ancient remains

b)

a person who knows a lot about the past

c)

protected

d)

put back together again