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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following helps us understand that "String Theory" and "Spinning a Yarn" are Persuasive Articles?
The text persuades a reader to be for or against an idea.
The text tells about characters and events that resemble people in real life.
The text is a true story about a person's life written by another person.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What does the article "String Theory" try to convince the reader what the purpose of the Inca's strange strings was?
The quipu was a mathematical calculator.
The quipu was a 3-D language written in thread.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Fill in the blank:
Most quipus were not preserved, but about 600 of them still remain ________.
era
historian
intact
fragments
- 4. Multiple Choice
True or False:
Quipus are made of cotton and wool strings, sometimes hundreds of them, attached to a thicker horizontal cord.
True
False
- 5. Multiple Choice
What does the article "Spinning a Yarn" try to convince the reader what the purpose of the Inca's strange strings was?
The quipu was a mathematical calculator.
The quipu was a 3-D language written in thread.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Fill in the blank:
In its peak ______--the middle of the 1400s-- the Incas build thousands of miles of roads over mountains, and yet they had no knowledge of the wheel.
intact
historian
remnants
era
- 7. Multiple Choice
True or False:
Researchers have never found identical knot patterns in the strings of different quipus.
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
What type of text feature is shown on page 224 to support the article "String Theory"?
Graph
Diagram
Pie Chart
Table
- 9. Multiple Choice
How many miles did the Inca empire cover?
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
- 10. Multiple Choice
What question do BOTH articles try to answer?
Was the quipu an ancient mathematical calculator?
What was the purpose of the Inca's strange strings?
Was the quipu a 3-D language written in thread?
How large was the Inca empire?
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