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Guide to Machu Picchu for Children: Lost City of the Inca for Kids - FreeSchool
Machu Picchu: The lost city of the Inca
1. Read the short passage about Machu Picchu below and use the following words to complete it.
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tombs, well-planned, illnesses, stones, jungle, Empire, religious, tools
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Machu Picchu is the lost city of the Inca ------------------------in the Andes mountains of Peru. It is one of the great achievements of architecture in the history of the Inca civilization. It was built some time around 1450. There are 200 structures such as temples, --------------------------, plazas, fountains and even an astronomical observatory. Archaeologists believe that it was built as a ----------------------- site for their Emperor or as a place away from the noise of the capital city. The city was -----------------------and sophisticated. The Incas used hundreds of thousands of -------------------------for its construction but no --------------------------. It was not inhabited for very long. The Incas began leaving the city 100 years after it was built. It is thought but there is no evidence that the Spanish attacked the city or it is possible that Europeans brought ----------------------------- which killed the inhabitants. The city was abandoned and the ---------------------------------- hid the site until its discovery in 1911.
True/False
a. Machu Picchu is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
b. There are 600 stone steps at Machu Picchu site.
c. The Inca had no written language.
d. There was no clean water for all.
d. The place was hidden for centuries.
e. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2007. ( Mνημείο Παγκόσμιας Κληρονομιάς)
f. We can learn a lot about the daily life of the Inca in Machu Picchu.
