1. Read the text again (p.86) and fill in the words:

dates back, storage, amazing, huge, exactly, constructed, discovered, astronomers, archaeologist, emperor, earthquakes, fountains


In 1911 an American ___________________ Hiram Bingham _________________ the lost city of Machu Picchu. He found ___________________ things. There were homes for people, a beautiful palace for the ________________, and even a _____________ pyramid. The city had temples, _________________ rooms, and water ____________________ . All the buildings were strong. Even ____________________ didn't destroy them. The Incas were great builders, __________________________ , and farmers. They ______________________ terraced fields around the city. Machu Picchu ___________________ to 1436. Today nobody knows what it was _______________ and why the Incas left it.



2. B. Ask special questions, e.g.:

Hiram Bingham travelled to Peru in 1911.
When did Hiram Bingham travel to Peru?

1) He saw walls of stone.
What ______________________________________

2) The Incas built the city high in the mountains.
Where _____________________________________

3) Bingham found amazing things there.
What ______________________________________

4) The city had running water.
What ______________________________________

5) The Incas constructed terraced fields to grow food.
Why ______________________________________

6) They grew potatoes, corn, and cocoa.
What ______________________________________

7) One day, the people left Machu Picchu.
When _____________________________________