Read the Sentences, Which Are All from Cahokia: Mirror of the Cosmos

Essay

Read the sentences, which are all from Cahokia: Mirror of the Cosmos by Sally A.Kitt
Chappell.Then select the dictionary definition that best fits the word as used in the
sentence.

Yet without the wheel, beasts of burden, or metal working, their stratified society fostered
widespread commerce, refined artistic expression, and monumental architecture.
1. $\text {commerce}$ $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ _______ $\text {the exchange of views or attitude}$
$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ ________ $\text {an interchange of goods or commodities}$


2. $\text {monumental}$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ ________ $\text {exceptionally great}$
$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ ________ $\text { resembling a monument}$ At the beginning of the second millennium, a civilization more sophisticated and powerful
than any other in the Western Hemisphere north of Mexico emerged and flourished in the
Midwest.
3. $\text {sophisticated}$ $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ _______ $\text {complex or intricate}$
$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ ________ $\text {deceptive or misleading}$


4. $\text {emerged}$ $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ _______ $\text {to come into existence}$
$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ ________ $\text {to come into view}$


5. $\text {flourished }$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ ______ $\text {made bold, sweeping movements}$
$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ _______ $\text {grew well, thrived}$ From the top of Monks Mound the horizon of the wide world beyond forms a perfect circle.
At dawn the rising sun embraces the cosmos with an arc of gold, a reminder of the past
once cradled in this land on the broad shores of the Mississippi.
6. $\text {horizon}$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ _____ $\text {the limit or range of perception}$
$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ ______ $\text {the line that forms the boundary between the earth and sky}$

7. $\text {cradled}$ $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ ______ $\text {to hold protectively}$
$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ _______ $\text { to receive or hold}$

8. $\text {arc}$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ _______ $\text {something curved in shape}$
$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ _______ $\text { any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle}$ At the turn of the millennium, about A.D.1050, the population of Cahokia and its environs
was larger than that of London.
9. $\text {turn}$ $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ _______ $\text {to cause to move around}$
$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ ______ $\text {a point at which a change occurs}$

10. $\text {millennium}$ $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ _____ $\text {a hoped-for period of peace}$
$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$ _____ $\text {a span of one thousand years}$