What a World Reading 2: Amazing Stories from Around the Globe Answer Key

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CONTENTS

ANSWER KEY ............................................................................................................................. 1

UNIT 1 WHO IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON FROM HISTORY? .................................... 1

UNIT 2 WHAT ARE FATTENING ROOMS?................................................................................. 1

UNIT 3 WHERE CAN YOU FIND A LIVING GODDESS? ............................................................ 2

UNIT 4 WHAT IS A KNIGHT? ...................................................................................................... 3

UNIT 5 WHO REACHED THE SOUTH POLE FIRST?................................................................. 3

UNIT 6 WHAT IS THE ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE?.................................................... 4

UNIT 7 WHAT DID THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS GIVE US?........................................................ 4

UNIT 8 WHY IS LOUIS PASTEUR IMPORTANT?....................................................................... 5

UNIT 9 WHO IS SHERLOCK HOLMES? ..................................................................................... 6

SELF-TEST 1: UNITS 1–9 ................................................................................................................. 7

UNIT 10 WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE WORLD’S CLIMATE? ................................................. 7

UNIT 11 HOW DO KOREANS CELEBRATE A WEDDING? ......................................................... 8

UNIT 12 WHAT IS A MARATHON? ............................................................................................... 8

UNIT 13 WHO IS STEPHEN KING? ............................................................................................... 9

UNIT 14 WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND THE BED?.................................................................. 10

UNIT 15 WHAT WERE EARLY PASSENGER FLIGHTS LIKE? ................................................. 10

UNIT 16 WHO WERE THE AZTECS? .......................................................................................... 11

UNIT 17 WHERE IS TIMBUKTU? ................................................................................................ 11

UNIT 18 WHERE DO THE MOST VEGETARIANS LIVE?........................................................... 12

SELF-TEST 2: UNITS 10–18 ........................................................................................................... 13

ANSWER KEY Spelling and Punctuation (page 6)
Answers not given will vary.
A.
1. wrist
2. knee
UNIT 1
3. knock
WHO IS THE MOST 4. knit
IMPORTANT PERSON FROM 5. wrinkle
6. rob
HISTORY?
B.
1. wrote
Vocabulary (page 3) 2. knowledge
3. knew, new
Meaning 4. needed, read
1. borrowed 5. rich, read, write
2. rare 6. Writers, reach
3. arrange 7. know, now / now, know
4. effect
5. backward
6. partners
UNIT 2
7. pressed
8. broke WHAT ARE FATTENING
9. statue ROOMS?
Words That Go Together
1. had no idea Vocabulary (page 10)
2. over and over
3. by hand
Meaning
4. took . . . to court
1. slim
2. limit
3. mat
Comprehension (page 4)
4. future
5. admire
Understanding the Reading 6. responsible
1. a 7. afford
2. a 8. contest
3. b 9. enormous

Remembering Details Words That Go Together

1. He was born in Mainz, Germany. 1. doesn’t mind
2. He was good at working with metal. 2. kinds of
3. He borrowed money from Johann Fust. 3. In the old days
4. He printed his first book around 1455. 4. doing their duty
5. Gutenberg’s printing press is in a museum in Mainz,
Germany.
6. Part of a Gutenberg Bible sold for $5.3 million. Comprehension (page 11)

Making Inferences Understanding the Reading

1. I 1. c
2. S 2. b
3. I 3. a
4. I
5. S

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Remembering Details Words That Go Together
1. sick / a worker / poor / hungry 1. personal belongings
2. floor 2. no doubt
3. cleaning, sewing, cooking 3. government officials
4. responsible 4. minimum wage
5. cities
6. winner
Comprehension (page 18)
Making Inferences
1. S Understanding the Reading
2. I 1. d
3. S 2. a
4. S 3. d
5. I
Remembering Details
1. Both Hindus and Buddhists worship the goddesses in
Spelling and Punctuation (page 13) Nepal.
2. A goddess must have very black hair and eyes, and her
A. hands and feet must be delicate.
1. biggest 3. For her final test before becoming a Kumari, a girl must
2. sunny pick out the personal belongings of the previous
3. planning, fattening Kumari from other belongings that are put in front of
4. getting her.
5. sitting, fattening 4. The goddess is allowed to leave the palace only on
6. Eating, winner ceremonial occasions.
7. slimming 5. The “fire eye” is painted on the Kumari’s forehead as a
8. eating, dinner symbol of her special powers of perception.
9. stopped, running 6. People try to see the Kumari because they believe that if
10. hoping they see her for even a second, it will bring good luck.

Making Inferences
UNIT 3 1. S
2. I
WHERE CAN YOU FIND A 3. I
LIVING GODDESS? 4. I
5. S

Vocabulary (page 17)

Spelling and Punctuation (page 20)
Meaning
1. selection A.
2. complicated 1. ancient
3. horoscope 2. weird
4. blemishes 3. pieces
5. serene 4. reign
6. previous 5. being
7. puberty 6. friends
8. pension 7. neither
8. believe
9. their
10. sufficient

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UNIT 4 Spelling and Punctuation (page 27)
WHAT IS A KNIGHT? 1. hours
2. for
3. role
Vocabulary (page 24) 4. right
5. weigh
Meaning 6. to
1. inherit 7. horse
2. title 8. weak
3. opportunity 9. It’s
4. weapons 10. Their
5. responsibilities
6. kneeled
7. rank UNIT 5
8. tapped
WHO REACHED THE SOUTH
Words That Go Together POLE FIRST?
1. in return
2. had the right
3. fall in love with Vocabulary (page 31)
4. contributed to
Meaning
1. voyage
Comprehension (page 25) 2. already
3. race
Understanding the Reading 4. whether
1. a 5. extreme
2. c 6. fuel
3. b 7. goal
8. survived
Remembering Details 9. instead
1. In return for fighting for the king, the knight received
land, a position in the king’s court, and he could take Words That Go Together
anything of value from battles. 1. no sign of
2. From his master, the page learned to hunt, use a bow and 2. used to
arrow, and take care of his master’s weapons and 3. worked his way up
armor. 4. on its way
3. To become a knight, a young man had to pass tests of
strength and skill with weapons.
4. If a squire didn’t have money, he would be a squire to Comprehension (page 32)
other knights for the rest of his life.
5. The knight promised to protect the poor and weak, Understanding the Reading
especially women. 1. b
6. Knights with armor were no longer necessary after 2. c
gunpowder and firearms were invented. 3. b

Making Inferences Remembering Details

1. S 1. In 1903, his ship went to the Arctic.
2. S 2. Robert Peary came from America.
3. I 3. Amundsen reached the South Pole on December 14,
4. I 1911.
5. I 4. Scott reached the South Pole thirty-three days after
Amundsen.
5. They found the bodies of Scott and his men in their tent.
6. Amundsen and Nobile flew in an airship over the North
Pole.
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Making Inferences Remembering Details
1. I 1. F
2. S 2. T
3. S 3. F
4. I 4. T
5. S 5. F
6. T

Spelling and Punctuation (page 35) Making Inferences

1. Amundsen read about explorers going to the polar 1. I
regions, and he wanted to go there, too. 2. S
2. C 3. I
3. C 4. S
4. C 5. I
5. There was snow and ice everywhere, but the men
weren’t worried.
6. C Spelling and Punctuation (page 41)
7. Amundsen had dogs to pull the sleds, but Scott had 1. Flynn said, “The doctors can travel by airplane!”
horses. 2. His friend asked, “How can they do that?”
8. C 3. Flynn answered, “We will build a place for a plane to
land near every Outback home.”
4. C
UNIT 6 5. His friend asked, “How can people so far away ask for a
doctor?”
WHAT IS THE ROYAL FLYING 6. Flynn said, “We will use a radio to send and receive
DOCTOR SERVICE? messages.”
7. C
8. The doctor said, “Take one pill from number 7 every
Vocabulary (page 38) three hours.”
9. “Put number 16 on your arm,” the doctor said, “and
take one pill from number 8.”
Meaning
10. The doctor said, “Call me tomorrow at the same time
1. service
and tell me how you feel.”
2. minister
3. truck
4. hospitals
5. satisfied UNIT 7
6. injured WHAT DID THE ANCIENT
7. receive
8. pill EGYPTIANS GIVE US?
Words That Go Together
1. had an accident Vocabulary (page 45)
2. get in touch with him
3. came up with Meaning
4. first-aid kit 1. communication
2. civilization
3. raise
Comprehension (page 39) 4. tools
5. cheeks
Understanding the Reading 6. glittered
1. a 7. seeds
2. c 8. canals
3. d

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Words That Go Together UNIT 8
1. from place to place WHY IS LOUIS PASTEUR
2. building sites
3. related to IMPORTANT?

Comprehension (page 46) Vocabulary (page 52)

Understanding the Reading Meaning

1. b 1. sciences
2. b 2. sour
3. c 3. solution
4. trouble
Remembering Details 5. harmful
1. The Egyptian calendar organized the year into 365 days 6. noticed
and the days into 24 hours. 7. weak
2. Papyrus grew around the Nile River. 8. worried
3. Hieroglyphics was a writing system that used pictures to
represent words. Words That Go Together
4. The Egyptians put makeup around their eyes to protect 1. was interested in
themselves against the “Evil Eye.” 2. made a name for himself
5. The Egyptians shaved their heads because they thought 3. got well
that hair was dirty.
6. The Egyptians brought materials to the building sites on
canals that they made. Comprehension (page 53)

Making Inferences Understanding the Reading

1. I 1. b
2. S 2. a
3. S 3. c
4. S
5. I Remembering Details
1. University of Strasbourg
2. five
Spelling and Punctuation (page 48) 3. to heat
1. Four thousand eight hundred years ago the Egyptians 4. thousands of sheep and cows
had books. 5. on humans
2. C 6. diseases and how to fight them
3. C
4. Ten days ago, there was an article in the newspaper Making Inferences
about a new discovery in ancient Egypt. 1. S
5. C 2. I
6. C 3. S
7. They worked three months a year for twenty years. 4. I
8. The lecture on ancient Egypt starts at ten o’clock. 5. S
9. C
10. C

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Spelling and Punctuation (page 56) Remembering Details
1. The Sherlock Holmes stories were published between
A. 1887 and 1927.
1. Have you seen a rabid dog? 2. Dr. Joseph Bell was like the character of Sherlock
2. Did you know that the word pasteurization comes from Holmes in the way he was able to find out a lot about
Pasteur’s name? his patients by looking closely at the smallest clues.
3. C 3. Conan Doyle wanted to write more “important” books,
4. C such as historical novels.
4. Sherlock Holmes is tall, dark, and thin.
5. Unlike Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson is short and
B. stocky, he is practical, and he is not as clever as
1. Why was the wine going bad?
Holmes.
2. Do you think the medicine would work on humans?
6. Today, 221 Baker Street has become the Sherlock
3. Could you explain how wine is pasteurized?
Holmes Museum.
4. Is it true that Pasteur found the cure for anthrax?
5. When people are vaccinated against a disease, they
don’t catch it.
Making Inferences
6. Rabies can kill you, can’t it? 1. I
7. They didn’t know why the wine was getting sour. 2. I
8. The Pasteur Institute is in Paris. 3. S
4. I
5. S

UNIT 9
WHO IS SHERLOCK HOLMES? Spelling and Punctuation (page 62)

A.
Vocabulary (page 59) 1. comfortably
2. comically
Meaning 3. annually
4. sincerely
1. inspiration
2. series
3. solve B.
4. arrogant 1. gradually
5. authentic 2. busily
6. clues 3. authentically
7. evidence 4. usually
8. stocky 5. tragically
6. sensibly
Words That Go Together 7. easily
1. spare time 8. typically
2. fictional character 9. commonly
3. crime scene 10. annually
4. had no choice

Comprehension (page 60)

Understanding the Reading

1. a
2. b
3. d

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SELF-TEST 1, UNITS 1–9 5. floods
6. trap
7. reflects
8. release
A. Comprehension (page 64)
1. b
2. a Words That Go Together
3. d 1. record heat
4. a 2. run machines
5. a 3. global warming
6. c
7. d
8. b Comprehension (page 71)
9. d
Understanding the Reading
1. b
B. Vocabulary (page 65) 2. a
1. b 3. b
2. c
3. a Remembering Details
4. b 1. Ice helps keep Earth cool by reflecting the sun’s rays.
5. a 2. Huge ice sheets covered North America about 30,000
6. c years ago.
7. d 3. During the “Little Ice Age,” many people died, and
8. b others moved to warmer places.
9. b 4. Coral reefs around Australia are dying because ocean
waters are getting warmer.
5. We call the period when people began to use machines
C. Spelling and Punctuation (page 66) the Industrial Revolution.
1. b 6. Most of our energy to drive our cars and heat our homes
2. d comes from coal and oil.
3. a
4. d Making Inferences
5. d 1. S
6. c 2. I
7. c 3. I
8. c 4. I
9. b 5. S

UNIT 10 Spelling and Punctuation (page 73)

WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE A.

WORLD’S CLIMATE? 1. We are seeing glaciers melt in the Arctic for the first
time.
2. This is the tenth time I’ve read about global warming.
Vocabulary (page 70) 3. The Industrial Revolution started in the eighteenth
century.
Meaning 4. Russia is only the fourth coldest place in the world.
1. drought 5. Antarctica is the fifth largest continent.
2. thaw 6. He went to Antarctica for the second time.
3. constantly
4. concerned

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UNIT 11 Spelling and Punctuation (page 80)
HOW DO KOREANS 1. C
2. The sweet rice ball has the following: raisins, chestnuts,
CELEBRATE A WEDDING? pine nuts, and jujubes.
3. In Korea, there are three kinds of wedding ceremonies:
Eastern, Western, and a mix of the two.
Vocabulary (page 77) 4. Korea has two parts: North Korea and South Korea.
5. An engagement ceremony can take place in any of these
Meaning places: the young woman’s house, a hotel, or a
1. hired restaurant.
2. match 6. C
3. ceremony 7. The second way is an arranged marriage: a third person
4. exchange chooses two people to marry each other, and if the two
5. document families agree, the next step is to visit the fortune-
6. deliver teller.
7. shout 8. They hire a matchmaker: a woman whom they pay to
8. banquet find a good husband or wife for their daughter or son.
9. The groom’s family sends a hahm: a box of gifts for the
Words That Go Together bride.
1. in-law 10. The groom gives his mother-in-law a gift of a goose: a
2. set a date symbol of love because the goose only takes one
3. get engaged partner in its life.
4. take a sip

UNIT 12
Comprehension (page 78)
WHAT IS A MARATHON?
Understanding the Reading
1. a
2. d Vocabulary (page 84)
3. c
Meaning
Remembering Details 1. plumber
1. The four pillars are the year, month, day, and hour of a 2. whistle
person’s birth. 3. compass
2. A fortune-teller predicts the young couple’s destiny. 4. endurance
3. The young woman keeps the document with her 5. appeal
husband’s four pillars written on it all her life. 6. kit
4. The friends of the groom deliver the box at night. 7. event
5. The goose is a symbol of love because it only takes one 8. charity
partner in its life.
6. Noodles represent a long and happy life. Words That Go Together
1. take part in
Making Inferences 2. raise money
1. S 3. in common
2. S 4. finish line
3. I
4. S
5. I Comprehension (page 85)

Understanding the Reading

1. c
2. b
3. c

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Remembering Details 5. persuaded
1. Pheidippides ran to Athens from Marathon to carry a 6. earn
message of the Greek victory. 7. fancy
2. In the first international Olympic Games, a Greek 8. recovered
runner won the race.
3. The five largest marathons held today are in Boston, Words That Go Together
New York, Chicago, London, and Berlin. 1. line up
4. In 1908, the marathon distance was changed from 24.85 2. from place to place
miles to 26.2 miles long for the Olympic Games in 3. went straight
London so the race could end in front of the king’s 4. as usual
viewing box. 5. threw away
5. The highest marathon takes place at Base Camp on
Mount Everest.
6. The supplies the runners carry in the Marathon des Comprehension (page 93)
Sables are clothes, food, a compass, a whistle, a knife,
and a snake venom kit. Understanding the Reading
1. b
Making Inferences 2. a
1. I 3. c
2. S
3. S Remembering Details
4. I 1. gas station, laundry service
5. I 2. writer
3. a million
4. hair dryer
Spelling and Punctuation (page 88) 5. Christmas, the Fourth of July, his birthday.
6. three operations
A.
1. A sixteen-year-old boy ran. Making Inferences
2. He ran a 26-mile race. 1.I
3. She bought a four-door car. 2.S
4. My ten-year-old brother came with me. 3.I
5. We had a ten-day training session. 4.I
6. There was a one thousand-dollar prize. 5. I
7. She can do a five-hour run.
8. It is a seven-day race.
9. You run in 100-degree temperatures. Spelling and Punctuation (page 96)
10. It is a twenty-four-hour race. 1. Have you seen the movie The Silence of the Lambs?
2. King wrote about movies in the book The Horror Writer
and the Ten Bears.
UNIT 13 3. King’s first story was published in Comics Review.
4. King’s The Talisman has a story similar to The Lord of
WHO IS STEPHEN KING? the Rings.
5. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein is a
popular horror story.
Vocabulary (page 92) 6. King has had five of his books on The New York Times
Best Seller list at the same time.
Meaning 7. I saw the movie Carrie with Sissy Spacek.
1. scary 8. King wrote a TV series called The Golden Years.
2. abandoned
3. encouraged
4. trash

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UNIT 14 4. In the winter, people warmed their beds.
WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND 5. On hot nights, there were many insects in the bedroom.
6. By 1900, men started to wear pajamas to bed.
THE BED? 7. At this time, the brass bed became popular.
8. With brass beds, bedrooms had fewer insects.
9. In Japan, people sleep on a futon that they roll up during
Vocabulary (page 99) the day.
10. At this time, there are beds of every size and shape.
Meaning
1. choices
2. necessary UNIT 15
3. fold
4. wealth WHAT WERE EARLY
5. possession PASSENGER FLIGHTS LIKE?
6. especially
7. adjustable
8. privacy Vocabulary (page 107)

Words That Go Together Meaning

1. keep warm 1. bumpy
2. It was only after 2. airsick
3. in case 3. circulate
4. disinfectant
5. turbulence
Comprehension (page 100) 6. helmets
7. teens
Understanding the Reading 8. loaded
1. c
2. b Words That Go Together
3. a 1. registered nurse
2. air-conditioning
Remembering Details 3. crew members
1. The Egyptians had headrests made of wood.
2. Shakespeare left his second-best bed to his wife.
3. People hung curtains around their beds. Comprehension (page 108)
4. They did this to keep warm and also for privacy.
5. Queen Victoria had seven mattresses on her bed. Understanding the Reading
6. Metal beds were better for your health because they had 1. d
fewer insects in them. 2. c
7. People in some Asian cultures sleep on the floor on a 3. a
mattress called a futon.
Remembering Details
Making Inferences 1. The first passengers had leather seats that were attached
1. S to the floor.
2. I 2. Early flights were very bumpy because early planes
3. S could not reach high altitudes.
4. I 3. The first male crew members were usually in their teens
5. S and were small and thin.
4. A registered nurse named Ellen Church persuaded an
airline company to hire women as flight attendants.
Spelling and Punctuation (page 103) 5. In the 1930s, a stewardess had to be a registered nurse,
1. After 1750, beds became beautiful. be no taller than 5 feet 4 inches, and weigh no more
2. In England, people started to put curtains around the than 118 pounds. In addition, she could only be
bed. between 20 and 26 years old, and had to be single.
3. In fact, the kind of curtain you had around the bed 6. In the future, jets will travel at twice the speed of sound.
showed your wealth.

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Making Inferences 3. The people paid their taxes with valuables, such as
1. I precious stones or gold.
2. S 4. Aztec society was divided into four groups: nobles,
3. S commoners, serfs, and slaves.
4. I 5. Married Aztec women twisted their hair on either side
5. I to look like horns.
6. Americans still use Aztec words such as Mexico,
avocado, tomato, chocolate, and tamale.
Spelling and Punctuation (page 110)
1. pounds Making Inferences
2. tons 1. I
3. 5′ 2. S
4. 6 feet 2 inches 3. I
5. 3 kilograms 4. S
6. 55 secs. 5. S
7. 16 hours and 10 minutes
8. 150,000 l.
9. 5 gallons Spelling and Punctuation (page 117)
10. 435 km an hr. 1. The Aztecs grew the following foods: corn, tomatoes,
and peppers.
2. C
3. Hairstyles showed a person’s status as follows:
UNIT 16
unmarried women and boys wore long hair, married
WHO WERE THE AZTECS? women wore their hair up and twisted in horns, brave
boys wore shoulder-length hair.
4. C
Vocabulary (page 114) 5. C
6. An Aztec farmer could not do the following: go
Meaning wherever he wanted to, not pay taxes, go out at night.
1. tribe
2. swampy
3. drained
UNIT 17
4. square
5. zones WHERE IS TIMBUKTU?
6. bridges
7. symmetrical
8. bangs Vocabulary (page 121)

Words That Go Together Meaning

1. trim their hair 1. mystery
2. shoulder length 2. legends
3. in charge of 3. edge
4. approval of 4. nomads
5. trade
6. destroyed
Comprehension (page 115) 7. region
8. thirst
Understanding the Reading 9. common
1. d
2. c Words That Go Together
3. d 1. bring back
2. far and wide
Remembering Details 3. not just . . . but also
1. The sign the Aztecs were looking for was an eagle 4. in danger
eating a snake and sitting on a cactus.
2. In the center of Tenochtitlán, there was a square with
huge temples, palaces, and schools.
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Comprehension (page 122) 6. strict
7. mild
8. masculine
Understanding the Reading
9. violence
1. d
2. a
3. a Words That Go Together
1. comes from
2. one day
Remembering Details
3. In fact
1. the Sahara Desert
4. except for
2. the “City of Gold”
3. Islam
4. an Arab
5. 1960
Comprehension (page 129)
6. old documents
Understanding the Reading
1. b
Making Inferences
2. a
1. S
3. a
2. I
3. S
4. S Remembering Details
5. I 1. T
2. T
3. F
Spelling and Punctuation (page 124) 4. F
1. Ave. 5. T
2. Mr. 6. F
3. WWII
4. Blvd. Making Inferences
5. St. 1. I
6. mph. 2. S
7. MD 3. I
8. Co. 4. I
9. Dr. 5. S
10. F
11. cm.
12. ATM Spelling and Punctuation (page 131)

A.
1. inventor
UNIT 18
2. singer
WHERE DO THE MOST 3. painter
VEGETARIANS LIVE? 4. musician
5. composer
6. actor
7. writer
Vocabulary (page 128)
8. scientist
9. mathematician
Meaning 10. violinist
1. sacred
2. suffer
3. products
4. rinse
5. classes

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SELF-TEST 2, UNITS 10–18 4. c
5. d
6. b
7. a
A. Comprehension (page 133)
8. b
1. c
9. c
2. a
3. d
4. a
5. b
C. Spelling and Punctuation (page 135)
1. d
6. d
2. a
7. c
3. a
8. c
4. b
9. b
5. c
6. c
7. d
B. Vocabulary (page 134)
8. c
1. b
9. d
2. c
3. b

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