Worksheet: "Chinchorro Culture"

WORKSHEET

“THE CHINCHORRO CULTURE”

           

I.              Read the following statements. Correct the inaccurate ones.

1.    Chinchorro culture was developed after the Incan Empire.

2.    Chinchorro culture was sophisticated in all aspects.

3.    Max Uhle was a German investigator.

4.    Mummies are created artificially only.

5.    Chinchorro started to inhabit the area 7,000 years A.C.

6.    Egyptians first removed the extremities.

II.            Find the meaning of the words in column B.

A                                                        B

1. Springs                                         ____a necessity of something.

2. Lungs                                           ____ powerful, relevant.

3. Withstanding                               ____ people without a specific place to live.

4. Effigies                                         ____ big.

5. Natron                                          ____ Flow of water.

6. Circa                                             ____a body in which liquids have been extracted.

7. Village                                          ____ family, close friends.

8. Lack                                              ____ around, not accurate.

9. Care                                              ____ in spite of.

10.Mighty                                         ____ collector.

11.Nomad                                        ____ figure.

12.Dessicated                                 ____Human organ.

13.Folks                                            ____ importance.

14.Large                                           ____ a small town.

15.Gatherer                                      ____ drying salt.

III.           Define the following words in English.

1.    (to) inhabit:

2.    Glimpse

3.    (to) stuff:

4.    Scholar:

5.    Mummy:

IV.          Put the events in the correct order.

a.    Nomads start to settle down   _____

b.    Child of Cerro del Plomo is found. ______

c.    Max uhle published his discoveries. ______

d.    Chinchorro abandoned their elaborate practices. ______

e.    Technological achievements appear in Arica.______

V.           Complete the text with the missing words in the box.

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Mummies are desiccated________, whether created by ___________l processes or _________ manipulation by folks who want to preserve the body.  The _________ of Guanajuato are an example of naturally __________ bodies as are the dry bodies commonly found in the coastal desert of ________________.  A cold and dry climate can also produce mummies such as the __________ of the Cerro Del Plomo found in 1954 in the peaks of the hills that surround Santiago. Ampato Mountains of __________ are other cases of semi-freeze-dried of frozen bodies.

            In comparison with natural mummification artificial mummification does not leave the _______________ to chance or to the capriciousness of nature.  Relatives or specialists intentionally perform a series of procedures in order to ________ decomposition of the cadaver.  Egyptians first removed the internal organs, such as the ________, lungs, and intestines because they decompose quickly.  Next they _________ the cavities with natron, a drying salt found along the banks of the Nile River.  Then they covered the entire body with balsam and a linen __________. 

            The natural mummified bodies often have intact internal organs permitting the study of ____________related issues of the individual and populations of the past.  Artificial mummification, on the other hand, allows us a ____________ of what was important in death rituals and the techniques of dissection and conservation used by specialists in order to create intentional mummies.

VI.          Answer the following questions.

1.    How are the Chinchorro different from the Egyptians?

2.    Who are Iván Muñoz and Juan Chacama?

3.    What do we understand by “internal organs”?

4.    Explain the process of mummification.

5.    Explain the scholars’ theory.