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The Zapotec are a group of American Indians who live in the state Occupational therapy is a branch of medical care aiming to improve
of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The Zapotec have lived in what is the quality of life of patients through occupational pursuits – helping
now known as Oaxaca since about 1500 BCE. In around 500 BCE, them overcome disabilities resulting from illness, injury or age so
they built their capital city known as Monte Alban. This city had that they can carry out the activities they need to perform in order
flat, step-style pyramids, temples, and very elaborate and ornate to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. This means both giving them the
tombs. Like the Zapotec people of today, the early Zapotec people means and mobility to pursue occupations, and selecting activities
were farmers. They also made fine pottery. In addition to this, they that are therapeutic to their particular condition. For example, a
carved writing onto slabs of stone. This was one of the earliest forms patient learning to get around in a wheelchair might need structural
of writing in the Americas. Zapotec lands once stretched from what changes to their environment such as widening of doorways and
is now Puebla – the state north of Oaxaca – to the Pacific Ocean. fitting of ramps as well as a programme of physical exercise to
But after around 500 AD, Monte Alban started to fall into ruin, and a build strength in their arms and shoulders. Another patient, who
people called the Mixtec took over the city. The Zapotec started to has suffered a stroke, might be encouraged to try arts and crafts
form a number of small kingdoms, but these were conquered by the as a way to rebuild their manual dexterity skills. Occupational
st
Spanish when they took over the region in the 1500s. therapy has a long history, dating back to the 1 century BCE and
the physicians of Ancient Greece. Today, it is still applied as an
effective method of medical care.
7. What is true about the Zapotec people of today?
A) They still carve their writing onto slabs of stone. 10. According to the passage, the purpose of occupational
B) They have migrated out of the Oaxaca region towards therapy is to _______.
Puebla. A) help patients overcome certain physical issues so that they
C) They continue to live in Monte Alban to this day. can lead better lives
D) They rely on farming just like their ancestors. B) motivate patients so that they can accept their particular
E) They are mostly of Spanish descent. condition
C) provide special treatment for patients who suffer from job-
related illnesses
D) improve the quality of therapies by encouraging patients to
work harder
E) enable patients to overcome their fear of getting involved in
public life

8. According to the passage, the Zapotec people _______.
A) used to control a large region of land, but then something
happened which caused them to abandon their capital and 11. According to the passage, occupational therapy supports
patients by _______.
create smaller regions
B) were never a successful group of people and mainly stayed A) choosing therapeutic activities that are designed to meet
in their capital until they were conquered by the Spanish their specific needs
C) were migratory people who moved between Puebla and B) providing them with the wheelchairs they need to be able to
Oaxaca looking for fertile land for farming move
D) preferred to make pottery and farm rather than protect their C) helping them become physically strong enough to deal with
land, which is why they were conquered by the Spanish arts and crafts
E) allied themselves with the Mixtec people to control Monte D) preventing them from focusing on their disabilities with the
Alban and protect themselves against the Spanish use of certain medication
E) ensuring their participation in outdoor activities on a regular
basis

12. It is understood from the passage that occupational
9. The main purpose of this passage is to _______. therapy _______.
A) underestimates the importance of providing psychological
A) explain why the Zapotec no longer exist today
support
B) discuss the reasons why Monte Alban was an important
B) has been used as a method of treatment for a long period of
capital
time
C) give some brief information about the Zapotec people C) combines techniques from different medical fields to help
D) talk about why the Zapotec were so successful in the past
patients
E) contrast the Zapotec of the past with present-day Zapotec
D) is effective only when it is given together with medication
people
E) has evolved dramatically since the time of Ancient Greece

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