Directions: Read the passages below and select the best word choices to complete the passages.

According to Greek mythology, Atlas was a Titan of enormous strength. After ___11___ the god Zeus, Atlas was forced to carry the earth and the sky for an eternity. In depictions of Atlas, he is shown as a stopped figure carrying the globe on his shoullders. ___12___ his association with the globe, maps began to be decorated with this image of Atlas. ___13___, the word "atlas" became a nickname for a collection of maps. Today, an atlas refers to any book that consists of a bound collection of maps. For example, an atlas ___14___maps of the countries of the world or of the states of the United States. Sometimes an atlas ___15___ graphs and charts with other statistical information about the culture, religion, climate, or government of the population of a given area.