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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Plumed Serpent: Central America.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Oronteus Finaeus Map confirm?
(a) A known civilization in the ice age.
(b) An unknown civilization in the ice-free period.
(c) An unknown civilization in the ice age.
(d) A known civilization in the ice-free period.

2. When was the Admiral Piri Reis map drawn?
(a) 1513.
(b) 1813.
(c) 1713.
(d) 1613.

3. When could longitude first be determined?
(a) 1570.
(b) 1576.
(c) 1770.
(d) 1776.

4. What did the Olmecs invent?
(a) A zodiac system.
(b) Tools for sculpture.
(c) A calendar system.
(d) Slingshots and arrows.

5. According to the Mayans, what precedes global destruction?
(a) Famine and plagues.
(b) Floods and darkness.
(c) Plagues and darkness.
(d) Earthquakes and famine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Mayans get a complex accurate calendar?

2. What happened at the Temple of the Warriors?

3. How long was Queen Maud Land ice-free?

4. What is a lost civilization believed to be buried under in The Mystery of the Maps?

5. What did the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions prove?

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