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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 is "Flight of the Condor"?
(a) A map showing birds' migratory patterns.
(b) An airline flight showcasing images of animals on the ground.
(c) Birds in flight.
(d) A painting of birds.

2. What are Mercator projections?
(a) The projection of a map on a screen.
(b) The projection of a globe on a screen.
(c) The transfer of data from paper to globe without distortion.
(d) The transfer of data from globe to paper without distortion.

3. How much did the monolith weigh that was moved to Machu Pichu?
(a) 20 tons.
(b) 200 pounds.
(c) 200 tons.
(d) 20 pounds.

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

5. How did the Mayans get a complex accurate calendar?
(a) Using geometry.
(b) Using astronomy.
(c) Using sun-dials.
(d) Using astrology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of Hancock's theories about the maps in Chapter 2?

2. What do the maps in Chapter 2 show?

3. What are Nazca lines?

4. What could the First Men see?

5. What did the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions prove?

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