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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 the "foam of the sea"?
(a) A god.
(b) A picture.
(c) A constellation.
(d) A part of a map.

2. What continent is on the ancient maps in The Mystery of the Maps?
(a) Europe.
(b) Antarctica.
(c) Africa.
(d) Asia.

3. What is the crowning Mayan achievement?
(a) The "Long Count."
(b) The "Long Meter."
(c) The "Long Time."
(d) The "Long Day."

4. What did the boats on Suriqui Island resemble?
(a) Images of boats in Central America.
(b) Images of boats in Europe.
(c) Images of boats in Africa.
(d) Images of boats in Egypt.

5. What do the maps in Chapter 2 show?
(a) Pictures by a vanished civilization of close parts of the Earth.
(b) Pictures by an existing civilization of close parts of the Earth.
(c) Pictures by an existing civilization of widely separated parts of the Earth.
(d) Pictures by a vanished civilization of widely separated parts of the Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal image can be found in Nazca?

2. When was the Oronteus Finaeus Map drawn?

3. How many sun cycles did the Aztecs believe in?

4. What could the First Men see?

5. What illusion appears on the Temple of Kululkan?

(see the answer key)

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