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

2. How does Cholula's man-made mountain compare in size to the Great Pyramid?
(a) It is one-third the size.
(b) It is twice the size.
(c) It is half the size.
(d) It is three times the size.

3. What are Nazca lines?
(a) Land on which lines are drawn.
(b) Lines in caves.
(c) Lines on a map.
(d) Lines on trees.

4. What did the "People of the Serpent" do?
(a) Teach skills and science.
(b) Perform sacrifices.
(c) Lead the others in prayer.
(d) Worship a snake.

5. When was the Antarctic ice cap discovered?
(a) 1818 A.D.
(b) 1518 A.D.
(c) 1618 A.D.
(d) 1718 A.D.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did the Olmecs transport blocks of stone?

2. In Chapter 23, what was used 2,000 years before it was "discovered"?

3. When was the Admiral Piri Reis map drawn?

4. What was the weight of the boulders that made up the man-made gate in Chapter 7?

5. What illusion appears on the Temple of Kululkan?

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