View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What illusion appears on the Temple of Kululkan?
(a) A sundial.
(b) A snake.
(c) A god.
(d) A sun.

4. What could the First Men see?
(a) Things in the past.
(b) Things in the future.
(c) Things hidden in the distance.
(d) Things buried underground.

5. 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 three times the size.
(d) It is half the size.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Quetzalcoatl?

2. What do the Olmecs' sculptures look like?

3. What did the boats on Suriqui Island resemble?

4. Where are the mountains Hancock visited in The Mystery of the Maps?

5. When was Machu Pichu discovered?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 230 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample