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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 animal image can be found in Nazca?
(a) A whale.
(b) A bear.
(c) A dog.
(d) A dolphin.

2. What do the Olmecs' sculptures look like?
(a) Tall, Caucasian, bearded men.
(b) Tall, Caucasian women.
(c) Tall, dark, bearded men.
(d) Tall, dark women.

3. How long was the mysterious surface road on the coast and through the Andes?
(a) 25,000 miles.
(b) 15,000 kilometers.
(c) 25,000 kilometers.
(d) 15,000 miles.

4. In what forms did the god of the Andes exist?
(a) Farmer, preacher, painter, and carpenter.
(b) Geologist, explorer, prophet, and herbalist.
(c) Scientist, architect, sculptor, and engineer.
(d) Diplomat, storyteller, musician, and troubador.

5. Where is Lake Titicaca located?
(a) At sea level.
(b) 12,500 feet below sea level.
(c) In Lima.
(d) 12,500 feet above sea level.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Oronteus Finaeus Map drawn?

2. What did Philippe Buache's maps reveal?

3. What was map-maker Gerard Kremer also known as?

4. What are the symbols on the Yucatan's Pyramid of the Magician?

5. What did the Oronteus Finaeus Map confirm?

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