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Where is Easter Island?

A) A) All by itself in the Pacific Ocean

B) B) East of Steinbeck Island

C) C) In the Marianas chain of Pacific islands

D) D) One of the islands of Hawaii

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Where did the original inhabitants come from and when?

A) A) Hawai'i, about 1500 AD

B) B) Polynesia, about 300 AD

C) C) Chile, about 0 AD

D) D) Mars, about 10,000 BC

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Why is it called Easter Island?

A) A) Discovered by a Dutch pirate named Hans Easter

B) B) Infestation of large white rabbits

C) C) Discovered on Easter Sunday

D) D) Misinterpretation of the real name

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What do the people living on Easter

Island call it?

A) A) Isla de Pascua

B) B) Wester Island

C) C) It's a secret and they're not telling

D) D) Rapa Nui

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Why are there so few trees on Easter Island?

A) A) They were used to build stone monuments

B) B) The Dutch cut them down to build houses

C) C) There never was much vegetation on the island

D) D) They were burned to keep the Easter Islanders warm

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What is the name of the large stone monuments on Easter Island?

A) A) Pahoehoe

B) B) Stone Binge

C)C) Moai

D) D) Rapa Rock

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What were most of the moai of Easter

Island carved from?

A) A) Sea coral

B) Hardened volcanic ash

C) Limestone

D) Wood

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How many moai are there, and how tall is the largest moai?

A) A) About 300, 22 feet

B) B) About 100, 15 feet

C) C) About 10, 10 feet

D) D) About 900, 70 feet

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Which of the following researchers is NOT associated with the archaeology

of Easter Island?

A) A) Thor Heyerdahl

B) B) Easter Island Jones

C) C) Jo Anne Van Tilburg

D) D) Claudio P. Cristino

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What is a pukau?

A) A) The platform on which the moai are placed

B) B) The local nickname for Thor Heyerdahl

C) C) Red hat placed on about 1/5 of the moai

D) D) Large white rabbit named Harvey

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What was Maria Reich’s occupation before

she became interested in the Nazca lines?

A) A) Museum administratorB) EB) Engineer

C)C) Archaeologist

D) MD) Mathematician

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The largest figures can span early The largest figures can span early

______ meters.______ meters.

A) 500 square kilometersA) 500 square kilometers

B) 270 metersB) 270 meters

C) 890 kilometersC) 890 kilometers

D) 190 metersD) 190 meters

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According to Phillis Pitluga, According to Phillis Pitluga,

which figure is used to track the which figure is used to track the three three

stars of Orion’s Belt?stars of Orion’s Belt?

A) the hummingbirdA) the hummingbird

B) the human figureB) the human figure

C) the spiderC) the spider

D) the monkeyD) the monkey

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What kind of threats are the NazcaWhat kind of threats are the Nazca

Lines concerned about? Lines concerned about?

A) the heavy windA) the heavy wind

B) human activitiesB) human activities

C) alien investigationC) alien investigation

D) serious pollutionD) serious pollution

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How deep are the Lines?How deep are the Lines?

A) 25-40 cmA) 25-40 cm

B) 10-30 cmB) 10-30 cm

C) 3.9-5.9 cmC) 3.9-5.9 cm

D) 1-15 cmD) 1-15 cm

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Mario Olaechea Aquije belongs to Mario Olaechea Aquije belongs to

_____?_____?

A) Adler Planetarium & Astronomy A) Adler Planetarium & Astronomy MuseumMuseum

B) Paracas cultureB) Paracas culture

C) UNESCOC) UNESCO

D) National Institute of CultureD) National Institute of Culture

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According to Johan Reinhard, According to Johan Reinhard,

what were the figurative patterns what were the figurative patterns for?for?

A) religionA) religion

B) directionB) direction

C) preservationC) preservation

D) observationD) observation

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Who is the first person to discover Who is the first person to discover

the Nazca Lines ? the Nazca Lines ?

A) Paul KosokA) Paul Kosok

B) Jim WoodmannB) Jim Woodmann

C) Toribio Mejia XesspeC) Toribio Mejia Xesspe

D) Anthony AveniD) Anthony Aveni

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How many figures are about How many figures are about animals?animals?

A) more than 70A) more than 70

B) over 40B) over 40

C) about one hundredC) about one hundred

D) we don’t knowD) we don’t know

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According to Woodmann’s study,According to Woodmann’s study,

what is the only possible means of what is the only possible means of flight? flight?

A) airplanesA) airplanes

B) hummingbirdsB) hummingbirds

C) hot air balloonsC) hot air balloons

D) condorsD) condors

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