Assignment 6
Please send the assignment and extra credit in one email to hol.mifm @ gmail.com (without the spaces). Your subject should be "MIFM - HW6 - HOL NAME" (and you fill in your HOL NAME!).
Please include your HOL NAME and HOUSE in the body of your email.
Due date is March 31st at 11:59pm HOL time.
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Below are a variety of opportunities for you to earn points. You may choose which you do; remember that I can award a maximum of 60 points per assignment.
Homework 6
Multiple choice (2 points each - 20 points total)
1. Which of the following are NOT markings noticed within the designs?
a) Straight lines
b) Representation of the Parcaras
c) Geometrical figures
d) Representation of animals
2. Most of the drawings were made between:
a) 600BC and 200AD
b) 600BC and 600AD
c) 200BC and 600AD
d) 200BC and 200AD
3. American archaeologist Paul Kosok arrived in Nazca in
a) 1902
b) 1918
c) 1927
d) 1939
4. Maria Reiche was from
a) Germany
b) Britain
c) Peru
d) France
5. Jim Woodman tried to prove that it was possible to build a _____________ out of materials similar to what the Nazca would've had.
a) airplane
b) helicopter
c) spaceship
d) hot-air balloon
6. Tony Morisson believed that the layouts:
a) had a religious significance
b) were an alien airport
c) were blueprints for temples
d) the superposition of several calendars
7. In 1901, Max Uhle discovered bits of
a) the Condor I
b) Nazca civilization
c) the Parcaras huts
d) fire near the geoglyphs
8. Paul Kosok and Maria Reiche thought that the straight lines constituted a kind of ________ calendar making it possible to calculate dates and the seasons.
a) biological
b) daily
c) astronomical
d) astrological
9. The balloon that Woodman built rose _____ metres before it fell.
a) 10
b) 90
c) 110
d) 190
10. What career did Simone Waisbard and his son Jack have, respectively?
a) ornithologist, ethnologist
b) data processing specialist, ethnologist
c) ethnologist, data processing specialist
d) odontologist, data processing specialist
True or False (1 point each - 10 points total)
State whether the following sentences are true or false. If they are false, then please correct them.
1. In 1969, the American astronomer Gerald Hawkins completed a study,with the help of computers, which demonstrated that this idea of an astronomical calendar could not be confirmed.
2. In 1927, a Peruvian pilot discovered the Nazca designs by chance.
3. The Nazca drawings are also known as Geocache.
4. On the sides of several hills bordering the desert, there are human representation.
5. The deserted valley of Nazca is located in the south of Peru, 400km from Lima and 50km off the Pacific coast.
6. In 1975, Woodman built a balloon, Condo II, manufactured with fabric and cords of the same kind as those found with Nazca mummies.
7. Since 1945, Maria Reiche has devoted all of her life to the geoglyphs.
8. Erich von Daniken believed that the tracks were an airport for aliens.
9. To make the drawings, according to Julian Nott, some tiny models were made and then were expanded.
10. Pugio is recognized as one of the first wizards to have used a broomstick.
Essay Option (30 points)
Imagine that you are traveling over the Nazca designs. What would you use to fly over the designs? What do you think you will see? Which design do you want to see the most? (250 word minimum)
Art Option (30 points)
Create your own Geoglyph! Find some sand or maybe dump out the sugar bowl and make a design. Upload all images to an image-hosting site and send in the link.
Jigsaw Puzzle (20 points )
Solve this jigsaw puzzle, and send a link to your screencap (saved in Photobucket, PostImage or a similar site). Include the time it took to solve and the number of pieces of the puzzle in your screencap.
Click here for the puzzle.
Hashi Puzzle Option (30 points)
You seem to have stumbled upon an unfinished Nazca design! See if you can complete it. Lines can only be drawn vertically or horizontally. There can only be a maximum of 2 lines between each number.
Please remember that no attachments will be opened, so please complete the puzzle and upload it to a site such as imgur and send the link only for your EC.
