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Quiz 42 Answers

1. Thousands of terracotta warriors were buried with a powerful emperor in Xian, onetime capital of this country:
a. Mexico
b. China
c. Japan
d. Brazil


2. Lanse Aux Meadows, famed Viking settlement in the New World, was discovered on the northeastern coast of this country:
a. United States
b. Norway
c. Mexico
d. Canada


3. The longest river in the world provided the foundation for one of mankind’s oldest civilizations in this country:

a. India
b. Egypt
c. Greece
d. China


4. Homer’s lost city of Troy was found to be more than myth when Schliemann uncovered its ruins in this country:

a. Greece
b. Egypt
c. Turkey
d. Italy



5. The beautiful stone age paintings of Lascaux are on cave walls in this country:
a. France
b. Canada
c. Germany
d. India



6. The fantastic Cahokia mounds were built by the ancient people who inhabited the Mississippi valley in this country:

a. Senegal
b. South Africa
c. Canada
d. United States

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