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1. Which was a habitation site of Native American farmers and pottery makers from 1000 to 1450 CE in what is now western Alabama?

2. Which group of geoglyphs, large line drawings that appear from a distance to have been etched into the earth, were constructed more than 2,000 years ago in what is now southern Peru?

3. Which is the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent, dating to the Bronze Age (2500–1700 BCE)?

4. Which Native American culture, once erroneously called “Mound Builders,” flourished from about 200 BCE to 500 CE chiefly in what is now southern Ohio?

5. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 11 caves near the ruins of which place?

6. Which ancient village in Al-Uqṣur muḥāfaẓah (governorate), Upper Egypt, was a center of worship of the principal deity Amon?

7. Between about 800 and 400 BCE which ancient Olmec settlement was the most important settlement in Mesoamerica?

8. Which is a prehistoric Native American culture that existed from approximately 100 to 1600 CE around what is now Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado?

9. Which is an ancient Andean civilization that flourished from the 1st to the 8th century CE on the northern coast of what is now Peru?

10. The name of which archaeological site is reputed to mean “the mound of the dead”?

11. Which West Bank town is one of the earliest continuous settlements in the world, dating perhaps from about 9000 BCE?

12. Which ancient Mesopotamian city was enclosed by brickwork walls about 6 miles (10 km) in circumference?

13. Which kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England held territory approximating that of the modern counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, and Somerset?

14. Which Swiss civilization originated in the mid-5th century BCE, when the Celts first came into contact with Greek and Etruscan influences from south of the Alps?