Packet 12: Bonus 13
By applying archaeological techniques to data created by this technology, a Tulane grad student found the city of Valeriana. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this technology that has revealed over 400 Maya cities connected by causeways called “white roads.” This technology uses lasers to create 3D images of the ground below dense jungle.
ANSWER: LIDAR [accept light detection and ranging or laser imaging, detection, and ranging; accept lidar scanning or 3D laser scanning]
[10m] 2022 LIDAR results revealed the full extent of this country’s Casarabe culture, which built mounds discussed in the first chapter of 1491, “A View from Above.” A “Gate of the Sun” monolith was found in a city in this country.
ANSWER: Bolivia [or the Plurinational State of Bolivia]
[10h] A LIDAR survey published in 2024 revealed cities from as early as 500 BCE along this river in Amazonian Ecuador. That culture named for this river built houses on raised platforms organized around plazas.
ANSWER: Upano River
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| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |