Question

While in an airplane flying over the midwestern United States, your friend Amare looks out the window and sees what appear to be hills of earth formed in the shape of animals. Amare cannot believe his eyes. He asks you about these amazing, gigantic pieces of artwork. What would you teach Amare about to help him understand what he is observing out the window?

(1 point)

effigy mounds


Nazca Lines


geoglyphs


hieroglyphs

Answer 1

effigy mounds

These are earthen mounds built by Native American peoples in the Midwest that are shaped like animals (and sometimes humans or abstract forms).