What is unusual about the Nazca lines?
A)They are only visible from considerable elevation.
B)They are aligned with the summer and winter solstice.
C)They show evidence of significant environmental manipulation.
D)They correspond to unusually high levels of magnetic polarity.
E)They designate way-stations along the Incan road system.

Question

What is unusual about the Nazca lines?​
A)​They are only visible from considerable elevation.
B)​They are aligned with the summer and winter solstice.
C)They show evidence of significant environmental manipulation.
D)​They correspond to unusually high levels of magnetic polarity.
E)​They designate way-stations along the Incan road system.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The Nazca lines are gigantic figures and lines etched into the desert sand that are so large that they are only visible from a considerable elevation. Some figures are as much as a mile across.

Answer: C
 Recent studies have suggested that the Nazca people may have manipulated their environment in order to make the creation of the lines easier, such as removing dark stones covering the bright sand and outlining figures with small stones.

The other answer choices are incorrect:
B) There is no evidence that the lines are aligned with the solstices.
D) There is no evidence that the lines correspond to magnetic polarity.
E) The Nazca lines are not way-stations along the Incan road system.

What Is Unusual About the Nazca Lines?​

What Is Unusual About the Nazca Lines?