8th Grade Geography – Mrs. Van Heck

NAZCA Lines of Peru

• They are thousands of years old. • No one knows who made them.• They can only be viewed by flying

over them.

Eagle

Hummingbird

Monkey

Man or astronaut

Spider

Dog

Hands

Map of Drawings in the Nazca Valley

Discussion• Discuss with your shoulder partner. You have two

minutes for each question. We will share answers after each two minute session.

• Who do you think created the lines of NASCAR?• How do you think they made those drawings that

are not visible from the ground? Give a theory.• What significance do you think the images have?

What do these images represent? Why would they have meaning for the people who made them?