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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Mystery of the Myths: 1. A Species with Amnesia.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many sun cycles did the Aztecs believe in?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 50.
(d) 10.
2. When did the Orion constellation appear in Egyptian chant?
(a) 4,000 years earlier.
(b) 3,000 years earlier.
(c) 30,000 years earlier.
(d) 40,000 years earlier.
3. What is the Iranian cataclysm?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Snow and ice.
(c) Flooding.
(d) Plague.
4. How does Cholula's man-made mountain compare in size to the Great Pyramid?
(a) It is three times the size.
(b) It is half the size.
(c) It is one-third the size.
(d) It is twice the size.
5. What did the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions prove?
(a) Warm conditions up to 6,000 years ago.
(b) Frozen conditions up to 3,000 years ago.
(c) Warm conditions up to 3,000 years ago.
(d) Frozen conditions up to 6,000 years ago.
Short Answer Questions
1. When could longitude first be determined?
2. According to Chapter 27, during what years did the Ice Age animal extinctions occur?
3. Where did the story of Utnapishtim take place?
4. How many years of darkness did the ancient Mayans experience?
5. What was one of Hancock's theories about the maps in Chapter 2?
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