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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Foam of the Sea: Peru and Bolivia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the weight of the boulders that made up the man-made gate in Chapter 7?
(a) 461 pounds.
(b) 361 pounds.
(c) 361 tons.
(d) 461 tons.

2. What tool enabled longitude to be determined?
(a) The marine chronometer.
(b) The marine barometer.
(c) The marine thermometer.
(d) The marine tachometer.

3. What did the Oronteus Finaeus Map confirm?
(a) A known civilization in the ice age.
(b) An unknown civilization in the ice age.
(c) A known civilization in the ice-free period.
(d) An unknown civilization in the ice-free period.

4. What is the "foam of the sea"?
(a) A god.
(b) A constellation.
(c) A picture.
(d) A part of a map.

5. What did the sculptures of Kalasasaya resemble?
(a) A pharoah.
(b) Viracocha.
(c) Fish-garbed men.
(d) A peasant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large was the monolith that was moved to Machu Pichu?

2. What did the Piri Reis Map precisely locate?

3. Where is Bolivia's capital located?

4. What are Mercator projections?

5. What was another of Hancock's theories about the maps in Chapter 2?

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