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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Giza Invitation: Egypt 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is surprising about the limestone megaliths found in the Great Sphinx?
(a) They could not possibly have been moved.
(b) They could have been cut smaller to be moved more easily.
(c) Granite would have been easier to move than limestone.
(d) Limestone was not found anywhere else.

2. What did Gerald Kremer show in a 1569 Atlas?
(a) More icy terrain.
(b) More mud-free terrain.
(c) More muddy terrain.
(d) More ice-free terrain.

3. What was map-maker Gerard Kremer also known as?
(a) Mermator.
(b) Marmatire.
(c) Mercatire.
(d) Mercator.

4. Who invented the tool enabling longitude to be determined?
(a) John Harris.
(b) Howard Johnson.
(c) John Harrison.
(d) Harold Johnson.

5. According to Chapter 27, what happened to the hardy, cold-adapted animals in Siberia during the Ice Age?
(a) They survived.
(b) They reproduced.
(c) They froze in place.
(d) They migrated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does the average block of the Great Pyramid weigh?

2. How did the Mayans get a complex accurate calendar?

3. How many years does it take for the axis angle to make a full cycle oscillation across the range?

4. What tool enabled longitude to be determined?

5. What type of weapon did the god of the Andes have?

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