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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many steps are there on the Temple of Kukulkan?
(a) 91.
(b) 60.
(c) 12.
(d) 365.
2. When did the Orion constellation appear in Egyptian chant?
(a) 40,000 years earlier.
(b) 30,000 years earlier.
(c) 4,000 years earlier.
(d) 3,000 years earlier.
3. What is a lost civilization believed to be buried under in The Mystery of the Maps?
(a) Ice.
(b) Sand.
(c) Water.
(d) Rubble.
4. How did Hancock view myths in Chapter 25?
(a) Made-up stories.
(b) Memories man chooses to forget.
(c) Memories man can recall clearly.
(d) Memories man cannot recall or forget.
5. Who vanquished Quetzalcoatl?
(a) Tezcatilpoca.
(b) Kukulkan.
(c) Votan.
(d) Gucumatz.
6. Where are the mountains Hancock visited in The Mystery of the Maps?
(a) Peru and Bolivia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Central America.
7. What is "Ricinulei"?
(a) A map.
(b) A cartographer.
(c) A rare spider.
(d) A land mass.
8. How far did the Olmecs transport blocks of stone?
(a) 10 miles.
(b) 10 meters.
(c) 60 meters.
(d) 60 miles.
9. What was one of Hancock's theories about the maps in Chapter 2?
(a) They were drawn by super-humans.
(b) They were drawn by aliens from outer space.
(c) They were drawn by computers.
(d) They were drawn by different groups of people.
10. When was Machu Pichu discovered?
(a) 1511.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1811.
11. Where is Bolivia's capital located?
(a) 5,000 feet above its airport.
(b) In Lima.
(c) 5,000 feet below its airport.
(d) At the same level as its airport.
12. What is the theory of earth-crust displacement responsible for?
(a) Moving Antarctica to the South Pole.
(b) Moving Antarctica away from the South Pole.
(c) Causing landslides.
(d) Causing earthquakes.
13. What are Mercator projections?
(a) The projection of a globe on a screen.
(b) The transfer of data from paper to globe without distortion.
(c) The transfer of data from globe to paper without distortion.
(d) The projection of a map on a screen.
14. What did the Oronteus Finaeus Map confirm?
(a) A known civilization in the ice-free period.
(b) A known civilization in the ice age.
(c) An unknown civilization in the ice-free period.
(d) An unknown civilization in the ice age.
15. What animal image can be found in Nazca?
(a) A whale.
(b) A dolphin.
(c) A bear.
(d) A dog.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long was Queen Maud Land ice-free?
2. What falls from the sky in ancient Mayan myths?
3. According to Chapter 27, how many years ago did the peopling of America begin?
4. What was another of Hancock's theories about the maps in Chapter 2?
5. What continent is on the ancient maps in The Mystery of the Maps?
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