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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is "Ricinulei"?
(a) A land mass.
(b) A map.
(c) A rare spider.
(d) A cartographer.
2. What are Nazca lines?
(a) Lines on a map.
(b) Lines in caves.
(c) Land on which lines are drawn.
(d) Lines on trees.
3. According to Chapter 27, what happened to the sun during the Ice Age?
(a) Its light and heat were extinguished.
(b) It became blinding.
(c) It moved farther from the Earth.
(d) It moved closer to the Earth.
4. What was map-maker Gerard Kremer also known as?
(a) Mercator.
(b) Mermator.
(c) Mercatire.
(d) Marmatire.
5. According to Chapter 27, what accompanied the Ice Age?
(a) Warm spells.
(b) Volcanic ash debris.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Migration.
6. What did the sculptures of Kalasasaya resemble?
(a) A pharoah.
(b) Viracocha.
(c) A peasant.
(d) Fish-garbed men.
7. What animal image can be found in Nazca?
(a) A dog.
(b) A whale.
(c) A dolphin.
(d) A bear.
8. How many years of fossilized records of evolution exist?
(a) Five million.
(b) Three and a half billion.
(c) Three and a half million.
(d) Five billion.
9. According to Chapter 26, how many years ago did Ice Age glaciation expand to its fullest extent in the world?
(a) 17,000.
(b) 115,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 7,000.
10. What is the Iranian cataclysm?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Snow and ice.
(c) Flooding.
(d) Plague.
11. Where is Lake Titicaca located?
(a) 12,500 feet below sea level.
(b) 12,500 feet above sea level.
(c) At sea level.
(d) In Lima.
12. How far did the Olmecs transport blocks of stone?
(a) 10 meters.
(b) 60 meters.
(c) 10 miles.
(d) 60 miles.
13. What illusion appears on the Temple of Kululkan?
(a) A snake.
(b) A sun.
(c) A god.
(d) A sundial.
14. What did the "People of the Serpent" do?
(a) Teach skills and science.
(b) Lead the others in prayer.
(c) Perform sacrifices.
(d) Worship a snake.
15. In what forms did the god of the Andes exist?
(a) Farmer, preacher, painter, and carpenter.
(b) Scientist, architect, sculptor, and engineer.
(c) Geologist, explorer, prophet, and herbalist.
(d) Diplomat, storyteller, musician, and troubador.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the Oronteus Finaeus Map confirm?
2. Who invented the tool enabling longitude to be determined?
3. How does Cholula's man-made mountain compare in size to the Great Pyramid?
4. Where is the Great Pyramid located?
5. Where are the mountains Hancock visited in The Mystery of the Maps?
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