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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years of darkness did the ancient Mayans experience?
(a) 30.
(b) 15.
(c) 26.
(d) 36.

2. According to Chapter 26, how many years did deglaciation last?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 17,000.
(c) 7,000.
(d) 115,000.

3. What did the Olmecs invent?
(a) Slingshots and arrows.
(b) A zodiac system.
(c) Tools for sculpture.
(d) A calendar system.

4. What is the Iranian cataclysm?
(a) Snow and ice.
(b) Flooding.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Plague.

5. What overlooked a sunken temple in Chapter 10?
(a) An image of a boat.
(b) An image of a temple builder.
(c) An image of Viracocha.
(d) An image of a pharoah.

6. Where did the story of Gilgamesh take place?
(a) Sumer.
(b) Colombia.
(c) Mesopotamia.
(d) Central America.

7. What illusion appears on the Temple of Kululkan?
(a) A sun.
(b) A god.
(c) A snake.
(d) A sundial.

8. When could longitude first be determined?
(a) 1570.
(b) 1576.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1770.

9. What falls from the sky in ancient Mayan myths?
(a) The stars.
(b) A meteorite.
(c) The planets.
(d) The sun and moon.

10. How high were the boulders that made up the man-made gate in Chapter 7?
(a) 28 meters.
(b) 28 feet.
(c) 28 yards.
(d) 28 inches.

11. How does Cholula's man-made mountain compare in size to the Great Pyramid?
(a) It is one-third the size.
(b) It is half the size.
(c) It is twice the size.
(d) It is three times the size.

12. Where are the Luiseno located?
(a) Chile.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) California.
(d) Brazil.

13. Where are the mountains Hancock visited in The Mystery of the Maps?
(a) Peru and Bolivia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Central America.

14. How many years of fossilized records of evolution exist?
(a) Three and a half billion.
(b) Five billion.
(c) Three and a half million.
(d) Five million.

15. According to Chapter 27, what accompanied the Ice Age?
(a) Warm spells.
(b) Volcanic ash debris.
(c) Migration.
(d) Earthquakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gerald Kremer show in a 1569 Atlas?

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

3. How many stories were discovered world-wide about mankind's near annihilation in Chapter 24?

4. According to Chapter 27, what happened to the sun during the Ice Age?

5. What happened at the Temple of the Warriors?

(see the answer keys)

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