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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the symbols on the Yucatan's Pyramid of the Magician?
(a) Serpents, spiders, and suns.
(b) Serpents, spiders, and crosses.
(c) Bearded men, spiders, and suns.
(d) Bearded men, serpents, and crosses.

2. What was confirmed about Tianhuanaco and Lake Titicaca?
(a) They were never joined.
(b) They are still joined.
(c) They separated in 15,000 B.C.
(d) They were joined in 15,000 B.C.

3. What is the crowning Mayan achievement?
(a) The "Long Meter."
(b) The "Long Count."
(c) The "Long Time."
(d) The "Long Day."

4. According to the Mayans, what precedes global destruction?
(a) Earthquakes and famine.
(b) Plagues and darkness.
(c) Famine and plagues.
(d) Floods and darkness.

5. What works of art were found in Tres Zapotes?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Gigantic heads.
(c) Seashell jewelry.
(d) Line drawings.

6. What type of weapon did the god of the Andes have?
(a) Poison.
(b) Metal.
(c) Wooden.
(d) Fire.

7. According to Chapter 27, how many years ago did the peopling of America begin?
(a) 45,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 40,000.
(d) 35,000.

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

9. What happened at the Temple of the Warriors?
(a) Initiation into manhood rituals.
(b) Ritual slaughter.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Fights to the death.

10. When was the Admiral Piri Reis map drawn?
(a) 1713.
(b) 1813.
(c) 1613.
(d) 1513.

11. What do the Olmecs' sculptures look like?
(a) Tall, Caucasian women.
(b) Tall, dark women.
(c) Tall, Caucasian, bearded men.
(d) Tall, dark, bearded men.

12. Who vanquished Quetzalcoatl?
(a) Tezcatilpoca.
(b) Gucumatz.
(c) Votan.
(d) Kukulkan.

13. How high was the man-made gate in Chapter 7?
(a) 20 meters.
(b) 12 feet.
(c) 12 meters.
(d) 20 feet.

14. What did the god of the Andes bring?
(a) Love, kindness, and charity.
(b) Peace.
(c) Floods, darkness, and chaos.
(d) War.

15. Where is Bolivia's capital located?
(a) In Lima.
(b) 5,000 feet below its airport.
(c) At the same level as its airport.
(d) 5,000 feet above its airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the maps in Chapter 2 show?

2. How many years of darkness did the ancient Mayans experience?

3. In Chapter 23, what was used 2,000 years before it was "discovered"?

4. What are Nazca lines?

5. What is a lost civilization believed to be buried under in The Mystery of the Maps?

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