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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Oronteus Finaeus Map confirm?
(a) A known civilization in the ice age.
(b) An unknown civilization in the ice age.
(c) An unknown civilization in the ice-free period.
(d) A known civilization in the ice-free period.

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

3. When was Machu Pichu discovered?
(a) 1811.
(b) 1511.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1921.

4. 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.

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

6. What did Quetzalcoatl's formulas provide?
(a) The basis for darkness predictions.
(b) The basis for Mayan doomsday predictions.
(c) The basis for flooding predictions.
(d) The basis for ice age predictions.

7. What was another of Hancock's theories about the maps in Chapter 2?
(a) They were drawn by the same person.
(b) They were drawn by apes.
(c) They were drawn by an advanced civilization that has remained in hiding.
(d) They were drawn by an advanced civilization that vanished.

8. How long was Queen Maud Land ice-free?
(a) 9,000 years.
(b) 10,000 years.
(c) 1,000 years.
(d) 5,000 years.

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

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

11. What destroyed any ancient civilizations in the Olmecs area of Mexico?
(a) Fossil thievery.
(b) Oil interests.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) Coal mining.

12. What continent is on the ancient maps in The Mystery of the Maps?
(a) Africa.
(b) Asia.
(c) Antarctica.
(d) Europe.

13. What is the "foam of the sea"?
(a) A picture.
(b) A constellation.
(c) A god.
(d) A part of a map.

14. 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 different groups of people.
(c) They were drawn by computers.
(d) They were drawn by aliens from outer space.

15. How did the Mayans get a complex accurate calendar?
(a) Using astrology.
(b) Using sun-dials.
(c) Using astronomy.
(d) Using geometry.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 26, how many years ago did Ice Age glaciation begin?

2. What does Lake Titicaca contain?

3. What did the god of the Andes bring?

4. What did Philippe Buache's maps reveal?

5. Where are the mountains Hancock visited in The Mystery of the Maps?

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