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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What was the weight of the boulders that made up the man-made gate in Chapter 7?
(a) 361 tons.
(b) 361 pounds.
(c) 461 tons.
(d) 461 pounds.

3. What did the "People of the Serpent" do?
(a) Lead the others in prayer.
(b) Worship a snake.
(c) Teach skills and science.
(d) Perform sacrifices.

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

5. What was one of Hancock's theories about the maps in Chapter 2?
(a) They were drawn by different groups of people.
(b) They were drawn by computers.
(c) They were drawn by aliens from outer space.
(d) They were drawn by super-humans.

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

7. When did the Orion constellation appear in Egyptian chant?
(a) 3,000 years earlier.
(b) 4,000 years earlier.
(c) 30,000 years earlier.
(d) 40,000 years earlier.

8. How did the Andes legends begin?
(a) In war time.
(b) With floods, darkness, and chaos.
(c) In a time of discovery.
(d) In a time of peace and beauty.

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

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

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

12. What is "Flight of the Condor"?
(a) A map showing birds' migratory patterns.
(b) An airline flight showcasing images of animals on the ground.
(c) A painting of birds.
(d) Birds in flight.

13. What natural disasters accompany the Mayan myths?
(a) Darkness and pestilence.
(b) Plague and famine.
(c) Ice and flooding.
(d) Volcanoes and earthquakes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Philippe Buache's maps reveal?

2. How many sun cycles did the Aztecs believe in?

3. What does Lake Titicaca contain?

4. What works of art were found in Tres Zapotes?

5. What happened at the Temple of the Warriors?

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