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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gerald Kremer show in a 1569 Atlas?
(a) More ice-free terrain.
(b) More mud-free terrain.
(c) More icy terrain.
(d) More muddy terrain.

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

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

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

5. Who was Quetzalcoatl?
(a) A white-skinned, bearded god.
(b) A dark-skinned god with dark hair.
(c) A dark-skinned, bearded god.
(d) A white-skinned god with auburn hair.

6. What did the sculptures of Kalasasaya resemble?
(a) A peasant.
(b) Viracocha.
(c) Fish-garbed men.
(d) A pharoah.

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

8. How many sun cycles did the Aztecs believe in?
(a) 20.
(b) 50.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

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

10. Who invented the tool enabling longitude to be determined?
(a) Howard Johnson.
(b) Harold Johnson.
(c) John Harris.
(d) John Harrison.

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

12. Where is Lake Titicaca located?
(a) At sea level.
(b) 12,500 feet above sea level.
(c) 12,500 feet below sea level.
(d) In Lima.

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

14. According to Chapter 27, during what years did the Ice Age animal extinctions occur?
(a) 15,000-8,000 B.C.
(b) 15,000-10,000 B.C.
(c) 8,000-6,000 B.C.
(d) 10,000-8,000 B.C.

15. What are Nazca lines?
(a) Land on which lines are drawn.
(b) Lines in caves.
(c) Lines on a map.
(d) Lines on trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What continent is on the ancient maps in The Mystery of the Maps?

2. What is "Flight of the Condor"?

3. When did the Orion constellation appear in Egyptian chant?

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

5. What did the Oronteus Finaeus Map confirm?

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