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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Byrd Antarctic Expeditions prove?
(a) Warm conditions up to 6,000 years ago.
(b) Frozen conditions up to 6,000 years ago.
(c) Warm conditions up to 3,000 years ago.
(d) Frozen conditions up to 3,000 years ago.

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

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

4. How did Hancock view myths in Chapter 25?
(a) Made-up stories.
(b) Memories man chooses to forget.
(c) Memories man cannot recall or forget.
(d) Memories man can recall clearly.

5. When was the Oronteus Finaeus Map drawn?
(a) 1731.
(b) 1531.
(c) 1431.
(d) 1631.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is longitude defined?

2. What overlooked a sunken temple in Chapter 10?

3. According to Chapter 26, how many years ago did Ice Age glaciation expand to its fullest extent in the world?

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

5. According to the Mayans, what precedes global destruction?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the god Quetzalcoatl known for?

2. What happened to the hardy, cold-adapted animals during the Ice Age?

3. What is the significance of the fact that so many things about the Earth seem to have been discovered long before modern man officially discovered them?

4. How did the ancients come upon their use of pi?

5. In Chapter 17, how and why might these giant boulders have been moved?

6. In the Introduction, why did Hancock study the Admiral Piri Reis Map?

7. In Chapter 26, what is relayed about the history of modern man?

8. Describe the god Viracocha's appearance.

9. Why did the Ancient Mexican civilizations believe sacrificing children would delay the destruction of the world?

10. How and why were the Nazca able to accomplish what they did with their lines?

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