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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. According to Chapter 26, how many years ago did Ice Age glaciation expand to its fullest extent in the world?
(a) 17,000.
(b) 115,000.
(c) 7,000.
(d) 50,000.

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

3. What animal image can be found in Nazca?
(a) A bear.
(b) A dolphin.
(c) A whale.
(d) A dog.

4. What did the boats on Suriqui Island resemble?
(a) Images of boats in Central America.
(b) Images of boats in Egypt.
(c) Images of boats in Europe.
(d) Images of boats in Africa.

5. What changes their paths in Mayan myths?
(a) Planets.
(b) Stars.
(c) Tides.
(d) Explorers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the maps in Chapter 2 show?

2. What is the "foam of the sea"?

3. Who was Quetzalcoatl?

4. What illusion appears on the Temple of Kululkan?

5. According to Chapter 26, what is the most likely amount of time modern man has existed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the god Quetzalcoatl known for?

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

3. How were the findings of the Oronteus Finaeus Map verified?

4. In the Introduction, what was Hancock trying to determine?

5. How is the origin of the Mayan's advanced learning explained?

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

7. What was Viracocha credited with bringing to Peru?

8. What tends to accompany stories of ice ages?

9. Based on Chapter 26, what is currently known about the history of the Ice Age?

10. Is it plausible that the human race was destroyed in each cycle of the Mayans "Suns" calendar?

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