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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 the Aztecs, which cycle are we currently in now?
(a) The twentieth.
(b) The fiftieth.
(c) The fifth.
(d) The tenth.

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

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

4. What did the god of the Andes bring?
(a) Floods, darkness, and chaos.
(b) Peace.
(c) War.
(d) Love, kindness, and charity.

5. How much did the monolith weigh that was moved to Machu Pichu?
(a) 200 pounds.
(b) 20 tons.
(c) 200 tons.
(d) 20 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Piri Reis Map precisely locate?

2. Where did the story of Gilgamesh take place?

3. In Chapter 23, what was used 2,000 years before it was "discovered"?

4. What is "Flight of the Condor"?

5. What did the sculptures of Kalasasaya resemble?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Chapter 27, what happened to animals during the Ice Age?

2. Why are Mercator-type maps especially notable?

3. Why is it especially unusual that longitude could have been determined accurately long before the marine chronometer was invented?

4. According to Chapter 27, what parts of the world were submerged by flooding during the Ice Age?

5. Describe how the Andes viewed Viracocha.

6. What is the god Quetzalcoatl known for?

7. What evidence is there that the Nazcan were astronomers?

8. Is the theory of Earth-crust displacement plausible?

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

10. Why are stories of floods so universal?

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