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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. How does Cholula's man-made mountain compare in size to the Great Pyramid?
(a) It is one-third the size.
(b) It is twice the size.
(c) It is half the size.
(d) It is three times the size.

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

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

4. What is "Ricinulei"?
(a) A cartographer.
(b) A land mass.
(c) A map.
(d) A rare spider.

5. How high were the boulders that made up the man-made gate in Chapter 7?
(a) 28 yards.
(b) 28 inches.
(c) 28 feet.
(d) 28 meters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What global catastrophe is discussed in Chapter 24?

2. What does Lake Titicaca contain?

3. What did the "People of the Serpent" do?

4. What tool enabled longitude to be determined?

5. How did the Mayans get a complex accurate calendar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the god Quetzalcoatl known for?

2. What was the explanation for early maps showing widely separated parts of the Earth?

3. Why are stories of floods so universal?

4. Should the Olmecs' homeland have been destroyed by oil interests?

5. Why is it believed that the Tiahuanaco culture was able to migrate after a catastrophe, whereas so many other cultures were wiped out by them?

6. In Chapter 14, how is the god Quetzlcoatl characterized?

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

8. How could the same type of vessel used in the Nile also appear in Lake Titicaca?

9. Describe how the Andes viewed Viracocha.

10. Why are Mercator-type maps especially notable?

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