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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. Where is Bolivia's capital located?
(a) 5,000 feet below its airport.
(b) At the same level as its airport.
(c) 5,000 feet above its airport.
(d) In Lima.

2. What did the Olmecs invent?
(a) Tools for sculpture.
(b) Slingshots and arrows.
(c) A calendar system.
(d) A zodiac system.

3. What was confirmed about Tianhuanaco and Lake Titicaca?
(a) They were never joined.
(b) They were joined in 15,000 B.C.
(c) They separated in 15,000 B.C.
(d) They are still joined.

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

5. With whom did Graham Hancock travel in The Mystery of the Maps?
(a) J. Eric Thompson.
(b) Santha Faiia.
(c) He traveled alone.
(d) Charles Hapgood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the sculptures of Kalasasaya resemble?

2. Where are the mountains Hancock visited in The Mystery of the Maps?

3. How were the men referred to, as Viracocha described?

4. How many years of fossilized records of evolution exist?

5. What could the First Men see?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why are stories of floods so universal?

5. Describe the god Viracocha's appearance.

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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