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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Chapter 26, how many years ago did Ice Age glaciation begin?

3. How large was the monolith that was moved to Machu Pichu?

4. According to Chapter 26, what is the longest possible amount of time modern man has existed?

5. Where is Bolivia's capital located?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are Mercator-type maps especially notable?

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

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

5. Describe how the Andes viewed Viracocha.

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

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

8. What is the god Quetzalcoatl known for?

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

10. Why are stories of floods so universal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to the book, if modern civilization were to be wiped out and discovered in thousands of years, what artifacts would be found?

Essay Topic 2

Is this book more about the Earth itself or the civilizations who have populated it? Is there a relationship between the two, or are they separate issues that the author explored in his quest to solve mysteries?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the Giza necropolis in Chapter 49 referred to as "a machine that stimulates questions"? How did the author test this theory?

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