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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. How many steps are there on the Temple of Kukulkan?

2. What was one of Hancock's theories about the maps in Chapter 2?

3. According to Chapter 26, what were the Earth's conditions when man originated?

4. What is the crowning Mayan achievement?

5. What destroyed any ancient civilizations in the Olmecs area of Mexico?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What tends to accompany stories of ice ages?

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

4. Why are stories of floods so universal?

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

6. Why are Mercator-type maps especially notable?

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

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

9. 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?

10. Describe the god Viracocha's appearance.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Did the author believe most of the mysteries of changes in the Earth and ancient peoples have already been solved, or did he think that there is still a lot of work to be done in these areas?

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

How are historical and ancient maps used throughout the book? What information do they provide, and in what cases do they disprove earlier assumptions? What is a map, and what power can it possess beyond merely providing a picture of or directions to a place?

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