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

2. What does Lake Titicaca contain?

3. What is the Iranian cataclysm?

4. How many stories were discovered world-wide about mankind's near annihilation in Chapter 24?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the Nazca lines so significant?

2. How were the findings of the Oronteus Finaeus Map verified?

3. What was Viracocha credited with bringing to Peru?

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

5. Why are Mercator-type maps especially notable?

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

7. 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?

8. In Chapter 26, what is relayed about the history of modern man?

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. Is it plausible that the human race was destroyed in each cycle of the Mayans "Suns" calendar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does it mean that the ancient Egyptians were using pi in their architectural structures long before it was officially discovered? Does this notion support the possibility that many ancient peoples had skills or technology that were officially invented later, or is a mathematical construct a different type of ability?

Essay Topic 2

What was the author's main thesis statement, as summarized at the end of the book? What knowledge and experience did he use throughout the book to back up his assertions?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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