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

2. How long does the illusion on the Temple of Kululkan last?
(a) Over 3 hours.
(b) Over 3 minutes.
(c) Over 3 seconds.
(d) Over 3 days.

3. According to Chapter 26, what were the Earth's conditions when man originated?
(a) Without water.
(b) Cold.
(c) Hot.
(d) Covered by water.

4. According to Chapter 26, what is the longest possible amount of time modern man has existed?
(a) 115,000 years.
(b) 100,000 years.
(c) 15,000 years.
(d) 50,000 years.

5. What did the sculptures of Kalasasaya resemble?
(a) A pharoah.
(b) Fish-garbed men.
(c) A peasant.
(d) Viracocha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Piri Reis Map precisely locate?

2. How many sun cycles did the Aztecs believe in?

3. When did the Orion constellation appear in Egyptian chant?

4. What is "Flight of the Condor"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why are Mercator-type maps especially notable?

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

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

6. What is the god Quetzalcoatl known for?

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. Describe how the Andes viewed Viracocha.

9. What evidence is there in Chapter 27 to indicate that the freeze was sudden?

10. Why is it especially unusual that longitude could have been determined accurately long before the marine chronometer was invented?

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