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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. In what forms did the god of the Andes exist?

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

3. According to the Aztecs, which cycle are we currently in now?

4. Who was Quetzalcoatl?

5. According to Chapter 26, how many years did deglaciation last?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the god Quetzalcoatl known for?

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

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

8. In the Introduction, what was Hancock trying to determine?

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

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

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

Hancock noted that the granite portcullis in the Great Pyramid (pictured on page 329) seems to serve no purpose other than to make an explorer wonder why and how huge stones are moved and installed in narrow passages. Did he consider any other possible purposes? What did he ultimately conclude?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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