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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 was confirmed about Tianhuanaco and Lake Titicaca?

2. How is longitude defined?

3. What tool enabled longitude to be determined?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Chapter 27, what parts of the world were submerged by flooding during the Ice Age?

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

3. Why are Mercator-type maps especially notable?

4. What tends to accompany stories of ice ages?

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

6. How could the same type of vessel used in the Nile also appear in Lake Titicaca?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 32, the author posed the theory that the convergence of global myths and ancient stories throughout the Earth is evidence of a common author. How did he characterize this author?

Essay Topic 2

What unsolved mysteries did the author discuss in the book? How did he go about trying to solve them? What appears to be his motivation for uncovering information that might seem trivial to the average person?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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