Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How frequently do the planets line up in the order, on the same date, that the Mayans predicted the Fifth Sun ends?
2. What was displaced when the crust shifted?
3. What does the Piri Reis map provide?
4. How tall is the Great Pyramid?
5. What is the "Great Return"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the author mean in Chapter 33 when he referred to the boats at the base of the Great Pyramid as seeming to be of a quality exceeding the presumed need to transport a dead king to heaven?
2. How did Hancock resolve the absence of any lost continent in Chapter 50?
3. Is Hancock correct in his assertion that what he discovered that has already happened, can happen again?
4. What did the ancient Egyptians mean when they believed the Sphinx guarded the "Splendid Place at the Beginning of All Time"?
5. What is the cycle of precession?
6. Why did Hancock mention his researcher's resignation in Chapter 50?
7. What is the obliquity of the ecliptic?
8. What is eccentricity?
9. Was Hipparchus the first to know about precession?
10. In Chapter 36, which explanation for the pyramids with empty coffins is the most plausible?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What role do deities play in the book? In what different places do you find deities that are similar in appearance and action? What do they tell us about ancient religion?
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?
|
This section contains 729 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
