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100
The four forces of evolution.
What are gene flow, genetic drift, natural selection, and mutation?
100
From what type of stone was the Cardiff Giant carved?
What is gypsum?
100
Among American Indians, a particular form of incisor—so-called ______________—is found in between 65 and 100 % of Indian populations in different parts of North and South America.
What are shovel-shaped incisors?
100
The oldest evidence for mound-building in North America has been found at the __________ site in Louisiana and dates to 5,500 years ago.
What is the Watson Brake site?
100
In fact, ______________ was simply a literary tool to convey a lesson about the political, social, and economic organization of a well-run society.
What is Atlantis?
200
Ignatius Donnelly argued that this man actually wrote Shakespeare's plays.
Who is Sir Francis Bacon?
200
The evolutionary implications of Piltdown made _______ and ________ sense as more and more fossils of human ancestors were discovered, excavated, and analyzed
What is less and less?
200
Genetic analysis of the oldest human skeletal remains found in the New World clearly shows their common genetic heritage as well as their linkage to the ancient people of Central and East _____________.
What is Asia?
200
Though archaeologists still argue about the timing of migration of people to the New World, they virtually all agree that American Indians are Asians who arrived via the area today known as the ___________________.
What is the Bering Land Bridge?
200
Unlike some other researchers who believe that the [Easter Island Moai] statues were moved on their backs on wooden sleds, Hunt and Lipo hypothesize that the statues were transported from the quarry in an upright position in a technique they call a "_______________".
What is a refrigerator walk?
300
Upon discovery, the Oak Island sword was supposedly "100% confirmed" to be from this ancient civilization.
What is Rome?
300
______________ points look like none other found anywhere in the entire world and are found at sites that date to the very narrow time period between 13,200 and 11,900 years ago.
What are Clovis Points?
300
Readers who insist that the entire Atlantean dialogues are genuine history may be unaware, however, that even their _____________ is fictitious.
What is context?
300
It is equally instructive to point out that the chroniclers of the history of Athens, including those who discussed the city's military triumphs in great detail, do not mention a ____________ with a nation called or even vaguely sounding like Atlantis.
What is war?
300
Which force of nature is present in Erich von Daniken's version of Uzzah's death but absent from the Biblical passage?
What is Lightning?
400
Prior to the discovery of Piltdown "one great European nation did not and could not materially contribute to the debate over the ultimate origins of humanity. That nation was __________"
What is England?
400
Feder's three rules for a successful archaeological hoax.
What is 1. give the people what they want, 2. don't be too successful, and 3. learn from your mistakes.
400
The first implicit claim in the ancient astronauts/ancient aliens hypothesis asserts the existence of prehistoric __________ or ___________ from outer space and early writings about their visits.
What are drawings or sculptures?
400
Only one description in Plato clearly matches Minoan Crete, and that one is so general as to be meaningless (Critias describes the palace as being "________________________________").
What is a marvel to behold for size and beauty?
400
Ignatius Donnelly's 5 claims on Atlantis:
(1) Egyptian obelisks and Mesoamerican stelae are derived from the same sources (2) the pyramids from Egypt and mesoamerica can be traced to the same source (3) ancient cultures in the old and new worlds possessed the arch (4) old and new worlds both produced bronze (5) old and new world civilizations dependent on agriculture, therefore they both come from the same source
500
Who was the first to suggest that Atlantis had advanced technology and firepower such as lasers and flying cars?
Who is Edgar Cayce?
500
The Oak Island sword is made of copper and this element, thus confirming it is a modern fake.
What is Zinc?
500
What three factors likely contributed to the rise in discoveries of giants in the late 1800s?
i. Darwin's natural selection 1859 ii. Rise of paleontology iii. Rise modern geology
500
1. 5 arguments for the myth of a vanished moundbuilder race (Use the short versions pg 144-150)
(1) native americans were too primitive (2) mounds and artifacts were too ancient than the natives (3) european, asian, and african elements on stone tablets found on mounds (4) natives werent building mounds nor do they remember building them (5) metal artifacts were found in the mounds
500
Difference in the historic meaning of the terms "double teeth" and "double rows of teeth".
historical meanings of: Double teeth= Molars and premolars double rows of teeth=Nice looking upper and lower sets of teeth
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