Question 1

The day Thursday comes from this god of ancient times.&#10;A) Wooden&#10;B) Thor&#10;C) Tiw&#10;D) Mars

Accepted Answer

The day Thursday is named after Thor, the Norse god of thunder.

Question 2

The abbreviation CE is beginning to replace what previous abbreviation?&#10;A) AD&#10;B) CBE&#10;C) BC&#10;D) ADC

Accepted Answer

CE stands for "Common Era" and is used as a secular alternative to AD, which stands for "Anno Domini" (in the year of our Lord).

Question 3

Today, for accuracy, we use this calendar:&#10;A) Julian.&#10;B) Gregorian.&#10;C) Leap.&#10;D) Augustus.

Accepted Answer

The Gregorian calendar is the calendar in use today in most of the world for civil purposes. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 as a reform of the Julian calendar, to correct the Julian calendar's drift against the solar year.

Question 4

Leap years are necessary because the year is a little longer than 365 days. However, the extra day every four years is too much because&#10;A) the year is exactly 365 days.&#10;B) the year is a exactly 365 and 1/4 days.&#10;C) the year is a little longer than 365 and 1/4 days.&#10;D) the year is a little shorter than 365 and 1/4 days.

Accepted Answer

The actual length of a year is slightly less than 365.25 days, so adding an extra day every four years compensates for most of this discrepancy, but it slightly overcompensates, hence the need for further adjustments such as skipping leap years on century years not divisible by 400.

Question 5

A new abbreviation for date keeping, B. P., stands for ___________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A new abbreviation for date keeping, B....

Question 6

The Chinese and Jewish calendars are called _________________ since they connect two cycles of the sky.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Chinese and Jewish calendars are called...

Question 7

The Julian calendar failed to use the leap year.

Accepted Answer

The Julian calendar introduced the concept of the leap year to keep the calendar year synchronized with the solar year.

Question 8

The week is seven days due to the number of stars in the Big Dipper.

Accepted Answer

The seven-day week has historical origins tied to ancient cultures, including the Babylonians, who were influenced by the lunar cycle and the seven celestial bodies visible to the naked eye (Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn), not specifically the stars in the Big Dipper.

Deck 9: Calendars