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Calendar Art

Authored by Mr Carroll

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 5+ times

Calendar Art
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Early people knew the moon moved and that time passed from sunrise to sunset. These details support the main idea that

The Greeks and Romans gave us the word calendar

Pope Gregory XIII corrected the calendar

people thought the Earth stood still and heavenly bodies circled the Earth

people have always been aware of the rhythms of the sun and moon

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Sumerians developed the first lunar calendar. The Babylonians improved that calendar by developing months into weeks and weeks into

30 Days

354 Days

365 Days

7 Days

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Egyptians and the Maya had solar calendars. The Egyptian calendar had

52 weeks

52 year cycles

only months

only days

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Gregorian calendar is used today. It conforms to the the proper seasons

for 4 years

after 30,000 years

every year

10 days ahead of the equinox

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After reading "Calendar Art," you could say that throughout history people have needed

a time-measuring system

a system to measure time in minutes and hours

shorter days, months, and years

longer days, months and years

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A lunar month is approximately 29 1/2 days long. Lunar refers to

moon

sun

Earth

sky

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A 365 day calendar is a little off; leap years help to compensate, or

make up the difference

explain the mistake

make the problem even worse

stand as an exception

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