Crash Course Mythology: Creation Stories Quiz

Crash Course Mythology: Creation Stories Quiz

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Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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David Ahlbin

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the Latin phrase used to describe creation out of nothing?

Ex terra

Ex aqua

Ex caelum

Ex nihilo

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which book contains the ex nihilo creation story best known in the West?

The Popul Vuh

The Book of Genesis

The Epic of Gilgamesh

The Theogony

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the Egyptian creation myth mentioned, what rises from the primeval waters?

The sun

The moon

The stars

The earth

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is the Greek god of technology mentioned in the text?

Zeus

Hermes

Hephaestus

Apollo

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the Kono creation myth, who inhabits the darkness before creation?

Ra

Death, his wife, and his daughter

The feathered serpent

The maker

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the term 'Chaos' refer to in creation myths?

The creation of light

A battle between gods

A state of complete disorder

The primal void or state of uniform nondifferentiation

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the Popul Vuh, what was the first creation unable to do?

Create light

Form mountains

Speak the names of the gods

Make animals

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