1. Under what calendar is New Year’s Day? 1?
A. Julian calendar
B. Gregorian calendar
C. Jewish calendar
D. Chinese calendar
E. All of the above
B. Gregorian calendar
QQ: New Years Day is the first day of the year, January. 1, in the Gregorian calendar. Traditionally, the day has been observed as a religious holiday, but in modern times the arrival of the New Year has also become an occasion for lively celebration and personal resolution making.
2. What calendar determines the date of the Chinese New Year?
A. Lunar
B. Solar
Chinese C.
D. Zen
A. Lunar
QQ: The Chinese New Year, traditionally based on the lunar calendar, is celebrated in many American cities with the roar of blazing firecrackers, dancing dragons made of papier-mâché and cloth, and traditional music.
3. Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the new year for what religion?
A muslim
B. Christian
C. Buddhist
D. Jew
D. Jew
QQ: Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew, “beginning of the year”), Jewish New Year, celebrated on the first and second days of the Jewish month of Tishri (which falls in September or October) by Orthodox and Conservative Jews and only on the first day by Jews reformists. The observance of the Ten Penitential Days begins, a period ending with Yom Kippur which is the most solemn on the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are known as the High Holy Days.
4. Kwanzaa is a seven-day holiday that begins on December 26 and runs through January 1. 1. What does the word mean in Swahili?
A. Firstfruits
B. First persons
C. First days
D. First dance
A. Firstfruits
QQ: Kwanzaa, or matunda ya kwanza, in Swahili means “first fruits”. This is an African American holiday observed by African communities around the world that celebrates family, community, and culture. Kwanzaa has its roots in the ancient African celebrations of the harvest of the first fruits from which it takes its name. However, its modern history begins in 1966 when it was developed by the African-American academic and activist Maulana Karenga.
5. In the Middle Ages, most European countries used the Julian calendar, so they observed New Year’s Day, when?
A. Feb. 14
B. March 25
C. April 1
May 21
B. March 25
QQ: In the Middle Ages, most European countries used the Julian calendar and observed New Year’s Day on March 25, called Annunciation Day and celebrated as the occasion when it was revealed to Mary that she would give light to the Son of God.
6. The name January is derived from the Roman god Janus. What is the god of?
A. Wine and grapes
B. Babies and delivery
C. Clocks and calendars
D. Gates and doors
D. Gates and doors
QQ: The name of the month is derived from Janus, the Roman god of doors and gates, and therefore of openings and beginnings. January was the eleventh month of the year on the ancient Roman calendar; in the 2nd century BC. However, it came to be considered as the first month. On January 1, the Romans offered sacrifices to Janus to bless the new year.
7. When do practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism celebrate the New Year?
A never
B. January
C. February
D. March
C. February
QQ: Much of the ritual of Tibetan Buddhism is based on the esoteric mysticism of Tantra, devotions that involve both yoga and mantra, or a mystical formula, and ancient shamanic practices. On special holidays, the temples, shrines and altars of the lamas are decorated with symbolic figures; The faithful bring milk, butter, tea, flour, and other similar offerings; animal sacrifices are strictly prohibited. Tibetan Buddhist religious festivals are numerous. The most notable are the New Year, which is celebrated in February and marks the beginning of spring.
8. The Roman New Year feast was called Calend, and people decorated their houses and gave each other gifts. In early times, the ancient Romans gave each other New Year’s gifts from the branches of sacred trees. Later they gave away small items, such as walnuts or coins, printed with pictures of what God?
A. Julius Caesar
B. Jesus Christ
C. Janus
D. Zeus
C. Janus
QQ: In later years, they gave gold-covered nuts or coins printed with images of Janus, the god of gates, gates, and beginnings. January was named after Janus, who had two faces: one facing forward and the other facing backward. The Romans also brought gifts to the emperor. The emperors finally began to demand such gifts.
9. What New Year’s gift did the ancient Persians give?
Some money
B. Eggs
C. cakes
D. Carpets
B. Eggs
QQ: The ancient Persians gave away New Year’s eggs, which symbolized productivity.
10. In ancient Egypt, what event dictated the timing of New Year’s celebrations?
Pharaoh’s birthday
B. Nile floods
C. Solar eclipse
D. Exact alignment of stars with the Great Pyramid
B. Nile floods
QQ: In ancient Egypt, the New Year was celebrated at the time the Nile River was flooded, near the end of September. The Nile flood was very important because without it, people would not have been able to farm in the dry desert. On New Years, statues of the god Amun and his wife and son were carried up the Nile by boat. They sang, danced and celebrated for a month, and then the statues were brought to the temple.