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Answers To: Festivals And Full
Moons By Terri Morrison and Wayne A. Conaway © Copyright 2004, All Rights Reserved
- A, 3; B, 4; C, 1; D, 2
- False. Calendars in environments such as Sweden and Finland, where
the end of winter is a major event, were based upon the seasons of the year.
- C. The Julian calendar was a sweeping reform implemented by Julius
Caesar. It is still the calendar of Eastern Orthodox churches, and runs
approximately thirteen days behind the Gregorian.
- A, 2; B, 1; C, 3
- True. The Hijrah is a lunar-based calendar. With a lunation being
twenty-nine and one-half days long, the lunar year has 354 days -- eleven days
less than a solar year.
- True. At 35.8 hours, the Belgian workweek is one of the shortest in
the world.
- C. Friday is the Muslim Holy Day, and in Islamic countries such as
Bahrain, most practicing Muslims take off Thursday and Friday.
- True. However, Hanukkah begins at sundown on the evening prior to
the 24th.
- The Eagle is not one of the twelve. The other animals are the Horse, Ox,
Sheep (or Goat), Dog, and Pig (or Boar).
- A, 3; B, 2; C, 1
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