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Who is the host of Crash Course Mythology?

• Hank Green

• Phil Plait

• Mike Rugnetta
  

• David Leeming

Which Latin phrase is used to describe creation from nothing?

• Ex nihilo

• Ad infinitum

• Carpe diem

• In vino veritas

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

• Zeus

• Apollo

• Hermes

• Hephaestus

What is the best known ex nihilo creation story in the West?

• The Book of Genesis

• The Popul Vuh

• The Theogony by Hesiod

• Egyptian Creation Myths

What other culture features a creation story in which the world is created from nothing?

• Egyptian

• Scandinavian

• Native American

• Greek

What does David Leeming define 'Chaos' as?

• Disorder and confusion.

• A dangerous place full of monsters.

• The primal void or state of uniform nondifferenciation that precedes the creation of the world in most creation myths.

• A state without water or light.

In which myth does Death inhabit darkness before creation along with his wife and daughter?

• Greek Mythology.

• Creation myths from Kono people of Guinea.

• Norse Mythology.

• Mayan’s Popul Vuh.

In the Mayan’s Popul Vuh, how many times does creation occur?

• One time.

• Two times.

• Three times.

• Four times.

What represents vastness (two options) in ancient cultures?

• sky

• sea

• mountains

• rain

What is considered special about humans according to Genesis in the Bible and Mayan’s Popul Vuh?

• Humans have the power to invent tools.

• Humans can speak and praise their gods, hence have power to tell stories including their own creation stories.

• Humans can rule over all animals on Earth.

• Humans can see into the future.