Cosmogony Unit Review

Which of these cosmogonies does NOT begin with emptiness or nothingness?

• Hebrew

• Zuni

• Pelasgian

• Australian

One creator god, animals and plants, man and woman, snake. These are the characteristics of the ____ creation myth.

• Hebrew

• Egyptian

• Australian

• Oneida

An egg, a god who turns into natural elements, clay people, splattered mud people. These are elements of the ____ creation myth.

• Egyptian

• Chinese

• Zuni

• Hebrew

Dreamings, 3 siblings, cut-off body parts, eternally pregnant sisters. These are all elements of the

• Hebrew

• Zuni

• Australian

• Oneida

Sky Woman, a giant turtle, twins, good and evil spirits. These are all elements of the ____ creation story.

• Zuni

• Oneida

• Chinese

• Australian

A goddess who dances with a snake, the Universal egg, a god who brags. These are all elements of the ___creation story

• Hebrew

• Pelasgian

• Oneida

• Chinese

Earth Mother, Sky Father, pond scum, and spit. These are all elements of the ___creation story.

• Oneida

• Australian

• Zuni

• Chinese

Match the following terms to their definitions

• A culture's collection of stories.

• Monotheism

• A theory or belief about creation.

• Mythology

• Belief that there is one god.

• Cosmogony

• Belief in a plurality of gods.

• Archetype

• Model/pattern from which others are made

• Polytheism

The natural law which determines that things tend to become more disordered over time is called

• empathy

• entropy

• the big bang theory

• cosmogony

Entropy makes the Big Bang Theory seem ___

• more believeable.

• less believeable.

• neither more nor less believable.