Monument Alignments — MCQs August 20, 2025 by u930973931_answers 50 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/50 Subscribe 1. The alignment of Stonehenge is famously associated with which event? (A) Winter solstice sunset (B) Summer solstice sunrise (C) Spring equinox (D) Autumn equinox 2. The Great Pyramids of Giza are aligned with which celestial feature? (A) North Pole Star (B) Orion’s Belt (C) Milky Way center (D) Sirius 3. Machu Picchu’s Intihuatana stone is believed to function as: (A) A compass (B) A sun clock (C) A lunar calendar (D) A telescope 4. Which civilization built monuments aligned with the rising of Venus? (A) Egyptians (B) Mayans (C) Greeks (D) Persians 5. Newgrange in Ireland aligns with the sunrise of which event? (A) Summer solstice (B) Winter solstice (C) Spring equinox (D) Autumn equinox 6. The Nazca Lines in Peru are believed to have astronomical alignments with: (A) The Sun and Moon (B) Constellations and solstices (C) Planets only (D) Ocean tides 7. Which ancient monument in Mexico aligns with the equinox, creating a shadow of a serpent? (A) Teotihuacan (B) Templo Mayor (C) Chichén Itzá (D) Palenque 8. The alignment of temples at Angkor Wat in Cambodia is linked to: (A) Lunar cycles (B) Solar equinoxes (C) Venus orbits (D) Eclipses 9. Which Native American site features a circular arrangement aligned with solstices? (A) Cahokia Mounds (B) Mesa Verde (C) Chaco Canyon’s Sun Dagger (D) Poverty Point 10. The Temple of Amun at Karnak in Egypt is aligned with the: (A) Summer solstice sunrise (B) Winter solstice sunset (C) Spring equinox sunrise (D) Lunar eclipse 11. Which Mesoamerican pyramid aligns with the setting sun on equinox days? (A) Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan (B) Pyramid of Kukulcán, Chichén Itzá (C) Pyramid of the Moon (D) Temple of Inscriptions 12. The Nabta Playa stone circle in Egypt aligns with which event? (A) Orion’s rising (B) Summer solstice sunrise (C) Equinox sunset (D) Sirius rising 13. Which ancient British monument besides Stonehenge shows solstice alignment? (A) Avebury (B) Hadrian’s Wall (C) Silbury Hill (D) Sutton Hoo 14. Which Incan site was used to track solstices using solar alignments? (A) Sacsayhuamán (B) Cusco Temple of the Sun (C) Nazca plateau (D) Machu Picchu 15. The alignment of the Parthenon in Greece is associated with: (A) Sunrise on Athena’s festival (B) Equinox sunrise (C) Lunar eclipse (D) Venus rising 16. Which Native American mound aligns with the equinox sunrise? (A) Cahokia Monks Mound (B) Serpent Mound (C) Poverty Point (D) Moundville 17. The alignment of Teotihuacan’s Avenue of the Dead corresponds to: (A) Summer solstice (B) Pleiades setting (C) Equinox sunrise (D) Venus rising 18. Which ancient Chinese structure was oriented along cardinal directions for astronomy? (A) Forbidden City (B) Temple of Heaven (C) Terracotta Warriors (D) Great Wall towers 19. Which Mayan city’s observatory (El Caracol) was aligned with Venus? (A) Palenque (B) Uxmal (C) Chichén Itzá (D) Tikal 20. Which Polynesian structures were aligned to track stars for navigation? (A) Moai statues on Easter Island (B) Hawaiian Heiau temples (C) Marae in Tahiti (D) All of the above 21. The alignment of Abu Simbel temples in Egypt allows sunlight to illuminate statues on: (A) Winter solstice (B) Equinox days (C) Two specific days of the year (D) Every full moon 22. Which Native American petroglyph aligns with sunlight during solstices? (A) Chaco Sun Dagger (B) Cahokia calendar circle (C) Poverty Point spirals (D) Mesa Verde carvings 23. Which European passage tomb aligns with equinox sunrises? (A) Maeshowe, Scotland (B) Newgrange, Ireland (C) Gavrinis, France (D) Carnac, France 24. Which Roman structure was aligned so the sun illuminated the emperor’s statue? (A) Colosseum (B) Pantheon (C) Augustus’ Horologium (D) Circus Maximus 25. Which Indian temple complex is aligned with equinox sunrises? (A) Konark Sun Temple (B) Brihadeeswarar Temple (C) Khajuraho Temples (D) Ellora Caves 26. Which alignment was significant in the construction of the Great Zimbabwe ruins? (A) Summer solstice (B) Equinox (C) Lunar standstill (D) Orion constellation 27. Which Greek temple aligns with solstices and was dedicated to Apollo? (A) Delphi Temple (B) Delos Temple of Apollo (C) Parthenon (D) Ephesus Temple of Artemis 28. The Serpent Mound in Ohio aligns with which astronomical event? (A) Summer solstice sunset (B) Winter solstice sunrise (C) Equinox sunset (D) Lunar eclipse 29. Which site in Malta is aligned with the equinox sunrise? (A) Ġgantija Temples (B) Mnajdra Temple (C) Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni (D) Tarxien Temples 30. The alignment of Chichén Itzá’s pyramid creates the shadow of: (A) A serpent (B) A jaguar (C) A bird (D) A warrior 31. Which culture aligned burial mounds with lunar standstills? (A) Celts (B) Native Americans (C) Egyptians (D) Persians 32. Which ancient Andean site aligned with both solstices and cardinal directions? (A) Sacsayhuamán (B) Cusco (C) Tiwanaku (D) Nazca 33. Which structure in Rome was aligned with the Sun’s position on equinox days? (A) Pantheon (B) Colosseum (C) Forum (D) Palatine Hill 34. The Callanish Stones in Scotland are aligned with which lunar event? (A) Major lunar standstill (B) Winter solstice (C) Summer solstice (D) Equinox 35. Which Native American site features “Woodhenge” aligned with solstices? (A) Cahokia (B) Chaco Canyon (C) Mesa Verde (D) Serpent Mound 36. Which Egyptian temple aligns so sunlight enters the sanctuary on solstice days? (A) Luxor Temple (B) Abu Simbel (C) Dendera Temple (D) Karnak Temple 37. Which site in Ireland aligns with the winter solstice sunrise? (A) Knowth (B) Dowth (C) Newgrange (D) Tara 38. Which Polynesian island’s monuments align with star Risings for navigation? (A) Hawaii (B) Tahiti (C) Easter Island (D) Samoa 39. Which Mayan site aligns with the Pleiades and Venus? (A) Copán (B) Tikal (C) Uxmal (D) Chichén Itzá 40. Which European stone circle is older than Stonehenge and shows lunar alignments? (A) Ring of Brodgar (B) Callanish Stones (C) Avebury (D) Stonehenge 41. Which temple in Cambodia was aligned to track the solstices? (A) Angkor Wat (B) Bayon (C) Preah Vihear (D) Ta Prohm 42. Which Incan festival was based on solar alignments? (A) Inti Raymi (B) Qoyllur Rit’i (C) Pachamama (D) Sun Dance 43. Which Mesopotamian ziggurat aligned with cardinal directions? (A) Ziggurat of Ur (B) Ziggurat of Babylon (C) Ziggurat of Nimrud (D) Ziggurat of Nineveh 44. Which ancient alignment involved the “heliacal rising” of Sirius? (A) Egyptian calendar (B) Greek Olympics (C) Mayan Venus calendar (D) Roman solstice festival 45. Which ancient civilization aligned temples with the lunar cycle? (A) Babylonians (B) Egyptians (C) Greeks (D) Mayans 46. Which Incan site aligned its windows with solstice sunrises? (A) Machu Picchu (B) Cusco Temple of the Sun (C) Sacsayhuamán (D) Ollantaytambo 47. Which European monument aligns with Beltane and Samhain (cross-quarter days)? (A) Stonehenge (B) Callanish Stones (C) Tara Hill (D) Hill of Uisneach 48. Which Native American site aligns with both solar and lunar cycles? (A) Chaco Canyon (B) Cahokia (C) Mesa Verde (D) Poverty Point 49. Which ancient Egyptian temple aligns with Sirius rising each year? (A) Dendera (B) Edfu (C) Philae (D) Luxor 50. Which alignment is considered the oldest astronomical monument in the world? (A) Nabta Playa, Egypt (B) Newgrange, Ireland (C) Stonehenge, England (D) Göbekli Tepe, Turkey