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WHILE CONSTELLATIONS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH

RELIGION THEY ALSO HAVE PRACTICAL USE BEFORE THE


CALENDARS PEOPLE HAD NO WAY OF DETERMINING WHEN
TO SOW OR HARVEST AND WHAT SEASON IT IS AT THEIR
LOCATION EXCEPT BY LOOKING AT THIS PATTERNS IN THE
SKY.
THE ANCIENT PEOPLE GIVE THIS PATTERNS NAMES AND
STORIES TO REMEMBER THEM EASILY FOR EXAMPLE IS THE
CONSTELLATIONS FROM THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE THE
CONSTELLATION OF ORION MEANS THE COLD SEASON IS
ABOUT TO COME
ANOTHER USE OF CONSTELLATIONS IS NAVIGATION. THE
POLARIS ( NORTHERN STAR ) IS WIDELY USED IN
NAVIGATION BECAUSE IT DOES NOT CHANGE IT’S POSITION
AT ANY TIME OF NIGHT OR YEAR. THIS HELP SAILORS TO
FIND THEIR WAY ACROSS THE SEAS
QUIZ
1.-2. WHAT DID THE EARLY PEOPLE USE CONSTELLATIONS
FOR?
3.-4. HOW DID ANCIENT OR EARLY PEOPLE MEMORIZE THE
PATTERNS ON SKY?
5. WHAT CONSTELLATION IS USED TO TELL THAT COLD
SEASON IS COMING?
6. WHAT CONSTELLATION WILL YOU SEE IF IT IS TIME TO
CLEAR THE FOREST IN BUKIDNON?
7. WHAT CONSTELLATION WILL YOU SEE IF IT IS TIME TO
STOP PLANTING?
8. WHAT IS THE OTHER USE OF CONSTELLATIONS?
9.-10. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE EARLY PEOPLE IF THEY
DID NOT USE THE CONSTELLATIONS? GIVE ONLY 1 REASON
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