Belief that the Mayan calendar predicted the end of the world is connected to which event?

• A. Doomsday Clock
• B. Mayan Apocalypse 2012
• C. Halley's Comet panic 1910
• D. Caretaker governments

Answer: (B)

The idea being tested is how a calendar interpretation can fuel a widely believed end-of-world scenario and how media helped turn that interpretation into a real-world event. The belief that the Mayan calendar predicted the end of the world comes from the long-count cycle ending on a date in 2012. Rather than signaling doom, scholars explain that this just marked the end of one cycle and the start of another in the Mayan system. The notion of an apocalypse tied to that date became a big-popular phenomenon known as the Mayan Apocalypse 2012, driven by sensational books, documentaries, and a blockbuster movie rather than by actual Mayan texts or astronomy.

This isn’t connected to the Doomsday Clock, which tracks current threats to humanity using a symbolic, modern framework about nuclear and other dangers rather than ancient calendars. It also isn’t tied to Halley’s Comet panic of 1910, which was a separate historical scare tied to a comet and common fears of the time. Caretaker governments aren’t related to calendar myths or apocalyptic predictions.

So, the event most directly linked to the belief about the Mayan calendar is the Mayan Apocalypse 2012.