Deck 6: Sikhism

Question 1

What does the following Key Term mean:
-Adi Granth

Answer 1

(Guru Granth Sahib) Sikhism's most revered and authoritative scriptures.

Question 2

What does the following Key Term mean:
-gurdwara

Answer 2

A Sikh place of worship.

Question 3

What does the following Key Term mean:
-Hukam

Answer 3

The divine Order of everything.

Question 4

What does the following Key Term mean:
-Khalsa

Question 5

What does the following Key Term mean:
-langar

Question 6

What does the following Key Term mean:
-Panth

Question 7

What is the approximate percentage of the twenty-four million Sikhs worldwide who live in the Punjab in northern India?

A) 75 percent
B) 80-90 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 60-70 percent

Question 8

Guru Nanak encouraged ________ and ________ to set aside their differences and join him on the true path.

A) Christians, Muslims
B) Jews, Christians
C) Hindus, Buddhists
D) Hindus, Muslims

Question 9

Which traditional Hindu practice did Guru Nanak reject?

A) the caste system
B) the designation of sacred sites
C) goddess devotion
D) the idea of samsara

Question 10

Another name for the Adi Granth, Sikhism's most revered and authoritative scriptures, is _________.

A) Nanak Granth
B) The Sikh Sutra
C) Book of the Khalsa
D) Guru Granth Sahib

Question 11

Guru Amar Das promoted the practice of ________, sharing of food among Sikhs and non-Sikhs.

A) langar
B) gurdwara
C) darsana
D) granth

Question 12

Sikh places of worship are called ________.

A) langars
B) gurdwaras
C) darsanas
D) granths

Question 13

Which Sikh Guru oversaw completion of Sikhism's most sacred shrine, known as the Golden Temple at Amritsar?

A) Guru Nanak
B) Guru Arjan
C) Guru Gobind Singh
D) Guru Hari Krishan

Question 14

Which Guru proclaimed that he was the last of the human Gurus?

A) Guru Hari Krishnan
B) Guru Arjan
C) Guru Gobind Singh
D) Guru Nanak

Question 15

The first recruits to the ________ were willing to pledge allegiance to the Guru and to die for the cause of defending Sikhs against their enemies.

A) Khalsa
B) Order of the Granth
C) Langar Soldiers
D) Order of Nanak

Question 16

Which of these is not one Sikhism's Five Ks?

A) a comb
B) a bracelet
C) a symbolic key
D) a short sword

Question 17

Khalsa Sikhs customarily add ________ to a male child's name, and Kaur to a female child's.

A) Singh
B) Gobind
C) Guru
D) Khal

Question 18

Sikhism is a(n) ________ religious tradition.

A) polytheistic
B) monotheistic
C) indigenous
D) animistic

Question 19

In Sikhism God is said to be both ________ (existing beyond the world) and ________ (existing and acting within the world).

A) sacred, profane
B) transcendent, divine
C) immanent, natural
D) transcendent, immanent

Question 20

Sikhs calls God's immanence in the world _________, meaning the "divine order of things."

A) brahman
B) hukam
C) darsana
D) dharma

Question 21

Sikhs approach God through devotional meditation on ________, or the divine name that signifies the nature and glory of God.

A) nam
B) murti
C) mukti
D) sami

Question 22

The Adi Granth constitutes the most significant and venerated scriptures of Sikhism and contains which of these?

A) philosophical writings
B) instructions on ritual
C) hymns and poems
D) a version of the Ramayana

Question 23

The ________ is another authoritative collection of writings, traditionally thought to have been written mostly by Guru Gobind Singh.

A) Dasam Granth
B) Dharma Granth
C) Guru Dharma
D) Adi Dasam

Question 24

Although the Rahit is addressed to the ________, it has become the official guide to the principles and practice of all Sikhs.

A) Darsana
B) Khalsa
C) common people
D) Brahmin

Question 25

The final version of the Rahit was published in ________.

A) 1801
B) 1750
C) 1950
D) 1690

Question 26

According to the Sikh code of conduct, what is the first thing one should do on entering the gurdwara?

A) bow before the Guru Granth Sahib
B) remove the shoes and wash the hands
C) place a hand on the Guru Granth Sahib in greeting
D) light candles and wash the hands

Question 27

In the Sikh code of conduct, it is recommended that one should live and work in accordance with the principles of ________.

A) langar
B) dharma
C) gurmat
D) karma

Question 28

Which of these is not one of the four cardinal prohibitions of the Khalsa?

A) cutting one's hair or having it cut
B) extramarital sexual intercourse
C) using tobacco
D) living outside the Punjab

Question 29

Prakaash is the ________, the process of opening the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh Guru, for the day.

A) brightening
B) morning sermon
C) Enlightenment
D) lightening

Question 30

What is the portion of Sikh scripture that contains the core teachings of Sikhism called?

A) Kachh
B) Purakh
C) JiPura
D) JapJi

Question 31

Akhand path, a(n) ________ reading of the Guru Granth Sahib, may be held in time of distress or to mark an occasion of particular joy.

A) repetitive
B) unbroken
C) priest's
D) selective

Question 32

Sikhism is based on the worship of the ten Gurus.

Question 33

Sikhism is the world's fifth-largest religion.

Question 34

Panth is another name for the Sikh community.

Question 35

The term Sikh translates to "guru."

Question 36

Sikhism was initially a purely pacifist tradition preoccupied with interior devotion.

Question 37

Guru Arjan compiled the most revered and authoritative scriptures of Sikhism.

Question 38

When the gurdwara is present, Sikhs maintain, the Guru is present.

Question 39

The Khalsa was formed to missionize and convert the people of India to Sikhism.

Question 40

Members of the Khalsa agree to a code of conduct called the Rahit.

Question 41

Sikhism teaches that there is only one God, called Vahiguru.

Question 42

Sikhs believes God is invisible and formless; he does not express his divinity through incarnations such as the avatars of Hinduism.

Question 43

Sikhs think humans in their natural state are joined with God.

Question 44

The Adi Granth asserts, "Past actions determine the nature of our birth, but grace alone reveals the door to liberation."

Question 45

The Adi Granth is kept out of sight excepor a few holy days per year.

Question 46

To grasp the meanings of the nam is to leap beyond ordinary understanding and to become one with God.

Question 47

Sikhism gives men and women equal standing in religious and social matters, which means there is no gender inequality in daily life.

Question 48

The Adi Granth is treated as the physical embodiment of the Guru.

Question 49

According to tradition, the Rahit is largely based on the lectures of Guru Gobind Singh.

Question 50

Sharing of food among all Sikhs regardless of caste, wealth, or position takes place in a kitchen in the gurdwara.

Question 51

Guru Nanak's corpse disappeared after his death.

Question 52

Choose three of Ninian Smart's dimensions of the sacred (see the "Readings" subsection of Chapter 1) to explore some of the facets of Sikhism.

Question 53

Describe the prakaash and discuss its implications for an outsider in understanding the status of the Guru Granth Sahib.

Question 54

Discuss the succession of the Gurus and note some of their accomplishments. Which of them do you think made the most important contributions? Explain your answer.

Question 55

Explore the implications for the statement that males and females are equal and why this idea doesn't completely work in Sikhs' lives.

Question 56

What is the langar, and from what Sikh principle did the practice arise? Explain your answer using the text above and your own research.

Question 57

Explain the importance of the Khalsa to Sikhism and describe the Five Ks.

Question 58

What is Guru Nanak's opinion of caste, pilgrimages, and priests?

Question 59

Discuss the Rahit, or the Sikh code of conduct, and how this is practiced in everyday life.