Deck 4: Food and Religion

Question 1

The term Mardi Gras used in France and Louisiana refers to the feasting day just prior to Lent.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What is the law of meat and milk according to Judaism?​

A) Meat and milk must be eaten at the same time.
B) ​Milk may only be eaten after meat.
C) ​Milk may only be eaten before meat.
D) ​Milk and meat may not be eaten at the same time.
E) ​Milk and meat may only be eaten together at holidays.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

According to the Jewish "law of meat and milk," an observant Jew who has just eaten dairy must wait six hours before eating meat.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

According to the 2011 Canadian census, what percent of the population claim membership in no religion?​

A) ​10%
B) ​16%
C) ​1%
D) ​25%
E) ​12%

Question 5

According to kosher standards, which food(s)is/are not permitted?​

A) mammals with a cloven foot​
B) ​animals slaughtered according to shehitah
C) ​blood from any animal
D) ​honey because it is from an insect
E) ​liver because it contains too much blood

Question 6

Kosher foods are "fit" to be eaten according to the laws of kashrut.

Question 7

Kashrut is the dietary laws for what religion?​

A) Islam​
B) ​Judaism
C) ​Hinduism
D) ​Eastern Orthodox Christianity
E) ​Sikhism

Question 8

What is the term for the strictest kosher standards?​

A) Kasher​
B) ​Orthodox
C) ​Glatt
D) ​Kashrut
E) ​Halal

Question 9

The first five books of the Hebrew Bible are called the​

A) Koran.
B) ​Torah.
C) ​Kasher.
D) ​Mitzvah.
E) Halal.

Question 10

The four castes of Hinduism are represented as forming parts of the Creator's body: his mouth, ears, arms, and feet.

Question 11

What self-described religious affiliation is identified by the highest percentage of the population in the U.S.?

A) ​Protestant
B) ​Catholic
C) ​Jewish
D) ​Buddhism
E) Agnosticism​

Question 12

The dietary laws that are a part of the Islamic religion are called halal, and they are exactly the same as the Jewish kosher laws.

Question 13

Judaism is the second largest religious group in the world.

Question 14

Religion-related food habits are the least variable of culturally based food habits.

Question 15

About what percentage of kosher foods are purchased by non-Jews?​

A) 50%​
B) ​25%
C) ​15%
D) ​67%
E) ​17%

Question 16

One major fasting period in the Roman Catholic religion starts forty days after the celebration of Easter.

Question 17

During the Diaspora (the dispersion of Jews outside the homeland of Israel), Jews scattered and settled all over the ancient world.Two sects of Judaism eventually developed:​

A) ​Shi'ia and Sunni.
B) ​Hasidic and Misrahi.
C) ​Sephardim and Ashkenazi.
D) ​Protestant and Catholic.
E) ​Eastern and Western.

Question 18

Rosh Hashanah is the religious new year of what religion?​

A) ​Judaism
B) ​Islam
C) ​Eastern Orthodox Christianity
D) ​Hinduism
E) ​Zoroastrianism

Question 19

Hinduism is considered the oldest organized religion in the world.

Question 20

Around the world, more people follow Christianity than any other single religion.

Question 21

Two examples of specific religious guidelines dealing with how to slaughter meat include

A) ​halal and Ramadan.
B) ​kashrut (kosher) and halal.
C) ​kashrut (kosher) and Hindu.
D) ​halal and Hindu.
E) ​pollution and purity.

Question 22

Why is cottage cheese associated with Shavout?​

A) ​It is one of the foods used to commemorate the restricted diet of Queen Esther.
B) ​It symbolizes the curdled milk at Israelites' homes after returning late from receiving the Ten Commandments.
C) ​It has a special place for it on the Passover plate.
D) ​It was affordable and plentiful for the poor Ashkenazi Jews.
E) ​It is specifically mentioned in the Torah.

Question 23

The Eastern Orthodox religion has a variety of feast days and fast days.Which of the following is a fast day or period of fasting?​

A) Eve of Theophany​
B) ​Theophany
C) ​Dormition of the Holy Theotokos
D) ​Easter
E) ​Pentecost

Question 24

The idea that an individual is directly responsible to God in matters of faith and is thus, in effect, a minister, is the hallmark of what religion?​

A) Protestantism​
B) ​Judaism
C) ​Islam
D) ​Hinduism
E) ​Buddhism

Question 25

Worldwide, what religion is followed by the most people?​

A) Hinduism​
B) ​Judaism
C) ​Islam
D) ​Christianity
E) ​Zoroastrianism

Question 26

According to the Seventh-Day Adventists, what results from violating the laws of health?​

A) sickness​
B) ​banishment from the church
C) ​nothing
D) ​a year of confinement
E) ​shunning

Question 27

in 2010, approximately how many Seventh-Day Adventists lived in the U.S.?​

A) 500 thousand​
B) ​one million
C) ​14 million
D) ​100 thousand
E) ​18 million

Question 28

Which of the following is one of the five pillars of Islam?​

A) almsgiving​
B) ​meditation
C) ​karma
D) ​self-indulgence
E) ​suffering

Question 29

The three dominant Christian branches are:​

A) Presbyterian, Baptist, and Mormon​
B) ​Roman Catholicism, Zoroastrianism, and Anglican
C) ​Roman Catholic, Methodist, and Seventh-Day Adventist
D) ​Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and Protestantism
E) ​Episcopalian, Roman Catholicism, and Lutheran

Question 30

What is the traditional bread served during the Sabbath in Judaism?​

A) challah​
B) ​matzah
C) ​knishes
D) ​marble Rye
E) ​blintzes

Question 31

What is the term describing the 40 days before Easter that means "spring"?​

A) Lent​
B) ​Lupercalia
C) ​Passover
D) ​Annunciation
E) ​Timkat

Question 32

On what day do Roman Catholics traditionally fast?​

A) Fat Tuesday​
B) ​Easter Sunday
C) ​Good Friday
D) ​Maundy Thursday
E) Christmas Eve​

Question 33

Mormons predominate in what state?​

A) Montana​
B) ​California
C) ​Utah
D) ​Wyoming
E) ​Missouri

Question 34

The holiest day of the Jewish calendar year is​

A) ​Rosh Hashanah.
B) ​the Sabbath.
C) ​Hanukkah.
D) ​Yom Kippur.
E) ​Purim

Question 35

Which of the following is practiced by Seventh-Day Adventists?​

A) strict observation of the Sabbath from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday​
B) ​no meat and dairy at the same meal
C) ​avoidance of leavened foods
D) ​eating until completely full
E) ​eating many small meals throughout the day

Question 36

Approximately how many Muslims live in the U.S.?​

A) one million​
B) ​500 thousand
C) ​29 million
D) ​2.9 million
E) ​290 thousand

Question 37

Dr.John Kellogg developed the breakfast cereal as a result of the dietary practices of what religious sect?​

A) Mormon​
B) ​Baptist
C) ​Methodist
D) ​Seventh-Day Adventist
E) ​Eastern Orthodox

Question 38

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)try to follow the Mormon laws of health in relation to dietary matters, including not consuming​

A) meat and milk at the same meal.
B) ​meat or wheat products.
C) ​coffee, tea, or alcohol.
D) ​any types of sodas.
E) ​cold drinks with cold meals.

Question 39

In what country are eggs typically dyed red for Easter?​

A) Turkey​
B) ​Greece
C) ​Italy
D) ​Venezuela
E) ​Germany

Question 40

What single Christian faith has the largest number of adherents in the U.S.?​

A) Roman Catholic​
B) ​Methodist
C) ​Eastern Orthodox
D) ​Baptist
E) ​Mormonism

Question 41

Matching
a.Prohibited or strongly discouraged by Jews
b.Prohibited or strongly discouraged by Muslims
c.Prohibited or strongly discouraged by Hindus
d.Not prohibited by any religion
Alcohol

Question 42

Where did Hinduism originate?​

A) India​
B) ​China
C) ​Middle East
D) ​Eastern Europe
E) ​Greece

Question 43

Researchers have offered a variety of reasons for cultural prohibitions from eating certain meats.One explanation from an anthropological point of view for why Hindus may have a prohibition from killing cows would be that the​

A) cow is sacred.
B) ​cow provides more economic benefit alive than dead.
C) ​soul of the cow might be reincarnated as an ancestor or as a descendant.
D) ​cow is part of the family.
E) ​cow is property and it is illegal.

Question 44

In Buddhism, what is the first of the four noble truths?​

A) Magga​
B) ​Karma
C) ​Nirvana
D) ​Dukkha
E) ​Gautama

Question 45

The halal dietary laws are included in what religious scripture?​​

A) ​Torah
B) ​Bible
C) ​Qur'an
D) ​Bhagavad Gita
E) ​Four Noble Truths

Question 46

The fast of Ramadan is broken with what food combination?​

A) bread and water​
B) ​beans and rice
C) curried rice and wine​
D) ​water and dates
E) ​bread and wine

Question 47

What two religions were developed in India?​

A) Islam and Buddhism​
B) ​Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Islam
C) ​Buddhism and Judaism
D) ​Hinduism and Buddhism
E) ​Hinduism and Islam

Question 48

Buddhist monks are in retreat during what time of the year?​

A) October through January​
B) ​January through May
C) ​May through August
D) ​July through October
E) ​October through July

Question 49

Buddhism is based on what other religion?​

A) Islam​
B) ​Hinduism
C) ​Taoism
D) ​Judaism
E) ​Christianity

Question 50

Elaborate rules regarding food and drink for followers of Hinduism are meant to lead to​

A) nirvana.
B) ​heaven.
C) ​purity of mind and spirit.
D) ​religious freedom.
E) ​purity of body and soul.

Question 51

What food is the most frequently prohibited across cultures?​

A) eggs​
B) ​chicken
C) ​meat
D) fat​
E) ​alcohol

Question 52

Caste distinctions are part of what religion?​

A) Buddhism​
B) ​Islam
C) ​Hinduism
D) ​Eastern Orthodox Christianity
E) ​Episcopal

Question 53

Which religious occasion on the Islamic lunar calendar is associated with a month of daytime fasting?​

A) Harvest moon​
B) ​Ramadan
C) ​Nau-Roz
D) ​Passover
E) ​Lent

Question 54

Matching
a.Prohibited or strongly discouraged by Jews
b.Prohibited or strongly discouraged by Muslims
c.Prohibited or strongly discouraged by Hindus
d.Not prohibited by any religion
Beef

Question 55

Matching
a.Prohibited or strongly discouraged by Jews
b.Prohibited or strongly discouraged by Muslims
c.Prohibited or strongly discouraged by Hindus
d.Not prohibited by any religion
Meat and dairy at the same meal

Question 56

Haram are foods that​

A) are permitted or lawful.
B) ​have been purified.
C) ​are unlawful or prohibited.
D) ​are eaten at sundown.
E) ​are eaten only on feast days.

Question 57

Matching
a.Prohibited or strongly discouraged by Jews
b.Prohibited or strongly discouraged by Muslims
c.Prohibited or strongly discouraged by Hindus
d.Not prohibited by any religion
Fruit

Question 58

Hindus are not all vegetarian, but cows are considered sacred and the meat of the cow is considered​

A) unsanitary.
B) ​forbidden.
C) ​allowed if not eaten at the same time as milk products.
D) ​polluted.
E) ​poison.

Question 59

On fasting days, Muslims are allowed which of the following while the sun is up?​

A) drink​
B) ​coitus
C) ​smoking
D) ​food
E) ​exercise

Question 60

Matching
a.Prohibited or strongly discouraged by Jews
b.Prohibited or strongly discouraged by Muslims
c.Prohibited or strongly discouraged by Hindus
d.Not prohibited by any religion
Shellfish

Question 61

Discuss briefly the similarities of Protestantism and Buddhism.

Question 62

What food-related behaviors are observed by Seventh-Day Adventists during the observation of the Sabbath from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday?

Question 63

Elaborate on how the foods associated with Rosh Hashanah reflect wishes for the New Year.

Question 64

Compare the meat-slaughtering laws associated with halal and kashrut.

Question 65

Discuss one of the reasons anthropologists have proposed for the prohibition of eating meat.