Deck 8: Religion and Identity

Question 1

What is Sharia?

A) Muslim duty of sharing wealth with the poor
B) an ascetic movement throughout Islam directed toward mysticism
C) the canonical law that includes the Qur'an and the sunnah
D) the traditions relating to the deeds and utterances of the Prophet Muhammad

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which country is not considered an Arab country because of its language?

A) Qatar
B) Egypt
C) Iran
D) Saudi Arabia

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Sunni Muslims compose what percentage of the world's Muslims?

A) 90%
B) 70%
C) 50%
D) 30%

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Most of the population of Japan traditionally practices a syncretistic combination of ______ and Buddhism.

A) Christianity
B) Islam
C) Shinto
D) Judaism

Question 5

The Arab country with the highest annual per capita gross domestic product is ______.

A) Qatar
B) Egypt
C) Iraq
D) Somalia

Question 6

Arab culture transcends time and space through language and ______.

A) politics
B) stories
C) its Islamic faith
D) hot climates

Question 7

In Saudi Arabia,practice of ______ provides any citizen access to the king and local governors.

A) hajj
B) matawain
C) Wahhabism
D) majlis

Question 8

The population of the 22 Arab countries is approximately ______.

A) 51 million
B) 175 million
C) 372 million
D) 504 million

Question 9

One similarity between Islam and Judaism is in the ______.

A) dietary laws
B) civil laws
C) criminal laws
D) rules of conduct

Question 10

Most Muslims would say that women in Arab cultures are ______.

A) superior to men
B) equal to men
C) inferior to men
D) treated unfairly by men

Question 11

Which country is considered to be the most conservative Muslim country?

A) Dubai
B) Egypt
C) Iraq
D) Saudi Arabia

Question 12

What is the most populated Arab country?

A) Algeria
B) Egypt
C) Iraq
D) Sudan

Question 13

Fasting during Ramadan is ______.

A) one of the religious obligations of Muslims
B) not an obligation for Muslims
C) strongly encouraged for Muslims
D) nonexistent

Question 14

Which of the following is the ninth month on Islam's lunar calendar?

A) Shahadah
B) Ramadan
C) Rajab
D) Safar

Question 15

What do the matawain in Saudi Arabia enforce?

A) international security agreements
B) oil export agreements
C) religious requirements
D) the practice of majlis

Question 16

______ is the more conservative stream of Buddhism.

A) Mahayana
B) Theravada
C) Hinduism
D) Brahman

Question 17

Social lives in Arab culture are ______.

A) based on work and other aspects of human activity
B) based on leisure and intellectual interests
C) organized around family
D) similar to Western concepts of individuality

Question 18

There is much diversity in the Arab world today.

Question 19

In much of the Arab world,people identify themselves as ______.

A) Arab or Muslim
B) citizens of a country
C) subjects of a king
D) individuals

Question 20

What is the relationship between Arab people and Islam?

A) Arabs are the largest ethnic group of the Islamic faith.
B) Arabs are not followers of the Islamic faith.
C) Arabs are a minority in the Islamic faith.
D) Arabs are the most active group practicing the Islamic faith.

Question 21

Islam encourages separation of church and state.

Question 22

The month of Ramadan commemorates the Prophet Muhammad receiving revelations from the angel Gabriel.

Question 23

The legal system of Arab states is similar to those of Western countries.

Question 24

Arab countries include Algeria,Egypt,Saudi Arabia,and Iran.

Question 25

In the eighth century,a system of political-religious leadership that originated with the first successor to Muhammad held authority over parts of three continents.

Question 26

Islam only respects a small number of types of work and considers many other non-worthy.

Question 27

The Qur'an is considered to contain the verbatim words of Allah.

Question 28

Arabs are the majority in the Islamic religion.

Question 29

In modern times,the separation of church and state and the creation of societies governed by secular laws have fostered freedom of thought and expression in Arab states.

Question 30

Islam has the largest number of followers than any of the world's religions.

Question 31

In the Islamic religion,there are no priests.

Question 32

Saudi Arabia is the 10th smallest country in the world.

Question 33

Stereotypes and political unrest contribute to communication barriers between the Arab countries and the United States.

Question 34

The Arab worldview is derived from Islam.

Question 35

In Islam,Muhammad is the last prophet in a line that includes Abraham,Noah,Moses,and Jesus.

Question 36

Muslims have two religious obligations.

Question 37

Muhammad ibn Abdullah was a businessman before receiving his revelations through the angel Gabriel for the Qur'an.

Question 38

Shinto is exclusively nationalistic.

Question 39

Arabs were the ethnic group that originally spread Islam.

Question 40

Islam is a nonhierarchical religion.

Question 41

______ is the world's largest religion with some 2.17 billion followers.

Question 42

The Western European country with the largest Muslim population is ______.

Question 43

______ Muslims believe that leadership should be passed down Muhammad's bloodline.

Question 44

Saudi Arabia is the most ______ Islamic country in the world.

Question 45

According to a 2011 survey,68% of individuals surveyed from Muslim-majority countries viewed Westerners as ______.

Question 46

Islam is the only world religion that offers rules by which to govern a ______ as well as a set of spiritual beliefs in its holy book.

Question 47

It is said that Muhammad received his revelations through the angel Gabriel for the ______,the Islamic holy book.

Question 48

Muslims consider Muhammad the last and greatest ______.

Question 49

In Saudi Arabia,the ______ or public morality committees ensure strict compliance with religious requirements.

Question 50

The ______ system relies far less on physical evidence than on an accused's statements and answers to questions posed by judges.

Question 51

______ is an ascetic movement throughout Islam directed toward mysticism and a direct personal experience with God.

Question 52

The ______ is part of the Saudi constitution.

Question 53

The ruling Saudi family gained power in the 1920s by consolidating feudal tribes through an alliance with an ultraconservative brand of Islam known as ______.

Question 54

In the Arab states,earning a living through labor is not only a duty but also a ______.

Question 55

One of the obligations of a Muslim is ______ to Mecca at least once during a person's lifetime.

Question 56

Between the 10th century and the 20th century,various geographical areas within the Arab world were ruled by a chief Muslim civil and religious leader or a ______.

Question 57

Arab culture transcends time and space through ______ and its Islamic faith.

Question 58

The country outside the Arab states with the largest Muslim population is ______.

Question 59

______ is not considered an Arab country because its language is Persian.

Question 60

______ is the oldest source of human identity.

Question 61

Explain the role of women in the Arab world.

Question 62

Discuss the relationship of Islam to Judaism and Christianity.

Question 63

Discuss the differences between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.

Question 64

Explain what most,if not all,modern Christian denominations have in common.

Question 65

Discuss the role of Muhammad in the Islamic faith.

Question 66

Explain the human being-nature orientation as it applies to Islamic cultures.

Question 67

Discuss the status of media in Saudi Arabia.

Question 68

Explain the view that Buddhism is seen as a reaction to orthodox Hinduism.

Question 69

Discuss why Saudi Arabia is considered the most conservative Islamic country in the world.

Question 70

Identify the intercultural communication barriers between Arabian cultures and the United States.

Question 71

Discuss the diversity of the Arab states.

Question 72

Describe the practice of Islam in Saudi Arabia.

Question 73

Discuss the role of the Qur'an in the Islamic faith.

Question 74

What are the five religious obligations of Muslims?

Question 75

Discuss religious practices in the Islamic faith.

Question 76

Explain time orientation in Saudi Arabia.

Question 77

Describe the status of science in Islam.

Question 78

Discuss the issues related to social media in the Arab world.

Question 79

Discuss the legal system in the Arab world.

Question 80

Explain how Arab culture is group-oriented.