Deck 7: Religion

Question 1

In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,the government in 1991 proclaimed that a condition for a judge to be appointed to the country's Islamic courts would be to wear

A) a turban.
B) a beard.
C) sandals.
D) a veil.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Hinduism arose in the _____________ River valley.

A) Indus
B) Ganges
C) Brahmaputra
D) Krishna

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Religion persists in regions of the former Soviet Union with Azerbaijan seeing the continuation today of

A) Orthodox Christianity.
B) Roman Catholicism.
C) Shiite Islam.
D) Sunni Islam.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The former Soviet Union adopted _______________ as its official religious policy.

A) Orthodox Christianity
B) secular separation of church and state
C) atheism
D) official state Protestant church

Question 5

One of the unique characteristics of Hinduism is that it

A) is so young.
B) is a very simple religion.
C) emerged without a prophet, book of scriptures, and without evolving a bureaucratic structure comparable to those of the Christian religions.
D) has so few followers.

Question 6

Ethnic strife in former Soviet regions reflects the legacy of the Soviet policy of

A) atheism.
B) divide-and-diminish.
C) multiculturalism.
D) secular neglect of religion.

Question 7

The faith that is most widely dispersed over the world is

A) Christianity.
B) Islam.
C) shamanism.
D) Buddhism.

Question 8

Islam is predominate in northern ___________,while traditional religions are predominate in the south.

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

Question 9

Persuasion will not lead people to change the language they speak,but it can induce them to

A) profess adherence to a new faith.
B) abandon their culture.
C) abandon their economic activities.
D) move to a new region.

Question 10

Sikhism is a small compromise religion that arose from the confrontation between Hinduism and

A) Buddhism.
B) Islam.
C) Christianity.
D) British colonial officials.

Question 11

The Yellow River is to Chinese Philosophy as the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are to _____________

A) Christianity.
B) Hinduism.
C) Confucianism.
D) Buddhism.

Question 12

The Hindu religion is one of the oldest of the great religions and may have begun ______ years ago.

A) 6,000
B) 4,000
C) 3,000
D) 1,500

Question 13

The fundamental doctrine of the Hindu faith is

A) karma.
B) monotheism.
C) a detailed book of scripture.
D) a violent ideology.

Question 14

The Indonesian island of Bali became a refuge for Hindu holy men,nobles and intellectuals during the sixteenth century because

A) volcanic eruptions drove them out of neighboring islands.
B) droughts and famines swept India.
C) Buddhism engulfed neighboring Sumatra.
D) Islam engulfed neighboring Java.

Question 15

Buddhism has its source in

A) India.
B) Japan.
C) China.
D) Thailand.

Question 16

The founder of Buddhism,Siddhartha Gautama,who came to be known as the Buddha (enlightened one)was perhaps the first prominent Indian religious leader to

A) reject the eating of meat.
B) acknowledge sacred animals, such as cattle.
C) speak out against the Hindu caste system.
D) accept Karma.

Question 17

Hinduism has not spread by expansion diffusion in modern times,but at one time it did spread by relocation diffusion as a result of

A) the transportation of Indian workers abroad during the colonial period.
B) conquest by military groups.
C) forced relocation by Islamic invaders.
D) missionary activities overseas.

Question 18

The belief that inanimate objects (e.g.trees,mountains,boulders)contain spirits is

A) atheism.
B) agnosticism.
C) agrarianism.
D) animism.

Question 19

Zoroastrianism is similar to Islam and Christianity in that it is

A) a world religion.
B) monotheistic.
C) a missionary religion.
D) polytheistic.

Question 20

Which of the following is not generally a characteristic of an ethnic religion?

A) found in a particular culture
B) always polytheistic
C) spatially concentrated
D) does not seek outside converts

Question 21

The rise of secularism and decline of religious membership are found in

A) Europe.
B) Africa.
C) Southwest Asia.
D) Southeast Asia.

Question 22

The concentration of religions in Switzerland is related to ____________ boundaries.

A) canton
B) river basin
C) ecozone
D) school district

Question 23

The teachings of Lao-Tsu form the tenants of

A) Confucianism.
B) Hinduism.
C) Taoism.
D) Islam.

Question 24

The world's largest dominantly Islamic state is

A) Iran.
B) Pakistan.
C) Egypt.
D) Indonesia.

Question 25

The diaspora of the Jews resulted from

A) Moses decision to leave Egypt.
B) the Arab-Israeli conflict.
C) the European holocaust of the Nazis.
D) the Roman destruction of Jerusalem.

Question 26

The Confucian Classics were the 13 texts that were the focus of education for 2,000 years in

A) Japan.
B) Afghanistan.
C) China.
D) India.

Question 27

By the year _______,Islam had diffused to the East Indies.

A) 600
B) 700
C) 800
D) 1200

Question 28

The youngest major religion is

A) Hinduism.
B) Judaism.
C) Islam.
D) Christianity.

Question 29

The Hajj,one of the "pillars of Islam," is

A) charitable giving.
B) fasting during the holy month.
C) the veil worn by Muslim women.
D) the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Question 30

The ideology of Zionism has as its goal

A) the merger of Judaism with other religions.
B) the merger of the three modern divisions of Judaism.
C) a homeland for the Jewish people.
D) the elimination of the Orthodox division within the faith.

Question 31

Shamanism is a traditional religion,and an intimate part of local culture and society. But not all traditional religions are shamanist. In which of the following regions have both Christianity and Islam failed to convert most of the people practicing a traditional religion?

A) Southwest Asia
B) Asia
C) Africa
D) South America

Question 32

Modern-day Shiah Islam dominates a region centered on

A) Pakistan.
B) Arabia.
C) Iran.
D) Indonesia.

Question 33

The Jews of Central Europe are known as

A) Ashkenazim.
B) Sephardim.
C) Zionists.
D) Orthodox.

Question 34

Under Chinese communist rule (1949-present),Confucianism has

A) been returned to after the colonial period.
B) been used as the basis of an egalitarian Marxist civil service.
C) been banned and suppressed.
D) been limited to areas with non-Han minority populations.

Question 35

Tibetan Buddhism is of the ___________ type.

A) Mahayana
B) Lamaism
C) Theravada
D) Zen

Question 36

Geomancers,those who know the desires of the spirits of ancestors,dragons and tigers occupying the natural world,are associated with

A) karma.
B) feng-shui.
C) Lamaism.
D) monotheism.

Question 37

Buddhism thrives in all of the areas listed below except

A) Sri Lanka.
B) Nepal and Tibet.
C) Korea.
D) India.

Question 38

Roman Catholic Christianity was spread to Middle and South America by

A) England.
B) Spain.
C) Portugal.
D) Italy.

Question 39

The largest constituency of Christianity is

A) Protestant.
B) Eastern Orthodox.
C) Coptic.
D) Roman Catholicism.

Question 40

The African country where a major cluster of Eastern Orthodox churches survive is

A) Nigeria.
B) Ethiopia.
C) Algeria.
D) Angola.

Question 41

The pagoda is the style of building most often associated with

A) the Buddhist faith.
B) the Jain faith.
C) early Islam, prior to the mosque.
D) the Parsee faith.

Question 42

Jerusalem is to Christians as ____________ is to Hindus.

A) Mumbai
B) Delhi
C) Varanasi
D) Tokyo

Question 43

The vote to partition Palestine was taken by

A) Israel.
B) the United Nations.
C) Britain.
D) the Ottoman Empire.

Question 44

Buddhist pilgrimages to Bodh Gaya are focused on

A) the birthplace of Sidharta Gautama.
B) a Bhodi tree under which the Buddha taught.
C) a Shrine to Krishna.
D) the grave of the Buddha.

Question 45

In the former Yugoslavia,Albanians are the dominate ethnic group in _____________

A) Macedonia.
B) Slovenia.
C) Croatia.
D) Kosovo.

Question 46

Which is an example of an intrafaith (boundary)conflict?

A) Israel-Palestine
B) Former Yugoslavia
C) Northern Ireland
D) Nigeria

Question 47

The revolution that destroyed the old order in Ethiopia created a new state on the African map called _____________,dominantly Muslim and culturally distinct from the old empire of which it had been a part.

A) Eritrea
B) Botswana
C) Sudan
D) Uganda

Question 48

Secularism is not a force in Roman Catholic countries.

Question 49

Mel Gibson is a member of a movement which rejects

A) developments in Catholicism resulting from the Second Vatican Council.
B) the notion of the resurrection of Christ.
C) the use of Latin in the Mass.
D) movie-going as a sinful activity.

Question 50

Rabbi Kahane and his followers are examples of

A) Christian converts.
B) peace activists.
C) Jewish extremists.
D) followers of the peaceful, syncretic Bahai faith.

Question 51

The major religion in southern Louisiana is

A) Spanish Catholic.
B) French Catholic.
C) Lutheran.
D) Baptist.

Question 52

Jerusalem is a sacred place for

A) Jews.
B) Muslims.
C) Christians.
D) all of the above

Question 53

Which of the following U.S.regional association is incorrect?

A) New England-Catholic
B) South-Baptist
C) Upper Midwest-Lutheran
D) Southwest-Mormon

Question 54

Around the world there are more adherents to Islam than Hinduism.

Question 55

Christianity is an example of a polytheistic religion.

Question 56

In many less developed societies religion acts as a binding force.

Question 57

The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem marks the site of Christ's

A) birth.
B) first miracle.
C) last supper.
D) tomb.

Question 58

Which is not a feature of Islamic sacred architecture?

A) Minarets
B) adoption of Roman models of design
C) Frescoes depicting the life of the prophet
D) geometric and calligraphic ornamentation

Question 59

Which of the following Balkan association is incorrect?

A) Slovenian-Catholic
B) Croat-Orthodox
C) Serbian-Cyrilic alphabet
D) Montenegrans-Orthodox

Question 60

Northern Ireland,scene of Catholic-Protestant conflict,was partitioned by

A) the United Nations.
B) mutual agreement of the two conflicting parties.
C) the Catholic Church through a Papal Nuncio.
D) Britain.

Question 61

Discuss the influence of religion in the cultural landscape. Give examples from a number of faiths and regions.

Question 62

In part,Buddhism was founded in opposition to the Hindu caste system.

Question 63

Buddhism is today a fragmented religion. List some of its branches,their location,and their basic beliefs.

Question 64

Islamic architecture borrowed from the Romans to create a distinctive architectural style.

Question 65

Choose a world religion and discuss its place of origin,its modes and routes of spread,and its current pattern of distribution.

Question 66

Secularism began to arise with the separation of church and state in Europe. Why was this so? What effects has this had today in changes of the role of tradition and the choice of personal lifestyles? In what way could it be argued that Islamic fundamentalism is a reaction against liberal secularism?

Question 67

The growth of fundamentalist Islam can be seen in the spread of the adoption of Sharia law.

Question 68

Hindu landscape features focused on water are associated with ritual bathing.

Question 69

Briefly discuss the differences between Sunni and Shiite Muslims. Discuss the pattern of distribution of the two types of Islam and highlight examples of conflicts within national borders and across borders.

Question 70

Islam is the second oldest religion in the world.

Question 71

Judaism is a globally dispersed religion.

Question 72

Ethnic cleansing is the term that came into use to describe the attempts to push Bosnian Muslims from their homes and lands.