Deck 7: Religion and Everyday Life

Question 1

Which of the following aided the Spanish proselytizers least in the spread oChristianity?

A) monotheism
B) destruction of indigenous temples
C) replacing indigenous festival dates with Catholic ones
D) indoctrination using an array of European deities

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Popular Catholicism is best described as:

A) a fusion of medieval Catholicism and diverse indigenous and African traditions
B) a fusion of modern Catholicism with medieval practices of conversion in a polytheistic religious tradition
C) modern Catholicism designed to benefit the conversion of the masses, allowing all people a way to believe
D) a form of Catholicism which is anti-Roman and anti-church, created solely by African and indigenous peoples

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is not usually an example of popular Catholicism?

A) national rituals sponsored on behalf of the Virgin Mary in Argentina
B) use of mountain spirits as part of the celebration in the Andes
C) adoration of Christ in a Mass in Nicaragua
D) use of guinea pig in the Last Supper painting in Ecuador

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The movement to seek a closer rapport between the teachings of the Bible and thlived experience of the Latin American peoples is called:

A) campaign against idolatry
B) popular Catholicism
C) syncretism
D) liberation theology

Question 5

Saints are considered secondary personages in:

A) popular Catholicism
B) formal Catholic doctrine
C) syncretic cults
D) liberation theology

Question 6

In Vodou, the Virgin Mary is identified especially with:

A) Pachamama
B) Ezili
C) Guadalupe
D) Copacabana

Question 7

The Virgin of Pampa is an image of Virgin Mary that appeared in:

A) Mexico City in 1531 as an embroidered image of the indigenous and slave peoples' sufferings
B) Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1985 as a rock statue in order to support the cause of women's sufferings
C) Pampa, Bolivia in 1879 as a glowing light within a rock to give hope to the population.
D) Pampa, Peru in 1890 as a human outline on a cloth to give hope to the indigenous peoples

Question 8

Which of the following practices associated with Todos Santos would be lescommonly found in the southern cone countries of South America than in most areas of Mexico?

A) visits to the cemetery to remember those who have died recently in the family
B) belief that the spirit of souls of the dead actually return to eat the offerings
C) practice of some special remembrance for those who have died recently
D) practice a time for reflecting on the meanings of life and death

Question 9

Which of the following Latin American or Caribbean countries is believed to havthe highest percentage of Protestantism?

A) Peru
B) Dominican Republic
C) Honduras
D) Guatemala

Question 10

Which of the following is not a prominent example of Afro-Latin religions?

A) candomblé
B) yoruba
C) vodou
D) santería

Question 11

The Afro-Latin religious traditions coalesced primarily during the:

A) 16^th and 17^th centuries
B) 17^th and 18^th centuries
C) 18^th and 19^th centuries
D) 19^th and 20^th centuries

Question 12

The Afro-Latin religious tradition is associated primarily with:

A) the upper class
B) recent migrants from African countries
C) the working class
D) the poor and disenfranchised

Question 13

The reconstitution of novel, often Yoruba-dominated, religious traditions in thslave context resulted in:

A) the disappearance of many African deities
B) the rejection of European popular Catholicism
C) a very standardized experience of slavery in the New World
D) the absolute suppression of any kind of slave resistance movements

Question 14

All of the following describe some form of the cargo system except:

A) colonial policies largely shaped the form and content of the civil-religious hierarchy
B) political and religious offices intersect and parallel each other so that the sponsor rotates between positions
C) community members are expected to occupy ranked cargos during the course of their life cycle
D) numerous communities compete together to fulfill roles within a single civil religious tradition

Question 15

The vast majority of Haitians that have migrated recently from their homeland havsettled in:

A) south Florida and New York City
B) New York City and Detroit
C) south Florida and Los Angeles
D) Los Angeles and New York City

Question 16

The creation of reciprocal relationships between mortal humans and supernaturadeities is known as syncretism.

Question 17

Liberation theology served to support the emergence of many popular revolts iCentral America.

Question 18

The Virgin of Copacabana is the patron saint of Mexico.

Question 19

The Virgin Mary has sometimes served as an icon of resistance for the LatiAmerican and Caribbean peoples.

Question 20

The Devil is an important supernatural deity in popular Catholicism.

Question 21

By the late 1980s, more than 10% of Latin America's population identified itself anon-Catholic.

Question 22

Religious conversion is often a highly gendered process.

Question 23

Actually, there is no such thing as "problem drinking" in Latin America.

Question 24

The most important supernatural beings in the Afro-Latin religions are thintermediaries between mortals and creator gods.

Question 25

Candomblé, santería and vodou are monolithic traditions.

Question 26

What is religion?

Question 27

List the six key attributes of popular Catholicism.

Question 28

How does the festival of Todos Santos exhibit the quality of liminality?

Question 29

According to Douglas (1987), what is the distinction between alcoholism an"constructive drinking"?

Question 30

What is an orisha or an iwa?

Question 31

Describe how Spanish colonizers manipulated indigenous religious systems iorder to proselytize Christianity. Use at least three examples.

Question 32

Discuss the primary reasons why some Andean villagers in highland Ecuador havopted to convert to Protestantism and also evangelical churches. Use at least threexamples.

Question 33

What aspects of continuity existed within many of the African religious traditionthat facilitated their emergence into a pan-African religious tradition in the NeWorld?