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|6. |The belief that inanimate objects (e.g. trees, mountains, boulders) |
| |contain spirits is |
|A |atheism. |
|B |agnosticism. |
|C |agrarianism. |
|D |animism. |
|7. |Zoroastrianism is similar to Islam and Christianity in that it is |
|A |a world religion. |
|B |monotheistic. |
|C |a missionary religion. |
|D |polytheistic. |
|8. |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 |
|9. |The faith that is most widely dispersed over the world is |
|A |Christianity. |
|B |Islam. |
|C |shamanism. |
|D |Buddhism. |
|10. |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 |
|11. |Hinduism arose in the _____________ River valley. |
|A |Indus |
|B |Ganges |
|C |Brahmaputra |
|D |Krishna |
|12. |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. |
|13. |The fundamental doctrine of the Hindu faith is |
|A |karma. |
|B |monotheism. |
|C |a detailed book of scripture. |
|D |a violent ideology. |
|14. |Sikhism is a small compromise religion that arose from the |
| |confrontation between Hinduism and |
|A |Buddhism. |
|B |Islam. |
|C |Christianity. |
|D |British colonial officials. |
|15. |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. |
|16. |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. |
|17. |Buddhism has its source in |
|A |India. |
|B |Japan. |
|C |China. |
|D |Thailand. |
|18. |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. |
|19. |Buddhism thrives in all of the areas listed below except |
|A |Sri Lanka. |
|B |Nepal and Tibet. |
|C |Korea. |
|D |India. |
|20. |Tibetan Buddhism is of the ___________ type. |
|A |Mahayana |
|B |Lamaism |
|C |Theravada |
|D |Zen |
|21. |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. |
|22. |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. |
|23. |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. |
|24. |The Jews of Central Europe are known as |
|A |Ashkenazim. |
|B |Sephardim. |
|C |Zionists. |
|D |Orthodox. |
|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. |
|26. |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. |
|27. |The largest constituency of Christianity is |
|A |Protestant. |
|B |Eastern Orthodox. |
|C |Coptic. |
|D |Roman Catholicism. |
|28. |The African country where a major cluster of Eastern Orthodox|
| |churches survive is |
|A |Nigeria. |
|B |Ethiopia. |
|C |Algeria. |
|D |Angola. |
|29. |Roman Catholic Christianity was spread to Middle and South America by |
|A |England. |
|B |Spain. |
|C |Portugal. |
|D |Italy. |
|30. |The youngest major religion is |
|A |Hinduism. |
|B |Judaism. |
|C |Islam. |
|D |Christianity. |
|31. |Modern-day Shiah Islam dominates a region centered on |
|A |Pakistan. |
|B |Arabia. |
|C |Iran. |
|D |Indonesia. |
|32. |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. |
|33. |The world's largest dominantly Islamic state is |
|A |Iran. |
|B |Pakistan. |
|C |Egypt. |
|D |Indonesia. |
|34. |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 |
|35. |The rise of secularism and decline of religious membership are|
| |found in |
|A |Europe. |
|B |Africa. |
|C |Southwest Asia. |
|D |Southeast Asia. |
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