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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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