Chapter 6, religion, letter questions

The agricultural calendar is relatively unimportant to which type of religion? a) animists b) ethnic c) pagan d) universalizing

A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a A: sect B: denomination C:Branch D: Group

Which of the following is not a universalizing religion? a) Buddhism b) Christianity c) Islam d) Judaism

A universalizing religion a) is based on the physical characteristics of a particular location b) appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations c) is rarely transmitted through missionaries d) is intentionally developed to be a world religion

Animists believe that a) people should complete God's creation of the Earth b) inanimate objects and natural events have spirits c) people should make complete use of the Earth's resources d) natural disasters are preventable

Which is NOT an ethnic Asian religion? a) Buddhism b) Confucianism c) Shintoism d) Daoism

The concept of a ghetto originally referred to the area of a city a) inside the walls b) inhabited by the lowest-income people c) where Jews were forced to live d) where most African-Americans live

The dominant branch of Islam is a) Druze b) Eastern Orthodox c) Shi'ite d) Sunni

Hinduism's caste system a) assigns everyone to a distinct class b) decrees the pilgrimages which should be taken c) is a substitute for the lack of a holy book d) identifies a family's important deities

Eastern Orthodox is an example of a Christian a) branch b) denomination c) religion d) sect

Unlike any other universalizing religions, Buddhism a) remained concentrated in one region of the world b) was not begun by an individual founder c) was founded in China d) worships more than one god

Followers of which religious branch do not trace their origin to Abraham? a) Eastern Orthodox b) Mahayana c) Shi'ite d) Sunni

Lutheranism is an example of a Christian a) branch b) denomination c) religion d) sect

Beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are a) animism b) cosmogony c) monotheism d) solstice

With respect to the relationship between culture, religion, and the physical environment a) few religions derive meaningful events from the physical environment b) religious ideas may be responsible for some of the changes people make in the physical environment c) religion is no longer an important source of identification for a distinct cultural group d) all of the above are true

The belief in the existence of only one god is a) animism b) cosmogony c) monotheism d) solstice

The world's largest ethnic religion is a) Buddhism b) Christianity c) Hinduism d) Islam

The dominant branch of Islam in Iran is a) Druze b) Eastern Orthodox c) Shi'ite d) Sunni

Especially important in Confucianism is to a) perform public service b) reflect on the mystical and magical aspects of life c) respect forces of nature as divine d) believe in one all-powerful God

Which has not been an important cause of Lebanon's civil war? a) more representation in the government b) control of important religious shrines c) more equitable distribution of economic resources d) discrimination against minority groups

Protestants in Ireland are a) dispersed throughout the island b) recent immigrants from Great Britain c) highly clustered in one part of the island d) highly integrated with the Roman Catholic population

A large and fundamental division within a religion is a... A: Branch B: Sect C: Denomination D: Group

The people of Quebec are distinguished from residents of neighboring Canadian provinces and the United States because they a) don't speak an Indo-European language b) are not predominantly Christian c) frequently use religious toponyms d) want to become part of France again

The UN partition plan divided Palestine into all but which of the following? a) British Mandate b) Arab state c) Jerusalem district d) Jewish state

Mahayanists, in contrast to Theravadists, emphasize Buddha's a) life self-help b) compassion c) renouncing of worldly goods d) wisdom

The situation in Northern Ireland is the result of a) counties in Northern Ireland voting to remain in the United Kingdom b) Catholic protest against discrimination by Protestants c) British colonial control which contributed to poor economic conditions d) all of the above

Cremation is more important than burial in which religion? a) Buddhism b) Christianity c) Hinduism d) Islam

The world's largest universalizing religion is a) Buddhism b) Christianity c) Hinduism d) Islam