World Religions-Chapter 2 Practice Quizzes

Vine Deloria Jr. says that for Native American religion:

"The sacredness of lands on which previous generations have lived and died is the foundation of all other sentiments."

Which of the following is a similarity between Candomblé in Brazil and North American Vodou?

Both religions are a fusion of African religions with Catholicism.

Which of the following statements is true of spell and counter-spell rituals in Vodou?

Followers of Vodou believe in the protective powers of the gris-gris.

Darien challenges George's view that most indigenous religions believe in one high deity and are based on monotheism. Which of the following statements would support Darien's stand?

High deities seldom figure into everyday religious life of the followers of indigenous religions.

Which of the following is a difference between indigenous religions found in America and those found in Asia?

Indigenous religions in America have been blended into Christianity, whereas indigenous religions in Asia persist almost untouched.

which of the following is the primary concern of the Vodou religion?

It focusses mainly on dominating the natural elements such as the sun, sea, and wind, and using them for one's own good.

Which of the following statements is true of animism?

Its followers believe that spirits exist in all individual things in nature.

Which of the following statements is true of manaism?

Manaism does not connect power to spirits in species/groups of things

The _____ tribes called the neighboring LakotaNadouwesou, meaning "poisonous snakes."

Ojibwa

Which of the following statements is true of Olorun?

Olorun is a remote high god of the Yorubas.

Wendy, a sociology student, holds that the Yoruban high god, Olorun, was born out of the tribe's contact with Christianity. However, Carl, her classmate argues that Yorubans have been worshipping Olorun even before their contact with Christianity. Which of the following statements supports Wendy's claim?

Olorun is a remote high god.

Which of the following statements is true of the beliefs that indigenous peoples hold about the concept of place?

Place has great practical and symbolic significance for indigenous peoples.

The main model for shamans comes from _____.

Siberian Tribes

How do the Yorubas treat their dead ancestors?

The Yoruba venerate their dead ancestors.

Which of the following is a common factor of indigenous religions?

The cultures in which indigenous religions are based are predominantly oral.

Which of the following is a difference between manaism and animism?

The former does not connect power to spirits in individual natural things, but the latter does.

Where are indigenous religions found?

They are found all around the globe.

Which of the following statements is true of cosmogonic myths

They primarily explain how a tribe was created.

Which of the following was a cause for the reduction of the eastern Sioux?

Wars with the Chippewas and the Crees

Khumun believes in totemism. She is most likely to hold that:

a single source in nature provides the basis of life in her tribe.

Edward B. Tylor, a founder of the field of anthropology, argued in his 1891 bookPrimitive Culturethat all religion began in _____.

animism

Jean-Jacques Rousseau held that indigenous peoples:

are naturally good but that so-called civilization corrupts them.

Vodou is a typical example of a religion:

centered on different groups of gods.

Indigenous traditions around the world:

do not usually accept outsiders as members of indigenous groups.

Assume that a certain indigenous tribe believes in a myth that gives the reason for deer not being able to climb trees. According to the myth, a deer once disobeyed the Sun God and the Sun God, in anger, took away the deer's ability to climb trees. This myth best exemplifies a(n) _____.

etiological myth

In Yoruban religion, male priests are known as babalawo, which means _____.

father of secrets/priest

In the context of Vodou, gris-gris are used for:

gaining money

Totemism is found in the:

in the beliefs of the Aborigines of Australia.

According to some scholars, shamanism is the system of religion that:

is based on the works of shamans.

Followers of Vodou worship _____.

loas

Films such asDances with WolvesandAvatarhave portrayed indigenous tribes as _____.

noble savage

Indigenous traditions are:

not typically future oriented.

In a controversial 1993 resolution, "Declaration of War against Exploiters of Lakota Spirituality," Lakota leaders:

opposed the misuse of their religious elements by others.

Which of the following elements is included in Yoruba rituals dealing with ancestry?

prayers

In indigenous religions, _____ arise from time to time to lead their tribes out of crisis.

prophets

The religion of Vodou refers to:

ritual practices rather than a body of beliefs.

In the Lakota religion, the _____ is used to forge a ritual connection between Wakan Tanka and humankind.

sacred pipe

The members of a particular tribe believe that Jabo, one of the members, has the power to heal people. Whenever a tribe member falls ill, he or she is taken to Jabo. In this scenario, Jabo is a:

shaman

Indigenous peoples believe:

that the natural harmony of the world needs to be preserved.

The study of indigenous religions poses certain problems including the fact that:

there is a lack of adequate archaeological evidence for indigenous peoples.

Identify a common feature of indigenous traditions.

they are not belief based

Which of the following is the purpose of most indigenous rituals?

to attract good power when needed

Chatan, a 40-year-old resident of California, belongs to the Lakota tribe. Recently, he attended a ritual for the purification of the spirits with other tribe members in his ancestral town. He most likely:

used the sweat lodge.