Religion MC

Which of the following Asian religions is NOT classified as an ethnic religion?

Buddhism

Which of the following religions is matched MOST CORRECTLY with its hearth?

Buddhism-Northeastern India/Nepal

The Mahayan Branch of Buddhism is best associated with which country?

China

Religious structures are designed for public worship and large congregations for which major religions?

Christianity and Islam

Which of the following countries is NOT one of the largest Muslim populations outside the Middle East?

Brazil

Adherents to which religion are also likely to believe in other religions simultaneously and are therefore difficult to count precisely?

Buddhism

Shaded areas on the map above indicate different regions. Nigeria, Chad, and Sudan, are all shwon with north south divides. What region predominates in the north of these countries?

Animism and Christianity together

A universalizing religion

Appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations

Region x

B = lutheran

Catholics comprise 25% of all North Americans. Which Protestant group is largest among the remaining Christians ?

Baptists

The branch of Buddhism known as Mahayana comprises 56% of all Buddhists worldwide. In which of the following regions if this branch of Buddhism dominant?

East Asia

Which of the following holy sites is INCORRECTLY matched with its religion?

Golden Temple of Amritsar : Bahai'ism

Cremation is more important than burial in which religion?

Hinduism

Which of the following religions is considered to be the oldest?

Hinduism

which counry is freedom of religion generally NOT considered seriously challenged today

India

Adherents of which religion controlled much of present day Spain until 1492, but not since then?

Islam

What religion is indicated by the silhouette above?

Islam

Animism in Africa is declining rapidly as it gives way to what TWO other major world religions?

Islam and Christianity

The term "ghetto" as it was originally used to apply to a special section of a city, was originally associated with what religion?

Judaism

Since the fall of Communism in the former Soviet Republics some of the newly created countries are struggling with the degree to which new laws should reflect the influence of Islam, or remain secular. Examples of these republics include:

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Which of the following regions if the most solidly Roman Catholic?

Latin America

The conflict over religion in Ireland is between

Protestants and Catholics

Which of the following countries contains a strong majority Sunni Islam population?

Saudi Arabia

Syncretic religions are those which have blended the beliefs of two or more other religious traditions. Which of the following is NOT a syncretic religion?

Sikkhism

Which of the following countries has the highest proportion of animists in Africa?

Sudan

The agricultural calendar is relatively unimportant to which type of religions?

Universalizing

All of the following groups consider themselves to be minor Christian branches and correctly matched with their regions, EXCEPT:

Zoroastrian (parsee), Iran

Roman Catholics predominate in all of the following religions of the US EXCEPT:

all of the above

The cosmographical design shown above is best associated with what religion?

all of the above

Which of the following does NOT represent a religious method of disposal of the dead?

all represent such methods

Administration of the Roman Catholic church is hierarchical. Which of the following describes it form largest to smallest

archdiocese - diocese - parish - church

Normal worship in Hinduism is most likely to take place

at home

which term is least well-associated with religion of Russia generally reffered to as Orthodox

autonomous

region z

c = baptist

Region y

e = mormon

The definition "movement or attitude stressing struct and literal adherence"

fundamentalism

By definition, animists believe that

inanimate objects and natural events have spirits

Judaism is classified as an ethnic religion primarily because

its rituals derive from the agricultural cycle in Israel

Which of the following is NOT true of the effects of the Communist Revolution of 1917 on Orthodox Christianity in Russia?

religious practices become increasingly uncommon among younger generations

The lack of religious elements in the landscape refers to regions known by what term?

secularized landscape

Which is NOT a characteristic of a hierarchical religion?

self-sufficient of individual religious congregations

Which of the following is NOT associated with Bahai'ism

shrines in the Muslim/Christian/Jewish holy land

The majority of all Jews are found in what two countries?

the US and Israel

What aspect of Hinduism was greatly altered due to contact with the British during Indias colonial period?

the caste system

The Chinese have begun to encourage cremation of the dead in opposition to burial because the oppose what aspect of burial?

the significant amount of agricultural land used by it

Which of the following is NOT true of the effects of the Chinese Communist takeover of Tibet?

thousands of Tibetan Buddhists fled to India as refugees