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
