Unit 3 APHG Exam Review

All of the following are traits common to Muslim regions of the world except:

• fasting
• pilgrimage
• polytheism
• daily ritual prayers

Which of the following countries was the site of violent religious conflicts between Catholic and Protestant groups throughout much of the 20th century:

• Canada
• Ireland
• Switzerland
• Greece

A social decline in religious adherence is referred to as:

• partisanship

• fundamentalism

• syncretism

• secularism

Which of the following religions did not originate in the Indian Subcontinent?

• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Sikhism
• Zoroastrianism

Taoism, which represents a blend of indigenous folk beliefs and exogenous Buddhist beliefs that diffused eastward from India, is best characterized as a:

• monotheistic religion
• syncretic religion
• ethnocentrism
• secular religion

Which of the following religions has developed vast bureaucracies?

• Christianity
• Buddhism
• Judaism
• Animism

The number of Muslim adherents in North America is estimated to be as high as  ?   million.

• 2
• 4
• 6
• 8

One of the unique characteristics of Hinduism is that it:

• is so young
• is a very simple religion
• emerged without a prophet, book of scriptures
• has so few followers

The Hindu religion, oldest of the great religions, may have begun  ?   years ago.

• 6,000
• 4,000
• 3,000
• 5,000

Sikhism is a small compromise religion that arose from the confrontation between Hinduism and:

• Buddhism
• Islam
• Christianity
• Judaism