Unit 5: Religion

Why is Christianity classified as a universalizing religion?

• its customers are tied to the physical characteristics of a particular location

• it is practiced by a homogenous group of people

• it continually seeks new believers

• it has celebrations based on seasonal changes

Which statement is MOST true when comparing the spread of Christian and Hindu religions?

• Christianity has not spread far beyond its cultural hearth

• Hinduism has not spread far beyond its cultural hearth

• neither Christianity not Hinduism have spread beyond their cultural hearths

• Christianity and Hinduism have the same percentage of followers throughout the world.

Where is the hearth of the three monotheistic world religions?

• Southeast Asia

• North America

• Southwest Asia (Middle East)

• the Pacific Rim

What region of the world is home to the Ganges River, the holiest body of water for Hindus?

• North America

• South America

• East Asia

• South Asia

Which term best describes the category in Christianity of Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox?

• Religion

• Denomination

• Branch

• Dialect

A universalizing religion

• is based on the physical characteristics of a particular location on Earth

• appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations

• is rarely transmitted through missionaries

• has celebrations based on seasonal changes

• is less likely to be used as a reason for violence than ethnic religions

The world's largest universalizing religion is

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Shintoism

The world's largest ethnic religion is

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Hinduism

• Shintoism

• Islam

The dominant branch of Islam is

• Druze

• Eastern Orthodoxy

• Sikh

• Sunni

• Shiite

The belief in the existence of only one god is

• animism

• cosmogony

• monotheism

• polytheism

• pagan