Belief Systems Review

Which belief system is considered monotheistic?

• Buddhism

• Daoism

• Judaism

• Hinduism

Which practice is most closely associated with a person of the Islamic faith?

• refraining from eating meat on Fridays

• praying five times a day

• following the Eightfold Path

• worshipping many gods

Which action is most closely associated with polytheism?

• praying in a synagogue

• accepting the Eightfold Path

• worshipping many gods

• reading the Koran

Which religion practices the following making a trip to the holy land of Mecca?

• Christianity

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Judaism

In China, the development of civil service examinations and a belief in filial piety reflect the influence of

• Shinto

• Judaism

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

Which belief system is most closely associated with the terms Eightfold Path, Four Noble Truths, and nirvana

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

Confucianism had a strong impact on the development of China mainly because this philosophy

• established a basic structure for military rule

• provided a basis for social order

• contained the framework for a communist government

• stressed the importance of the individual

If a religion prays to Allah, the single god of that religion, what concept is best reflected in this practice?

• baptism

• karma

• monotheism

• animism

One way in which the Five Relationships, the Ten Commandments, and the Eightfold Path are similar is that they...

• promote polytheism

• establish gender equality

• provide codes of behavior

• describe secularism