Religion Pre Test (2022-2023)

#1 Secularism is

• the belief that religious considerations should be excluded from civic/political affairs.
• the belief in only ONE god or goddess.
• an attempt to bring religious thought into harmony with the scientific findings and secular philosophy of the present day.
• a belief in the infallibility and literal interpretation of a particular religion's doctrine or holy books.
• a subdivision within a religion that has its own distinctive beliefs and/or practices.

#2 Fundamentalism is

• a belief in the infallibility and literal interpretation of a particular religion's doctrine or holy books.
• the belief in only ONE god or goddess.
• the belief that religious considerations should be excluded from civic/political affairs.
• an attempt to bring religious thought into harmony with the scientific findings and secular philosophy of the present day.
• a subdivision within a religion that has its own distinctive beliefs and/or practices.

#3 Polytheism is

• the belief in more than ONE god or goddess.
• the belief in only ONE god or goddess.
• the belief that religious considerations should be excluded from civic/political affairs.
• an attempt to bring religious thought into harmony with the scientific findings and secular philosophy of the present day.
• a belief in the infallibility and literal interpretation of a particular religion's doctrine or holy books.

#4 Monotheism is

• the belief in only ONE god or goddess.
• the belief that religious considerations should be excluded from civic/political affairs.
• an attempt to bring religious thought into harmony with the scientific findings and secular philosophy of the present day.
• a belief in the infallibility and literal interpretation of a particular religion's doctrine or holy books.
• a subdivision within a religion that has its own distinctive beliefs and/or practices.

#5 Atheism is

• the belief or doctrine that there are not a god/goddess. Disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings.
• the belief in only ONE god or goddess.
• the belief that religious considerations should be excluded from civic/political affairs.
• an attempt to bring religious thought into harmony with the scientific findings and secular philosophy of the present day.
• a belief in the infallibility and literal interpretation of a particular religion's doctrine or holy books.

#6 Modernism is

• an attempt to bring religious thought into harmony with the scientific findings and secular philosophy of the present day.
• the belief in only ONE god or goddess.
• the belief that religious considerations should be excluded from civic/political affairs.
• a belief in the infallibility and literal interpretation of a particular religion's doctrine or holy books.
• a subdivision within a religion that has its own distinctive beliefs and/or practices.

#7 A sect is

• a subdivision within a religion that has its own distinctive beliefs and/or practices.
• the belief in only ONE god or goddess.
• the belief that religious considerations should be excluded from civic/political affairs.
• an attempt to bring religious thought into harmony with the scientific findings and secular philosophy of the present day.
• a belief in the infallibility and literal interpretation of a particular religion's doctrine or holy books.

#8 Animism is

• a belief that spirits inhabit natural objects and forces of nature.
• the belief in only ONE god or goddess.
• the belief that religious considerations should be excluded from civic/political affairs.
• an attempt to bring religious thought into harmony with the scientific findings and secular philosophy of the present day.
• a belief in the infallibility and literal interpretation of a particular religion's doctrine or holy books.

#9 After analyzing the Pie Chart, determine the religion with the largest world population with 32.5%...

• Christianity
• Atheism/Non-Religious
• Buddhism
• Chinese Religions
• Hinduism

#10 After analyzing the Pie Chart, determine the religion with the second largest world population with 21.5%...

• Islam
• Atheism/Non-Religious
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Chinese Religions