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WorksheetsUnit 3: Religion
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is monotheism?
a)
The belief or worship of more than one god.
b)
The belief of the existence of only one god.
c)
The belief that objects or natural events have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
d)
The belief that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body/form after death.
2.
Who is the founder of Judaism?
a)
Muhammad
b)
Abraham
c)
Jesus of Nazareth
d)
Siddhartha Gautama
3.
What is a major symbol in Christianity?
a)
Star of David
b)
Eight spoked wheel
c)
Moon with Star
d)
Cross, fish, martyr
4.
What are the names of the two religions who have a taboo against pork?
a)
Judaism and Islam
b)
Islam and Hinduism
c)
Judaism and Buddhism
d)
Buddhism and Hinduism
5.
What is polytheism?
a)
The belief or worship of more than one god.
b)
The belief of the existence of only one god.
c)
The belief that objects or natural events have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
d)
The belief that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body/form after death.
6.
What is animism?
a)
The belief that objects or natural events have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
b)
The belief of the existence of only one god.
c)
The belief or worship of more than one god.
d)
The belief that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body/form after death.
7.
Name 3 monotheistic religions:
a)
-Judaism
-Christianity
-Islam
-Christianity
-Islam
b)
-Hinduism
-Taoism
-Shintoism
-Taoism
-Shintoism
8.
Name 3 polytheistic religions:
a)
-Judaism
-Christianity
-Islam
-Christianity
-Islam
b)
-Hinduism
-Taoism
-Shintoism
-Taoism
-Shintoism
9.
At what hearth did Buddhism originate from?
a)
Mecca
b)
Jerusalem
c)
Nepal
d)
Israel
10.
What country has a majority of Jews?
a)
Israel
b)
Mecca
c)
Nepal
d)
India
11.
In which of the following countries are inhabitants subject to Sharia law?
a)
Venezuela
b)
Ethiopia
c)
Turkey
d)
Saudi Arabia
12.
Which of the following religions did not originate in the Indian Subcontinent?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Sikhism
d)
Zoroastrianism
13.
This is the oldest polytheistic religion in the world.
a)
Hinduism
b)
Judaism
c)
Christianity
d)
Buddhism
14.
Which religion believed in the Eightfold Path?
a)
Legalism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Jainism
d)
Buddhism
15.
About 80% of India's people follow this religion.
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Confucianism
d)
Shintoism
16.
What Chinese school of thought teaches respect to elders and the law as the best way to maintain a peaceful society?
a)
Taoism
b)
Christianity
c)
Confucianism
d)
Buddhism
17.
This statue represents the founder of what religion?
a)
Christianity
b)
Buddhism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Islam
18.
Where did both Hinduism and Buddhism begin?
a)
India
b)
China
c)
Sumer
d)
Egypt
19.
What type of building is this?
a)
Jewish synagogue
b)
Islamic mosque
c)
Catholic cathedral
d)
Buddhist temple
20.
Which branch of Islam is the minority?
a)
Sunni
b)
Shia
c)
Farsi
d)
Arab
21.
Which of the following cities is a holy place to three of the world's main religions?
a)
Mecca
b)
Medina
c)
Jerusalem
d)
Delhi
22.
Which of the following region is an ethnic religion?
a)
Judaism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Sikhism
23.
Arabic, which spread westward with the diffusion of Islam, is part of which of the following language families:
a)
Sino Tibetan
b)
Afro-Asiatic
c)
Indo European
d)
Nigher-Congo
24.
The concept of nirvana is most closely associated with which of the following religions?
a)
Judaism
b)
Animism
c)
Confucianism
d)
Buddhism
25.
A social decline in religious adherence is referred to as:
a)
partisanship
b)
fundamentalism
c)
syncretism
d)
secularism
26.
Who was the founder of Islam?
a)
Moses
b)
Muhammad
c)
Saladin
d)
Ishmael
27.
Which of the following religions or philosophies had the greatest impact on China?
a)
Christianity
b)
Shintoism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Confucianism
28.
The religion that most shaped early Japanese history would be
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Shintoism
d)
Daoism
29.
The Holy Book for Muslims is called the
a)
Quran
b)
Torah
c)
Talmud
d)
Vedas
30.
Hebrews look to the ________ to read about their history and connection to God.
a)
Bible
b)
Koran
c)
Torah
d)
Upanishads
31.
__________ was a religion that was unique to the Persians
a)
Daoism
b)
Zoroastrianism
c)
Christianity
d)
Shintoism
32.
Exile and Diaspora would be associated with the spread of
a)
Islam
b)
Christianity
c)
Judaism
d)
Buddhism
33.
You would associate this image with what faith?
a)
Islam
b)
Roman Catholic Christian
c)
Eastern Orthodox
d)
Hinduism
34.
Ivan III adopted what faith for the Russians?
a)
Islam
b)
Judaism
c)
Roman Catholic
d)
Greek Orthodox
35.
You would associate this structure with?
a)
Judaism
b)
Islam
c)
Christianity
d)
Buddhism
36.
This map shows the spread of
a)
Islam
b)
Christianity
c)
Buddhism
d)
Hinduism
37.
This scene would be associated with what religion?
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Buddhism
d)
Hinduism
38.
A belief system with multiple gods or supreme beings?
a)
Universalizing Religion
b)
Polytheistic Religion
c)
Monotheistic Religion
d)
Animistic Religion
39.
The belief that from a Kurgan hearth, early Proto-Indo-European speakers diffused outward on horseback to Europe and India overpowering the original inhabitants
a)
Malthusian Theory
b)
Migration Transition Theory
c)
Conquest Theory
d)
Agricultural Theory
40.
The purposeful travel to a religious site to pay respects or participate in rituals?
a)
pilgrimage
b)
sikhism
c)
rite
d)
sacrament
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