Free Printable APHG Ch 6&7

1.

A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those in a particular location.

a)

Denomination

b)

Ethnic Religion

c)

Universalizing Religion

d)

Cosmogony

2.

A large and fundamental division within a religion is a...

a)

Stem

b)

Branch

c)

Denomination

d)

Sect

3.

The following symbol represents which of the world's religions?

a)

Judaism

b)

Christianity

c)

Buddhism

d)

Islam

4.

Someone who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion is considered as a...

a)

Mercenary

b)

Missionary

c)

Pilgrim

d)

Religious Refugee

5.

Which of the world's religion is found mostly in the country of India?

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Buddhism

d)

Hinduism

6.

The belief in or worship of more than one god is...

a)

Animism

b)

Atheism

c)

Monotheism

d)

Polytheism

7.

The culture hearth of Islam is located in which city?

a)

Rome

b)

Moscow

c)

Mecca

d)

Jerusalem

8.

A literal and strict interpretation to the basic principles of a religion.

a)

Animism

b)

Fundamentalism

c)

Cosmogony

d)

Polytheism

9.

The Shinto faith is found mostly in which country?

a)

Israel

b)

China

c)

India

d)

Japan

10.

The Sunni and Shiite are two branches of what universalizing religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Judaism

d)

Hinduism

11.

Siddharta Gautama is considered as the founder of what world religion?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Judaism

d)

Sikhism

12.

Which of the following is a sacred space in Hinduism?

a)

The Western Wall

b)

The Ka'ba

c)

St. Peter's Basilica

d)

Ganges River

13.

Which world religion is the oldest that practices the belief of monotheism?

a)

Christianity

b)

Hinduism

c)

Judaism

d)

Islam

14.

The Jews, Muslims, and Christians have all fought for control of what world region?

a)

Northern Ireland

b)

Jerusalem

c)

Constantinople

d)

Mecca

15.

At some time in their lives Muslims are to make a pilgrimage to what location?

a)

Rome

b)

Ganges River

c)

Mecca

d)

Jerusalem

16.

Which world religion lays claim to the largest number of followers?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Hinduism

17.

Which continent has a large number of people who follow the faith of animism?

a)

Asia

b)

North America

c)

Australia

d)

Africa

18.

Who is credited with the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in 1517?

a)

King Henry VIII

b)

Muhammad

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Siddharta Gautama

19.

The pagoda is a prominent visual element of what religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Judaism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Buddhism

20.

The scattering of the Jewish population was called the...

a)

Holocaust

b)

Schism

c)

Diaspora

d)

Reformation

21.

The most common form of disposal of bodies in India is...

a)

Air Burial

b)

Cremation

c)

Water Burial

d)

Ground Burial

22.

A person who does not believe in the existence of a god is a...

a)

Animist

b)

Agnostic

c)

Atheist

d)

Cosmogonist

23.

How many adherents in Christianity worldwide?

a)

2 billion

b)

500 million

c)

300 million

d)

1 billion

24.

What religion's foundation is based on the Four Noble Truths?

a)

Catholicism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Islam

25.

Who is the founder of Judaism?

a)

Jesus

b)

Mohammad

c)

Abraham

d)

Siddhartha Gautama

26.

Is race and ethnicity often confused?

a)

NO

b)

Sometimes

c)

Often

d)

Yes

27.

The original group of people for which the term “ghetto” was used to describe where they lived was

a)

European Jews

b)

African Americans

c)

Japanese internment camps during WWII

d)

Arab Muslims

28.

Why is conflict so widespread in Africa today?

a)

Because of Napoleon’s invasion into Africa in the nineteenth century, taking over the entire Sudan region

b)

European imperialism in the late nineteenth century, where boundaries were drawn with little regard to ethnic distributions

c)

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, newly independent African states began to experience civil conflict over control of the country

d)

The Treaty of Versailles, where European countries settled the balance of power after World War I

29.

"White Flight" is

a)

Movement of Whites from northern cities to southern cities

b)

Establishment of suburbs by mostly whites

c)

Emigration of Whites from an area Blacks were anticipated to move to

d)

Decrease in percentage of Whites because of Black migration from the Southeast

30.

The “separate but equal” doctrine was legally upheld by SCOTUS in the 19th century with

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

The Missouri Compromise

d)

The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution

e)

Dred Scott v. Stanford

31.

What was the strongest pull factor for African Americans to migrate to the North around WWI and WWII?

a)

Jobs in industrial cities

b)

Jobs in agriculture

c)

Freedom from slavery

d)

Promise of land

32.

What is the unethical real estate practice of instilling fear in white homeowners to sell quickly, and then selling to black families at much higher prices?

a)

Redlining

b)

Gerrymandering

c)

Gentrification

d)

Blockbusting

e)

White Flight

33.

When Arabic traders mixed their language with Africans, Swahili developed. This is an example of

a)

isogloss

b)

syncretism

c)

acculturation

d)

assimilation

e)

distance decay

34.

Apartheid was a policy found in ___________________ during the late 20th century.

a)

Kenya

b)

South Africa

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Sudan

35.

1. An ethnicity is defined as

a)

A group of people with similar physical characteristics

b)

A group of people who share a common identity

c)

A group of people with a common history

d)

A group of people with a similar religion

36.

How does "ethnicity" differ from "race?"

a)

ethnicity implies a religious affiliation, race does not

b)

there is no difference in common usage

c)

race is a physiological concept, ethnicity is not linked to genetics

d)

ethnicity is something to which we choose to belong; race is assigned

37.

1. Regarding "ethnicity" the most numerous group in the United States today is:

a)

a. Native Americans

b)

a. African-Americans

c)

Latinos/ Hispanics

d)

Asian Americans

38.

1. Sharecropping worked better for some southern whites than slavery in following reasons EXCEPT

a)

a. Black sharecroppers paid rent to use the land in crops to the landowner

b)

a. Landowners charged high prices and interests, keeping sharecropper indebted further

c)

a. Instead of growing food to eat, sharecroppers forced to grow cash crops for landowner

d)

a. Landowners had to provide for the sharecroppers housing

39.

1. Which of the following groups represent a nation without a state?

a)

a. Israelis

b)

a. Turks

c)

a. Armenians

d)

a. Kurds

40.

1. Which of these nations can be defined as a multinational state?

a)

a. United Kingdom

b)

a. France

c)

a. Greece

d)

a. Denmark

41.

1. The creation of which two countries caused massive migration of Hindus and Muslims in 1947?

a)

a. Indonesia and Malaysia

b)

a. Pakistan and India

c)

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

d)

a. Afghanistan and Iran

42.

1. Boundaries drawn by European countries for newly independent countries in Africa have been problematic because they

a)

a. did not follow physical features of the landscape

b)

created countries with too much landspace to effectively govern

c)

a. ignored tribal cultural boundaries and fueled rivalry to divide and conquer

43.

The slaughter and/or forced removal of one ethnic group from its homes and lands by another ethnic group is called:

a)

a. Sharia extermination

b)

religious fundamentalism

c)

a. ethnic cleansing

d)

a. reincarnation

44.

The type of religious architecture that does NOT have a common design style is

a)

Islamic mosques

b)

Hindu shrines

c)

Jewish synagogues

d)

Christian cathedrals

e)

Buddhist pagodas

45.

The Abrahamic tradition is most distinct from the Hindu-Buddhist tradition in

a)

the willingness of Abrahamic devotees to slaughter members of other religions

b)

the belief in a higher plane of existence

c)

the belief in continued existence after death

d)

the absence of the Abrahamic tradition from Southeast Asia and the Oceanic

regions

e)

the difference between monotheism and polytheism

APHG Ch 6&7

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 26mins

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