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APHUG: Religions

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The world's largest universalizing religion is?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

e)

Shintoism

2.

The world's four largest religions in terms of total number of adherents include all but which of the following?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Judaism

c)

Christianity

d)

Buddhism

e)

Islam

3.

Chinese tradition and African traditional represent which type of religion?

a)

unaffiliated

b)

ethnic

c)

folk

d)

universalizing

e)

syncretic

4.

______ is the belief that the existence of God cannot be proven empirically.

a)

assimilation

b)

atheism

c)

amalgamation

d)

unaffiliation

e)

agnosticism

5.

The world's largest ethnic religion is...

a)

Daoism

b)

Shintoism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Confucianism

e)

Islam

6.

A religion that is spatially widespread and philosophically inclusive of all potential adherents is described as a(n) ______ religion.

a)

folk

b)

universalizing

c)

tribal

d)

ethnic

e)

animistic

7.

An ethnic religion is...

a)

appealing mostly to one group of people in one place

b)

based on belief in one particular spiritual leader

c)

based on only one leader

d)

more peaceful than a universalizing religion

e)

younger than a universalizing religion

8.

Almost 90 percent of people in the Western Hemisphere claim adherence to...

a)

Christianity

b)

Fundamentalist and nondenominational Christian churches

c)

Roman Catholicism

d)

Protestantism

e)

Eastern Orthodoxy

9.

A number of local congregations united in a single and legal administrative body is a...

a)

denomination

b)

sect

c)

branch

d)

dialect

e)

family

10.

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

a)

sect

b)

denomination

c)

family

d)

dialect

e)

branch

11.

Which is a branch of Christianity?

a)

Druze

b)

Shi'ite

c)

Eastern Orthodox

d)

Judaism

e)

Theravadist

12.

Suuni and Shi'ite represent branches of Islam based on...

a)

socioeconomic status

b)

profession

c)

ethnicity

d)

religious calendars

e)

disputes over religious leadership

13.

_______ is the founder of Buddhism.

a)

Lao-Zi

b)

Guru Nanak

c)

Siddhartha Gautama

d)

Confucius

e)

Dalai Lama

14.

This religion is a polytheistic faith.

a)

Hinduism

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

d)

Cao Dai

e)

Sikhism

15.

Chinese traditional religions are _______, in that they combine several traditions.

a)

animistic

b)

spiritist

c)

syncretic

d)

shamanistic

e)

synchronized

16.

Animism is...

a)

the reverence of all mammals

b)

the belief that cows are sacred

c)

the belief that inanimate objects and natural events have a discrete spirit and conscious life

d)

another term for vegetarian

e)

the combined reverence of mammals and birds

17.

The belief in the existence of only one god is...

a)

pagan

b)

cosmogony

c)

monotheism

d)

polytheism

e)

animism

18.

The split between the Roman Catholic branch and the Orthodox branch of Christianity was due to a(n)...

a)

unmanageable territory of the Roman Empire

b)

presence of a large Jewish diaspora in Rome

c)

migration of the Orthodox Christians east

d)

rivalry between the Pope of Rome and the Patriarchy of Constantinople

e)

diffusion of Islam

19.

Protestantism originated with...

a)

the principles of Reformation and the theses of Martin Luther

b)

the Black Plague

c)

the Potato Famine

d)

Ferdinand and Isabella funding Columbus

e)

the rivalry between the Pope of Rome and the Patriarchy of Constantinople

20.

The core of Islamic beliefs rests on...

a)

the Four Noble Truths

b)

the 95 Theses of Reformation

c)

the Eightfold Path

d)

the Four Gospels

e)

the Five Pillars

21.

Buddhism is founded on the Four Noble Truths, which include all but...

a)

suffering leads to rebirth

b)

Nirvana is the goal

c)

Nirvana is obtained through an Eightfold Path

d)

all living things must endure suffering

e)

Nirvana is attained as a community of believers, it is not an individual pursuit