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Ethnicity/Religion Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 3hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Adherents of which religion are also likely to believe in other religions simultaneously?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

2.

For most of the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been

a)

Highly clustered in present-day Israel.

b)

Forced to live in ghettos.

c)

Highly concentrated in the United States

d)

Dispersed around the world.

3.

Which of the following is currently the most important religion in the homeland of the man who founded it?

a)

Christianity

b)

Shintoism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Islam

4.

List the following in order of most followers to least followers

a)

Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism

b)

Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism

c)

Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism

d)

Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism

5.

Which of the following is not considered a Christian church?

a)

Bahá'í

b)

Armenian

c)

Maronite

d)

Coptic

e)

Latter-Day Saints

6.

Mahayanists, in contrast to Theravadists, emphasize Buddha's:

a)

wisdom.

b)

life of self-help.

c)

practice of meditation.

d)

compassion.

e)

renouncing of worldly goods.

7.

The division of Islam into branches resulted from a disagreement:

a)

between northern and southern geographic regions.

b)

between the Shah of Iran and Saddam Hussein.

c)

over interpretation of the Quran.

d)

over which of Mohammed's relatives should succeed him.

e)

between Muslims and Christians.

8.

The agricultural calendar is relatively unimportant to which type of religions?

a)

Ethnic

b)

Universalizing

c)

Animists

d)

Pagan

9.

Which universalizing religion is the fastest growing worldwide?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

10.

Which of the following is NOT a branch of Christianity?

a)

Orthodox

b)

Lutheran

c)

Protestant

d)

Roman Catholicism

11.

A large and fundamental division within a religion is a:

a)

Sect

b)

Branch

c)

Denomination

d)

Dialect

12.

A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a:

a)

Denomination

b)

Branch

c)

Sect

d)

Family

13.

Roman Catholics are clustered in the U.S. southwest primarily because of migration of:

a)

Roman Catholics from Latin America

b)

Roman Catholics from Ireland

c)

Roman Catholics from the northeast U.S.

d)

Roman Catholics from Italy

14.

What are the two branches of Islam (mark 2 answers)?

a)

Shiite/Shia

b)

Sunny

c)

Sunni

d)

Animist

15.

Where is the largest concentration of muslims?

a)

Indonesia

b)

Central Asia

c)

Middle East Asia

d)

Western Europe

16.

Where are most Shia Muslims concentrated?

a)

Armenia

b)

Iraq

c)

Turkey

d)

Iran

17.

A universalizing religion?

a)

Is based on the physical characteristics for particular location on Earth

b)

Appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations

c)

Is rarely transmitted through missionaries

d)

Has celebrations based on seasonal changes

18.

Which of the following is NOT a universalizing religion?

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

d)

Buddhism

19.

A mosque differs from a church, because a mosque

a)

is not a place of worship

b)

Contains relics of the founder

c)

is decorated with scenes from the life of Mohammed

d)

is not a sanctified place

20.

When geographers study the sites where religions originated as well as the processes by which those religions diffused to other locations, they are focusing on the:

a)

geo-religious linkages of the non-material culture.

b)

role of history in the social evolution and diffusion

c)

spatial connections/associations in religion with reference to unique characteristics

d)

the degree to lack of spatial connections in religion.

21.

What is the most important aspect to organizing space in a ethnic religion?

a)

Sermons and prayer administrative areas

b)

Physical elements to a landscape

c)

Mystical elements of a landscape

d)

There are not important elements to ethnic religions

22.

What is a Hajj?

a)

The most important pilgrimage to a Muslim

b)

A re-enactment of Abraham's deed to Allah in exchange for the holy land

c)

One of the 5 pillars of Islam

d)

All the above are correct

e)

A ritual that circles the Ka'aba

23.

Cremation is more important than burial in which religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Hinduism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Christianity

24.

Which of the following is a holy site for Islam?

a)

Mecca

b)

Medina

c)

Jerusalem

d)

All the above

25.

Islam is different from Christianity in which of the following ways?

a)

Do not believe in the prophet Abraham

b)

Do not believe in monotheism

c)

Do not believe in converting others

d)

Do not believe in religious hierarchy

26.

Christianity is seen as

a)

Autonomous Religion

b)

Hierarchical Religion

c)

Universalizing Religion

d)

Both 2 and 3 are correct

e)

All the above

27.

Which of the following is the MOST autonomous religion? (Not followers of an autonomous religion)

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Hinduism

d)

Mormonism

28.

Which of the following is NOT an autonomous religion?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Islam

c)

Roman Catholicism

d)

Christianity

e)

Both 3 and 4 are correct

29.

Unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism:

a)

worships more than one god.

b)

was not begun by an individual founder.

c)

diffused primarily by colonization.

d)

was founded in China.

e)

remained concentrated in one region of the world.

30.

The religious war in Ireland is disputed between?

a)

Puritans in the South and Roman Catholics in the North

b)

Puritans in the North and Roman Catholics in the South

c)

Protestants in the South and Roman Catholics in the South

d)

Roman Catholics in the South and Protestants in the North

31.

Much of the conflict in Northern Ireland today is an indirect result of:

a)

the Norman invasion of 1066.

b)

the English colonization of Ireland.

c)

migration from southern Europe and north Africa.

d)

the physical geography of the island creating a division.

e)

Irish Catholics migrating northward into the territory.

32.

Holy Wars between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have over

a)

The control of the World

b)

The control of Rome

c)

The control of Constantinople

d)

The control of Jerusalem

33.

Palestinians include all but which of the following groups?

a)

Muslim citizens of Israel

b)

Jewish citizens of Israel

c)

residents of refugee camps surrounding Israel

d)

residents of territories occupied by Israel

e)

citizens of other states calling themselves Palestinians

34.

The situation in Northern Ireland is the result of:

a)

counties in Northern Ireland voting to remain in the United Kingdom.

b)

Catholic protest against discrimination by Protestants.

c)

British colonial control which contributed to poor economic conditions.

d)

violence committed by extreme partisans on both sides.

e)

All of the reasons given have contributed to the situation.

35.

Israel's population centers are?

a)

Clustered along international borders

b)

Clustered along the Jordan Sea

c)

Dispersed throughout the country

d)

Dispersed along international borders

36.

This map demonstrates:

a)

Protestants are clustered in western Belfast.

b)

Catholics are clustered in Northern Ireland.

c)

Catholics are clustered in western Belfast.

d)

Catholics are clustered in eastern Belfast.

e)

people are well dispersed by religious adherence.

37.

Which group banned Western and Non-Islamic activities?

a)

Wallons

b)

Al Qaeda

c)

Turks

d)

Taliban

38.

Which anti-semitic party does not recognize the state of Israel?

a)

PLO

b)

Mujahadeen

c)

Fatah

d)

Hamas