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WorksheetsHistorical Foundations of Religion Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Geography is best defined as the study of:
Beliefs and values
Places and the relationship between people and their environment
Ancient writings
Human origins
Culture refers to:
Physical landforms
Ways of life, beliefs, and values passed through generations
Weather patterns
Types of government
Ancient Egyptian gods are commonly represented as:
Fully human
Fully animal
Half-animal and half-human
Invisible spirits
The center of Ancient Egyptian civilization is the:
Amazon River
Euphrates River
Nile River
Yellow River
Mesopotamia is located between which two rivers?
Nile and Congo
Tigris and Euphrates
Ganges and Indus
Yangtze and Yellow
Universal religions like Christianity and Islam:
Do not seek new members
Seek worldwide acceptance and converts
Are limited to one tribe
Are practiced only in Asia
Ethnic religions:
Actively convert people
Do not seek converts
Spread to all continents easily
Come only from Europe
Tribal religions believe in:
A single all-powerful God
Spirits living in mountains, stones, and trees
No spiritual beings at all
Only written scriptures
Which is a broad-based ethnic religion?
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Greeks and Romans are known as the:
Builders of ziggurats
Weavers of mythology
Founders of monotheism
Inventors of farming
Romans adopted many gods from the:
Egyptians
Greeks
Chinese
Africans
Roman religion originally focused on:
Agriculture
War
Navigation
Architecture
A positive effect of religion is:
Promoting discrimination
Encouraging ignorance
Giving moral values
Causing conflicts
The caste system is an example of religion:
Promoting equality
Affirming social hierarchy
Seeking global converts
Encouraging unity
The Crusades are an example of religion causing:
Social harmony
Conflict and war
Scientific progress
Cultural blending
Society refers to:
Only a group of farmers
An organized group of people sharing territory and interacting
A place with no culture
A group of travelers
Culture is passed down mainly through:
Punishment
Written rules alone
Communication and imitation
Government laws
Ancient religions developed strongly in Mesopotamia around:
500 BCE
3500 BCE
1000 CE
2500 CE
The Nile River is located in:
Europe
Africa
South America
Australia
The Chinese moral-religious system includes:
Confucianism and Taoism
Christianity and Judaism
Islam and Buddhism
Hinduism and Sikhism
A negative effect of religion is:
Moral guidance
Promoting unity
Explaining the unknown
Obstructing scientific development
Sati, the burning of widows, was practiced in:
China
India
Greece
Rome
The term used for religions that do not seek converts:
Universal religion
Scientific religion
Tribal religion
Ethnic religion
A belief in spirits in objects like stones, trees, and animals is common in:
Tribal religions
Universal religions
Monotheistic religions
Western philosophy
Egyptian religion is known for worshiping gods connected with:
Stars only
Human kings only
Nature and the afterlife
Mathematics and logic
