1. Chapter 6- Religions Review

2. 1. What do all 3 Western religions have in common?
They are ethnic religions
They have no denominations
Their origins are with individual men or prophets
They are polytheistic

3. 2. For which of these is Jerusalem a sacred place?
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
All of the above

4. 3. What is “a small group that has broken away from an established church”?
religion
branch
fundamentalist
sect

5. 4. Who is the central figure in Islam?
Mohammad
Jesus
Abraham
Adam

6. 5. What is the place of worship called for Judaism?
Church
Temple
Mosque
Bat Mitzvah

7. 6. What is the world’s largest universalizing religion?
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
Judaism

8. 7. Which of the following is NOT a universalizing religion?
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
All of the above

9. 8. For the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been:
Concentrated in the US
Dispersed around the world
Nomads herding sheep
Forced to live in ghettos

10. 9. Which is NOT a branch of Islam
Sunni
Sikh
Shiite

11. 10. Which is the dominant branch of Islam?
Shiite
Sunni

12. 11. Which religion has controlled most of the Holy Land for the past 1,500 years?
Christianity
Judaism
Islam

13. 12. Which is NOT a primary belief of Christianity?
Monotheistic
Jesus
4 Noble Truths
Bible

14. 13. Which is not a primary belief of Islam?
Kosher
Mohammad
Monotheistic
Quran

15. 14. What is “the spread of culture through people moving to new places”?
Pilgrimage
Relocation Diffusion
Missionary
Universalizing

16. 15. Which is NOT a central belief of Buddhism?
8 Fold Path
4 Noble Truths
Crusade
Enlightenment

17. 16. Which is NOT a central belief of Hinduism?
Karma
Reincarnation
Caste system
Universalizing

18. 17. Which is NOT a branch of Christianity?
Lutheran
Catholic
Eastern Orthodox
Protestant

19. 18. In what area of the world do most Muslims live?
Latin America, Western Hemisphere
North Africa, Southwest Asia
India
China, Southeast Asia

20. 19. Which is NOT a branch of Christianity?
Mahayana
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Protestant

21. 20. Which continent is NOT primarily Christian?
North America
South America
Asia
Europe

22. 21. What is a religion that “appeals to people everywhere”?
Ethnic religion
Universalizing religion

23. 22. What is a religion that “appeals to one group in one place”?
Ethnic religion
Universalizing religion

24. 23. What is “a large and fundamental division with in a religion”?
sect
group
branch
church

25. 24. While the Theravadist branch of Buddhism is about self-help, the Mahayana branch is about:
Karma
Avoidance
Caste system
Compassion

26. 25. What is the holiest site in Islam?
Al-Ka’ba
Jerusalem
Mosque
Istanbul

27. 26. What happened when the Muslims disagreed over who should succeed Mohammad?
The religion disappeared
They came to an agreement
There was a series of wars
The 2 branches formed

28. 27. Which worship building is NOT sanctified?
Mosque
Church
Temple
Synagogue

29. 28. Which is NOT a branch of Buddhism?
Mahayana
Animist
Theravada

30. 29. What is “a source of key values and beliefs for people?”
Religion
Spirits
Paganism
Atheist

31. 30. Which is NOT an ethnic religion?
Hinduism
Daoism
Buddhism
Judaism

32. 31. What is a religion that “has unknown origins”?
Ethnic religion
Universalizing religion

33. 32. What has happened to Israel since its formation into a state?
Stayed the same
Shrank
Got Bigger

34. 32. What is the proper ranking of religions by # of followers?
Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism
Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism

35. 33. What CITY is this location?
Jerusalem
Mecca
Vatican City
Bethlehem

36. 34. What COUNTRY is this location?
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Egypt
Iran

37. 35. What CITY is this location?
Mecca
Medina
Istanbul
Jerusalem