Question 1

What is the nature of religion? What role has religion played in the development of human societies?

Accepted Answer

There are many different religions with

Question 2

Religious beliefs, institutions, and rituals have been a major element in most societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

When Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, a new calendar beginning at year zero was introduced.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In her book The Mighty and the Almighty, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright argues that interfaith religious efforts are central to solving major conflicts in the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Religious beliefs usually support custom and tradition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Six million Jews were killed in Europe during the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Crusades. 
B)  Hundred Years War. 
C)  Holocaust. 
D)  Thirty Years War. 
A)  Crusades. 
B)  Hundred Years War. 
C)  Holocaust. 
D)  Thirty Years War.

Question 7

In India a "perfect language" was developed to preserve religious traditions. This language is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  Sanskrit. 
B)  Arabic. 
C)  Chinese. 
D)  Greek. 
A)  Sanskrit. 
B)  Arabic. 
C)  Chinese. 
D)  Greek.

Question 8

A major religion without a deity or a personal concept of God is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Christianity. 
B)  Islam. 
C)  Buddhism. 
D)  Judaism. 
A)  Christianity. 
B)  Islam. 
C)  Buddhism. 
D)  Judaism.

Question 9

Bodhisattvas are people who have already entered Nirvana.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Islam spread from Spain to the Philippines from the:

Accepted Answer

A)  second century to the fourth century. 
B)  first century to the third century. 
C)  twelfth century to the fourteenth century. 
D)  seventh century to the eighteenth century. 
A)  second century to the fourth century. 
B)  first century to the third century. 
C)  twelfth century to the fourteenth century. 
D)  seventh century to the eighteenth century.

Question 11

Sikh is derived from the Hindu word meaning:

Accepted Answer

A)  "source of life." 
B)  "expansive force." 
C)  "disciple." 
D)  "the enlightened one." 
A)  "source of life." 
B)  "expansive force." 
C)  "disciple." 
D)  "the enlightened one."

Question 12

Rousseau referred to religious beliefs that led people to want to live according to the laws of the land as:

Accepted Answer

A)  public religion. 
B)  legal religion. 
C)  state religion. 
D)  civil religion. 
A)  public religion. 
B)  legal religion. 
C)  state religion. 
D)  civil religion.

Question 13

The core of Buddha's teaching is:

Accepted Answer

A)  assertiveness and confidence. 
B)  pleasure and profit. 
C)  greed and success. 
D)  gentleness, compassion, rationality, and moderation. 
A)  assertiveness and confidence. 
B)  pleasure and profit. 
C)  greed and success. 
D)  gentleness, compassion, rationality, and moderation.

Question 14

John Calvin and John Knox were leaders of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  first trade mission to China. 
B)  Orthodox Church. 
C)  Protestant Reformation. 
D)  Catholic counter-reformation. 
A)  first trade mission to China. 
B)  Orthodox Church. 
C)  Protestant Reformation. 
D)  Catholic counter-reformation.

Question 15

In Hinduism only gods must die and be reborn.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Judaism was the first great religion to:

Accepted Answer

A)  develop a belief in many gods. 
B)  not have a belief in any creator god. 
C)  develop a clear concept of a single God of all. 
D)  be based on nature spirits. 
A)  develop a belief in many gods. 
B)  not have a belief in any creator god. 
C)  develop a clear concept of a single God of all. 
D)  be based on nature spirits.

Question 17

Jews in Europe were forced to live in special sections of cities called:

Accepted Answer

A)  sectors. 
B)  ghettos. 
C)  precincts. 
D)  wards. 
A)  sectors. 
B)  ghettos. 
C)  precincts. 
D)  wards.

Question 18

Prejudice against the Jews is called anti-Semitism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which religious identification does most of the world's population claim?

Accepted Answer

A)  Buddhist. 
B)  Muslim. 
C)  Hindu. 
D)  Christian. 
A)  Buddhist. 
B)  Muslim. 
C)  Hindu. 
D)  Christian.

Question 20

Jihad in Arabic means a sacred war against the Western world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 10: Religion

What is the nature of religion? What role has religion played in the development of human societies?

Religious beliefs, institutions, and rituals have been a major element in most societies.

When Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, a new calendar beginning at year zero was introduced.

In her book The Mighty and the Almighty, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright argues that interfaith religious efforts are central to solving major conflicts in the world.

Religious beliefs usually support custom and tradition.

Six million Jews were killed in Europe during the:

In India a "perfect language" was developed to preserve religious traditions. This language is called:

A major religion without a deity or a personal concept of God is:

Bodhisattvas are people who have already entered Nirvana.

Islam spread from Spain to the Philippines from the:

Sikh is derived from the Hindu word meaning:

Rousseau referred to religious beliefs that led people to want to live according to the laws of the land as:

The core of Buddha's teaching is:

John Calvin and John Knox were leaders of the:

In Hinduism only gods must die and be reborn.

Judaism was the first great religion to:

Jews in Europe were forced to live in special sections of cities called:

Prejudice against the Jews is called anti-Semitism.

Which religious identification does most of the world's population claim?

Jihad in Arabic means a sacred war against the Western world.

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