Exam 3: Religious Symbols

Rituals that are performed according to a set temporal cycle are called:

An example of a membranophone is a:

Different Yoruba deities,or orisha,can be identified,in part,by the colors used in their representations.

A totem is symbol that is associated with a particular social group.

A symbol can be a physical thing,a sound,or a dance step.

The image of Lord Pakel on the carving in Temple of the Inscriptions is evidence of contact by astronauts from other worlds.

According to the Murngin of Australian,after death a person's spirit will:

A shell trumpet and a flute are examples of a(n):

The cross was an early symbol of Christianity and appears in First Century Christian art.

The Islamic calendar is:

Units of time that are not based upon astronomical movements include the:

The Islamic calendar is a solar calendar.

The ability to create new symbols is termed:

The appearance of the swastika in a Navaho weaving tells us that:

The ancient Maya used several calendar cycles simultaneously.There were two main cycles,one of 365 days and one of 185 days.

Among the Murngin of Australia,the ancestors and totemic spirits lived in a sacred water hole.

Differences in numbers of primary color terms in English and in Yoruba suggest that:

An early Christian symbol that predates the cross is the:

Calendars are important in many religious for the scheduling of periodic rituals.

The unit of time we call a week is an arbitrary unit.The number of days that make up a week varies among the world's societies.