Question 1

It is reasonable to hypothesize that during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) when some Irish soldiers deserted from the U.S. Army to join the Mexican Army instead, most were at least partly motivated by

Accepted Answer

A)  feelings of loyalty toward fellow Roman Catholics. 
B)  feelings of loyalty toward fellow Protestant immigrants. 
C)  feelings of loyalty toward nonreligious immigrants. 
D)  anti-war philosophies prevalent in the Protestantism of the time. 
E)  the commands of Protestant church leaders.

Question 2

The maps in this chapter indicate that in Australia and the South Pacific,

Accepted Answer

A)  more than half of the people are Protestant. 
B)  less than half of the people are Protestant. 
C)  about half of the people are Catholic. 
D)  about one-fourth of the people are animists. 
E)  more than half of the people are nonreligious.

Question 3

-According to this map, the landscape of Quebec is distinguished from neighboring Canadian provinces and the United States partly because it

Accepted Answer

A)  has toponyms from non Indo-European languages. 
B)  is not predominantly Christian. 
C)  has numerous religious toponyms. 
D)  may become part of France again. 
E)  displays numerous examples of religious tolerance.

Question 4

The Julian and Gregorian calendars are

Accepted Answer

A)  designed to celebrate religiously notable events in East Asia. 
B)  lunar calendars. 
C)  Christian calendars that are now used as standard calendars in much of the world. 
D)  Christian calendars that have been replaced by scientific, nonreligious calendars. 
E)  pre-Christian calendars.

Question 5

Almost 90 percent of people in the Western Hemisphere claim adherence to

Accepted Answer

A)  Christianity. 
B)  Roman Catholicism. 
C)  Protestantism. 
D)  Eastern Orthodoxy. 
E)  fundamentalist and nondenominational Christian churches.

Question 6

Natural landscape features are the holiest places in Islam.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following would we be more likely to classify as a characteristic of an ethnic religion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Priests build temples in cities around the world. 
B)  Priests travel across the world to establish missions on remote islands. 
C)  A religious leader proclaims that you cannot join her church as a full member unless you bring two or three people with you, as converts to her religion. 
D)  The religious calendar is based largely on seasonal changes in a particular region. 
E)  The adherents of a church pledge that they will not support warfare in any form.

Question 8

Jerusalem is a holy city to all three major universalizing religions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The dominant branch of Islam is

Accepted Answer

A)  Druze. 
B)  Eastern Orthodoxy. 
C)  Sikh. 
D)  Sunni. 
E)  Shiite.

Question 10

-Analysis of this map indicates that in Germany,

Accepted Answer

A)  Catholics are the majority in the north, while Protestants are the majority in the west and southeast. 
B)  Catholics are the majority in the west and southeast, while Protestants are the majority in the north. 
C)  The majority are nonreligious in the center and north, while Catholics are the majority in the south. 
D)  Protestants account for the majority in every region of the country. 
E)  Catholics are the majority throughout the country.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A)  highly clustered in present-day Israel. 
B)  dispersed around the world. 
C)  concentrated in the United States. 
D)  forced to live in ghettos. 
E)  nomads herding sheep.

Question 12

Imagine that you are a citizen of Israel and a Muslim. What would you do to try to improve relations between religious, national, and ethnic groups in Israel?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Imagine that you are a citizen of...

Question 13

-When analyzing the maps in this chapter, we can infer that in France,

Accepted Answer

A)  most of the people are Protestant. 
B)  most of the people are Catholic. 
C)  about half of the people are Catholic and half are Protestant. 
D)  about one-fourth of the people are animists. 
E)  the vast majority of the people are nonreligious.

Question 14

A universalizing religion

Accepted Answer

A)  is based on the physical characteristics of a particular location on Earth. 
B)  appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations. 
C)  is rarely transmitted through missionaries. 
D)  has celebrations that are almost entirely based on seasonal changes. 
E)  is less likely to be used as a reason for violence than ethnic religions.

Question 15

The United Nations partition plan dividing Palestine placed Jerusalem under

Accepted Answer

A)  a British Mandate. 
B)  Palestinian administration. 
C)  Israeli administration. 
D)  divided administration. 
E)  United Nations administration.

Question 16

It is reasonable to surmise that historically, when signs were posted in store windows warning "No Irish Need Apply," the store owner may also have been

Accepted Answer

A)  a Protestant discriminating against Roman Catholic immigrants. 
B)  a Roman Catholic discriminating against Jewish and Protestant immigrants. 
C)  a Roman Catholic from Ireland. 
D)  a nonreligious entrepreneur discriminating against all religious adherents. 
E)  a Protestant attempting to welcome Roman Catholics but not Jewish immigrants.

Question 17

The world's largest ethnic religion is

Accepted Answer

A)  Confucianism. 
B)  Daoism. 
C)  Hinduism. 
D)  Shintoism. 
E)  Islam.

Question 18

-The charts in this chapter indicate that in the world population,

Accepted Answer

A)  about half of the people are nonreligious. 
B)  there are more Muslims than Hindus. 
C)  there are more Catholics than Muslims. 
D)  there are more Muslims than Christians. 
E)  there are more Buddhists than Hindus.

Question 19

Which is a branch of Christianity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Druze 
B)  Eastern Orthodox 
C)  Shiite 
D)  Theravadist 
E)  Judaism

Question 20

A person attempting to detect ________ within forests and streams would likely be an animist.

Accepted Answer

A)  physical markings 
B)  voices or personalities 
C)  inspiration for beautiful art 
D)  evidence of past missionary activities 
E)  inspiration for religious texts

Exam 6: Religions