APHG Chapter 7 Religion Review

Both Islam and Hinduism diffused through the relocation process, but unlike Hinduism, Islam:

Which is not an ethnic Asian religion

What is the holiest book in Hinduism?

In Northern Ireland today, about what percent of the population is Protestant?

The first of the three major branches of Christianity to develop was:

Islam is predominate in northern __,while traditional religions are predominate in the south

Adherents of which religion are also likely to believe in other religions simultaneously?

The dominant branch of Islam is

The belief that inanimate objects (e.g. trees,mountains, boulders) contain spirits is 

Which European country was responsible forintroducing Christianity to Middle and South America

Zoroastrianism is similar to Islam and Christianity in that it is

In Egypt, Muslim radicals have destroyed one of the country’s major sources of income by:

Buddhism has its source in

The location of shrines in Hinduism is important because:

Which is a branch of Christianity?

The hearth of Islam

Buddhism has its source in

Palestinians include all but which of the following groups?

The Hindu cultural landscape is characterized bycountless shrines because

In the dominantly Christian USA there are actually more than __religious denominations.

Which of these is not a characteristic of an ethnic religion?

Caste system of socioeconomic segregation based on family and occupation is in

What are the two major branches of Islam?

Islamic villages and cities are dominated by elaborate, ornate, and magnificently designed:

Hinduism arose in the _____________ River valley.

The African country where a major cluster of Eastern Orthodox churches survive is

Mahayanists, in contrast to Theravadists, emphasizeBuddha's

The Yellow River is to Chinese Philosophy as the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are to __________

One of the unique characteristics of Hinduism is that it:

Geomancers, men who know the desires of the spirits are still a strong force in:

Which of the following is the "parent" of Buddhism?

When India became a state it declared itself to be a secular federation which means that:

The pagoda is the style of building most often associated with:

Modern Judaism has three main divisions. Which of the following is not one of these?

The goal of the majority of people living in Northern Irelandis to

A cornerstone of the Hindu faith is:

The precepts of Islam constituted is a revision and embellishment of___beliefs and traditions.

Which ethnic religion follows a lunar calendar?

Which of the following lists religions that all started in Southwest Asia?

The city of Jerusalem has sacred space that is bitterly contested by all except 

Muslims are clustered in

Which of the following has the highest concentration of Muslims

The faith that is most widely dispersed over the world is

In Nigeria today the    ?    religion has the greatest number of adherents.

In overwhelmingly Muslim Indonesia, what island remains a Hindu outpost?

The fundamental doctrine of Hinduism is:

The ideology of Zionism has as its goal:

In which region does shamanism currently have the highest presence

The former Soviet Union adopted _______________as its official religious policy.

Which of these is most associated with animism?

What policy did the British follow in India?

When the USSR collapsed, the religion that quickly revived in the Central Asian republics was:

The youngest of the major religions is:

Buddhism thrives in all these places EXCEPT

Which of the following Balkan associations is incorrect?

As Buddhism diffused to other lands, it lost ground in its source country which was:

Sikhism is a small compromise religion that arose from the confrontation between Hinduism and:

Sikhism is not a large religion, probably having no more than___million adherents.

voluntary travel by an adherent to a sacred site to participate in a ritual at the site

The Hindu religion, oldest of the great religions, may have begun   ?   years ago.

The rise of fundamentalism is a phenomenon that seems to afflict:

Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is the holiest site for which religion?

Historical geography of the dispersal of religions is better known than early languages b/c:

Beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are

Which religious group in India demanded independence & a proposed a state in the Punjab?

The fundamental doctrine of the Hindu faith is

Which of the following is not a universalizing religion?

Under Communism, Confucianism has been

The world's largest universalizing religion is

Especially important in Confucianism is to

Minarets are prominent in the architecture of which religions structures?

Which country is not one that straddles Africa’s transition zone between Islam & non-Islam?

In much of South and East Asia the Bodhi tree is protected and revered because:

The oldest religion to emerge west of the Indus valley is Judaism which emerged about: