World Religions Unit 1 Review

Question 1

Another word for a god or goddess is

Accepted Answer

deity

Question 2

The concept that everything including rocks and plants has a spirit is referred to as

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animism

Question 3

Both MLK and Gandhi

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all of the above

Question 4

Ahimsa refers to

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Non-violence to all living things

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of cultural appropriation of a sacred symbol

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wearing a Native Canadian feather headdress on Halloween

Question 6

Martin Luther King studied __ in university

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theology

Question 7

The belief in more than one god

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polytheism

Question 8

Someone who doubts that mankind can know whether a God or gods exists or not

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agnostic

Question 9

In which two countries did Gandhi fight to end discrimination

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South Africa and India

Question 10

The term Islamophobia is used to describe

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negative attitudes to people of the Muslim faith

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a sacred medicine?

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rosemary

Question 12

Someone who does not believe in the existence of a God or gods

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atheist

Question 13

Banned by the Can government in 1885 because White settlers thought it was wasteful

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Potlatch

Question 14

What is NOT generally an aspect of indigenous spirituality?

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sacred writings

Question 15

Banned by the Canadian government because White settlers found it gruesome

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Sun Dance

Question 16

Gandhi was raised in the ______ faith

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Hindu

Question 17

Christie Belcourt's stained glass window of the Residential School experience contains

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a sweat lodge ceremony

Question 18

Turtle Island in the Native creation myth refers to

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North America

Question 19

The four quadrants of the medicine wheel represent

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all of the above

Question 20

The study of religions which usually have a god or gods in them is called

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theology

Question 21

This word means the opposite of religious or sacred. Something that is not religious

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secular

Question 22

Which of the following characterizes a vision quest?

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all of the above

Question 23

Why do anthropologists believe that Neanderthals were religious 50,000 years ago?

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because of the way in which they buried their dead

Question 24

The fastest growing religion in Canada is

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Islam

Question 25

What method did Gandhi and MLK NOT use to bring about an end to injustice

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armed resistance

Question 26

A spiritual leader in Indigenous religions

Accepted Answer

shaman

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World Religions Unit 1 Review

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