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1
Which is a valid statement about the role of religion in modern India?
Religion has lost most of its influence and importance.
Buddhism has replaced Hinduism as the major religion.
Religion and politics are rigidly separated.
Religious beliefs and social structure are closely related.
2
Which belief is most closely associated with the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)?
People can overcome their desires by following the Eight-Fold Path.
Believers must follow the Ten Commandments.
People are born into a specific caste.
Followers must fast during Ramadan.
3
Jews, Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
True
False
4
The sacred text of Christianity is
The Bhagavad-Gita
The Torah
The Bible
The Rig-Veda
5
Judaism, Islam and Christianity share a belief in Muhammad as a prophet.
True
False
6
While we may know them as Genies, Jinn are semi-spiritual beings who serve as intermediaries in which belief system?
Buddhism
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
7
The religious terms Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, and nirvana are most closely associated with
Confucianism
Buddhism
Islam
Judaism
8
In Jewish religious tradition, a Golem may be animated by speaking God's name to it.
True
False
9
This image is most representative of which belief system?
Confucianism
Hinduism
Judaism
Buddhism
10
Which belief system is most likely to be ACTIVELY supportive of vegetarian lifestyle?
Confucianism
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
11
This image is most representative of which belief system?
Judaism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Confucianism
12
Which of the following is not associated with Islam?
The Eightfold Path
Mohammad
The Qur'an (Koran)
The five pillars
13
An idolator is someone who worships or admires an idol.
True
False
14
As a Jewish individual, Jesus supported actions in accordance with the Ten Commandments
False
True
15
As a member of the warrior class in India, Arjuna had the primary sacred duty of fighting righteous battles.
True
False
16
The sacred texts of Hinduism are the Vedas, Upanishads and the Mahabarata
True
False
17
This image is most representative of which world belief system?
Judaism
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
18
Monotheism, in its efforts to bring together a wide variety of beliefs, both incorporated and condemned polytheism.
False
True
19
The name of the founder of Judaism
Muhammad
Abraham
Siddhartha Gautama
Jesus Christ
20
Muslims pray five times a day facing which holy city?
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Mecca
Medina
21
Christianity and Islam are similar in that both
have the same religious holidays
have practiced a strict code of nonviolence
are polytheistic religions
have roots in Judaism
22
Modern Dalit women in India still face systemic impacts in relation to which faith-based code of conduct?
The Eightfold Path
The Four Noble Truths
The five relationships
The caste system
23
Which values are most closely associated with the fundamental principles of Buddhism?
competition and financial success
practicing nonviolence and giving up worldly desires
maintaining the caste system and providing education for all people
self-determination and democracy
24
Which is NOT central to the Five Pillars of Islam
Ritual prayer
Paying alms to the poor
Meditation
Fasting
25
Judiasm, Islam and Christianity all have origins in the Middle East
True
False
26
This holy city was located at a crossroads; it was an established center of trade between Africa, Europe and Asia.
Jerusalem
Mecca
Bethlehem
Medina
27
In ancient India, a person's caste determined their occupation.
True
False
28
Which belief is shared by Hindus and Buddhists?
People should pray five times a day.
Everyone should have the same social status.
Material wealth is a sign of the blessing of the gods.
The soul can be reincarnated.
29
One similarity between the Five Pillars of Islam and the Ten Commandments is that both:
promote learning as a means to salvation
encourage the use of statues to symbolize God
provide a guide to proper ethical and moral behavior
support a belief in reincarnation
30
Select the term for a follower of Islam
Christian
Jew
Muslim
Hindu
31
A major result of the development of Judaism was
the spreading of religion and culture to China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
It signified the first time that multiple religions coexisted in Babylonia.
the spawning of other monotheistic faiths like Christianity and Islam.
religious tolerance in the Roman Empire.
32
The terms Brahma, dharma, and moksha are most closely associated with Buddhism.
True
False
33
Jesus agreed with Hammurabi's strict law code, which included the premise of "an eye for an eye."
True
False
34
The statue below represents the founder of which belief system?
Confusianism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
35
According to Buddhist principles, believers can end personal suffering by
eliminating selfish desires
making pilgrimages to Mecca
engaging in fasting and prayer
relying on divine help