World religions OVERALL REVIEW QUIZ CHARACTERISTICS & DIFFUSION

Question 1

What is the caste system?

Accepted Answer

System of dividing society into hereditary classes, Levels of social classes, Social classes based on position you are born into

Question 2

What religion[s] are polytheistic?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 3

What did Mohammed do?

Accepted Answer

Acted as messenger for Allah

Question 4

In the Hindu pantheon, there are how many gods?

Accepted Answer

33 million

Question 5

There is no real belief in a God or Creator...

Accepted Answer

Buddhism, Confucianism

Question 6

Buddhism began in Japan...

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Culture and religion, same or different?

Accepted Answer

Same

Question 8

The Caste system is part of Hindu belief and Indian law...

Accepted Answer

false

Question 9

What did Abraham do?

Accepted Answer

Made a covenant with God, Made an agreement with God

Question 10

What does Islam mean?

Accepted Answer

Submission, Peace

Question 11

The ACTUAL Buddha was...

Accepted Answer

a Hindu prince, a skinny ascetic

Question 12

Where did Kong Fuzi and Confucianism originate from?

Accepted Answer

Eastern hemisphere, Chine, China, Lu, China

Question 13

What are elements of culture?

Accepted Answer

Housing, Family structure, Rules, Beliefs

Question 14

What was the Buddha's better way to live?

Accepted Answer

The 8-fold path

Question 15

On land, there was the Silk road, just south in the water was another mode of diffusion...

Accepted Answer

Indian ocean trade

Question 16

What are the Abrahamic religions?

Accepted Answer

Christianity, Judaism, Islam

Question 17

Hinduism diffused from India by way of____shortly after the death of Siddartha.

Accepted Answer

huh???, it didn't diffuse

Question 18

What is the name of the Muslim holy book?

Accepted Answer

The Quar'an

Question 19

What religion[s] are non-theistic?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism, Confucianism

Question 20

Hinduism's focus is upon the alleviation of...

Accepted Answer

suffering

Question 21

Buddhism diffused to Japan and developed into the Japan-specific variety we call...

Accepted Answer

Zen Buddhism

Question 22

Aryan Vedas and vedism helped to generate...

Accepted Answer

Hindusim

Question 23

What are Mecca and Medina?

Accepted Answer

Cities

Question 24

Aryans are what??

Accepted Answer

from Northern India, south of the Himalayas, creators of the Vedas

Question 25

The 6 World religions studied in class did not include which of these?

Accepted Answer

Wicca

Question 26

What did Abraham do?

Accepted Answer

Made a covenant

Question 27

What are held within the Muslim Hadith?

Accepted Answer

Traditions, Things Muhammad said, Sayings, Daily practices

Question 28

Of the 6 World religions studied in class most of them came from which hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

East, North

Question 29

Confucianism WAS a state religion until 200CE WHERE?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 30

Why did the Buddha leave his life as a Hindu prince?

Accepted Answer

He saw suffering and wanted to find a way to decrease it, He did not agree with the Hindu caste system

Question 31

Confucianism is...

Accepted Answer

Non-theistic

Question 32

What is the name of the Christian holy book?

Accepted Answer

The Bible

Question 33

In the Hindu religion, what happens wen someone dies?

Accepted Answer

They are reborn, Their 'karma points' are added-up, They are reincarnated

Question 34

What religion did the Buddha leave?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 35

In Hindu belief, your ATMAN is your eternal, ever-reincarnating...

Accepted Answer

Your soul

Question 36

Culture/religion, are these concepts fairly similar or more different?

Accepted Answer

More similar

Question 37

What is the Jewish holy book called?

Accepted Answer

The Torah

Question 38

Which was the second Abrahamic religion?

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 39

What is an ideology?

Accepted Answer

The golden rule, A set of ideas/beliefs/values

Question 40

Who was Kong FuzI?

Accepted Answer

A Chinese man

Question 41

What are usual elements of many cultures?

Accepted Answer

Beliefs, Social practices

Question 42

What religion[s] did the Vedic religion help to start?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 43

What does karma measure?

Accepted Answer

Good deeds, Bad deeds

Question 44

Where did Aryans come from/go to?

Accepted Answer

Came from Central Asia, went to Indus Valley civilization, Came from Central Asia, went to India

Question 45

Buddhism spread through India during the ____ empire

Accepted Answer

Mauryan

Question 46

The Hindus all believe that the Earth was created by a...

Accepted Answer

they don't all agree

Question 47

Nirvana and Enlightenment are...

Accepted Answer

both occur in Eastern belief systems, similar

Question 48

Which is the first of the Abrahamic religions?

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 49

Which of these is a missionary religion?

Accepted Answer

Christianity, Confucianism

Question 50

What does it mean to meditate?

Accepted Answer

To focus one's mind, Relaxing/thinking with others or alone quietly or w/chanting, To think deeply

Question 51

Define hereditary (what is a hereditary element of a belief system)?

Accepted Answer

Nature over nurture, A characteristic you got from your parents

Question 52

What are elements or pieces of a religion?

Accepted Answer

Hairstyles, Rules

Question 53

Which is the third of the Abrahamic religions?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 54

What are elements of many religions?

Accepted Answer

Holidays, Ceremonies

Question 55

The Buddha is a Hindu member of the Brahman

Accepted Answer

false, No, he was a lower caste, a prince

Question 56

Who is at the bottom of the Hindu caste system?

Accepted Answer

Untouchables

Question 57

What religion[s] did the Vedic religion help to start?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 58

Reincarnation is an example of an element of Hinduism that diffused into...

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 59

A person can work out of their caste during their lifetime if they work at it...

Accepted Answer

nope, once you're an untouchable-you're always in the caste, that's not true

Question 60

Define a state religion

Accepted Answer

Religion officially endorsed by the government/state

Question 61

Which of these is a missionary religion?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 62

Most of the 6 World relgiions studied in class originated on what continent?

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 63

Which World religion began in Saudi Arabia?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 64

What is non-theism?

Accepted Answer

Not having or involving belief in a god/gods

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