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These are practice questions for the comparative religion exam #highschool #socialstudies #religion
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1
What concept in Hinduism & Buddhism has to with energies created by ones actions?
Rig-Vedas
Lotus Sutra
Karma
Reciprocity
2
Which religion is this symbol associated with?
Confucianism
Taoism
Hinduism
Buddhism
3
The belief system of China is a combination of the following:
Confucianism, Legalism, Mohism
Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism
Buddhism, Shinto, Confucianism
Buddism, Confucianism, Taoism
4
Which religion are these symbols associated with?
Judaism
Islam
Christianity
Zoroastrianism
5
What painting is an allegory of the varying Chinese religious systems and how they coexist?
The portrait of Lao-Tzu
The Architect
The Yin-Yang
The Vinegar Tasters
6
Which of the following is NOT a principal relationship of Confucianism?
Ruler and Subject
Mother and Daughter
Husband and Wife
Elder Brother and Younger Brother
7
What do the arms of the Hindu deities signify?
Moksha
Worldly Success
Pleasure
Righteousness
8
Pascal felt that belief in God is based upon
Logic
Foolishness
Faith
Epistemology
9
What are the four reasons to adhere to religious belief?
Mystical, Deep Experiences
Sociological Support
Pedagogical Teachings
Cosmological Explanations
10
What is the final goal for a Buddhist?
Ahimsa
Karma
Nirvana
Dharma
11
Siddhartha Guatama was a proponent of living according to
Lotus Meditation
Ascetics
The path of salvation
The Middle Path
12
The concept of, "Wu Wei", or going with the flow is synonymous with
Taoism
Confucianism
Hinduism
Buddhism
13
In what respect did the Jewish people differ the most from their Greek and Roman counterparts?
The Jewish people had entertainment as part of their culture
Jewish people forbade infanticide
Jewish people lived in different parts of the world
The Romans and Greeks had a formal system of law
14
What concept is the Sanhedrin most associated with?
Federalism
Two-party political system
Popular Sovereignty
Checks and Balances
15
When a Muslim is living in Detroit, they pray to the:
East
South
West
North
16
What event in 1054 divided Christianity into two factions, Roman Catholic and Orthodox?
The Great Schism
The Great Divide
The Reformation
The Edict of Milan
17
What prompted Siddhartha Gautama to leave his princely life?
He went looking for the Eightfold Path
He became aware of human suffering
He wanted to teach the peasants
He wanted to enter a Buddhist monastery
18
Which of these values is not emphasized in Jewish culture and religion?
The world to come
Family
Education
Doing good deeds
19
What Abu Bakr was to Muhammad, _________________ was to Jesus
Pontius Pilate
Constantine
Saint Paul
Joseph
20
Which is NOT one of the 3 Jewels of Buddhism?
The Bode Tree
The Teacher
The Community that follows the Buddha
The Teachings of the Buddha
21
Which religion is this symbol associated with?
Taoism
Confucianism
Hinduism
Buddhism
22
Which of the listed world religions is the oldest?
Judaism
Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
23
Which of these does NOT constitute a necessary part of world religion?
Answers, "Big Questions"
Adopted by political leadership
Monotheism
Adapts to culture in which is spreads
24
Which religion is this symbol associated with?
Buddhism
Taoism
Hinduism
Confucianism
25
The first pillar of Islam is
Taking a Hajj
Alms for the poor
Declaration of Faith
Daily prayer
26
Which of these is the most ecumenical (open-minded) in regards to how one should worship?
Buddhism
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
27
Which event caused Christianity to stop being persecuted and then grow to a world religion?
The Ascension of the Blessed Patriarch
The Eucharistic Commune of the Saints
The Martyrdom of Paul
The Edict of Milan
28
Some Jews under Roman rule believed a king would be sent by God, this savior was known as the:
Martyr
Messiah
Patriarch
Apostle
29
Which religion is this symbol associated with?
Judaism
Christianity
Zoroastrianism
Islam
30
Which of the following Jewish holidays is serious, whereas the others are joyous?
Yom Kippur
Rosh Hashanah
Chanukah
Purim
31
Hinduism is most similar in dogma to:
Buddhism
Taoism
Shinto
Confucianism
32
What societal issues does science fail to address, whereas, religion does?
Commutable diseases
Cultural shifts
The Afterlife
Human migratory patterns
33
What is the significance of the Rig-Vedas?
They are prayers that they must say five times a day
They are a direct and accurate link to India's past
They are repeated by all five castes in Indian society
They provide the dietary guidelines of the Indian people
34
Which man established Christianity as the official religion of Rome?
Jesus of Nazareth
Saint Paul
Saint Augustine
Emperor Constantine
35
What is the feature that makes a religion, "Western"?
Praying
Age
Monotheism
Polytheism
36
The most holy river in the Hindu faith is the:
Yamuna
Nile
Varanasi
Ganges
37
What is another name for the first five books of the Old Testament?
Torah
Talmud
Sukkot
Gospel
38
Siddhartha Gautama was born in
Mesopotamia
China
Israel
India
39
Many Eastern belief systems are more philosophies, than religions. Philosophy is:
A series of laws and rules for people to follow.
A means to explain the unexplained phenomenon in the world.
A systematic way of thinking
Based on faith
40
Which of the following is not a sect of Judaism?
Reformed
Orthodox
Conservative
Israeli
41
Religion has existed in all civilizations because
They provide collective, systematic learning
They provide explanations for unknown entities
They provide moral expectations for people
They provide order and role structure
42
Which of the following statements is NOT one of the Four Noble Truths of the Buddha?
All life is full of suffering
The cure for suffering is to overcome the desire to want
The only cure for suffering is to fast
The cause of suffering is desire
43
Dante's Inferno influenced the West's view of hell. How many rings did he envision?
10
9
3
7
44
When a Muslim takes their Hajj, they travel to:
Mecca
Tehran
Baghdad
Medina
45
How did Jesus communicate his ideas?
Through parables
Through poems
Through folktales
Through epics
46
Which of these statements is most reflective of the relationship b/w Christianity and Judaism?
They are united in how to work with the Islamic world
Judaism and Christianity are identical
Judaism is the foundation of Christianity but not part of it
They see each other as rivals in competing for new members
47
Christians have charity as a tenet of their religion, whereas the Muslim equivalent is:
Daily Prayer
Ramadan
Hajj
Alms for the Poor
48
Which passage in Christianity describes how a Christian achieves salvation?
Galatians 5:22
Psalms 23:14
John 3:16
Matthew 7:2
49
In India's Caste System, what does the bottom caste, the Untouchables, do in Indian society?
Work in retail stores
Farm crops
Clean up waste and dispose of the dead
Work as doctors
50
Christians who were killed in periods of persecution are known as
Heretics
Martyrs
Clergy
Saints
51
What is the biggest difference between Buddhism and Hinduism?
Buddhists do not believe in a cycle of rebirth
Buddhists did not practice nonviolence in its teachings
Buddhists reject the caste system
Hindus do not believe in Dharma
52
Which religion is this symbol associated with?
Judaism
Islam
Zoroastrianism
Christianity
53
Which of these is NOT an archetype for all the world religions?
Reincarnation
The "Golden Rule"
Charity
Notion of justice
54
Which religion experienced a diaspora from their original homeland?
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Hinduism
55
What concept originated through the presentation of the Ten Commandments?
Rule of Law
Due Process
Formal Government
Diaspora
56
Confucius's students collected his sayings in the
Analects
Tripitaka
Vedas
Upanishads
57
What does the similarities of language show about Sanskrit?
There was a vast trading network connecting Rome to India
There was a common heritage throughout Afro-Euraisa
The Indus Valley conquered large areas of the planet
The civilizations of the west took over India
