Grade 11 World Religion

Question 1

What is a person called when they believe in God that is present in all of nature?

Accepted Answer

Pantheist

Question 2

What is similar about Judaism, Islam, and Christianity as a religion?

Accepted Answer

All believe in one God

Question 3

What is Ecumenism?

Accepted Answer

the principle of promoting unity among the world's church

Question 4

What is scientific humanism?

Accepted Answer

All truth is subject to scientific proof

Question 5

In Christianity, God is portrayed as three people. Who are the three Gods?

Accepted Answer

Yahweh, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit

Question 6

In Hinduism, people are classified based on the/their ____ _______.

Accepted Answer

Caste System

Question 7

What is similar in both Hinduism and Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Both believe in achieving enlightenment

Question 8

What are the origins of Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

Aryan tribes of Persia invaded the Indus valley

Question 9

What does antisemitism mean?

Accepted Answer

The hatred and predjuice of Jews

Question 10

Who was Buddha an incarnation of?

Accepted Answer

Vishnu

Question 11

Who is the founder of Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Siddhartha Gautama

Question 12

What does the sacred symbol of the Lotus represent in both Buddhism and Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

Birth of the Universe

Question 13

The residential schools established in Canada helped Aboriginal people.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Why is it important to study different world religions?

Accepted Answer

Allows us to respect what others believe in, Expand our knowledge about the various Gods in each religion, Greater understanding about what others practice and believe, Connect our faith and beliefs with other religions

Question 15

Who was the Indian Princess that was portrayed in various film productions?

Accepted Answer

Pocahontas

Question 16

What effect did residential schools have on the future of Aboriginal culture and community?

Accepted Answer

Parents that grew up failed to protect their own children

Question 17

Buddhism began as a reform movement within Hinduism.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Out of the four worldviews, which one is human centered that mankind are of utmost importance?

Accepted Answer

Anthropocentric

Question 19

Why does Ganesha have an elephants head?

Accepted Answer

Shiva unknowingly cut off his sons head

Question 20

What is the Yom Kippur?

Accepted Answer

Holy day to celebrate by fasting, prayer, and repretence

Question 21

What is the atman in Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

The soul

Question 22

In the Ninan smarts model, all religions begin with the experience of the divine.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Religion and science have many correlation between one another. In which ways?

Accepted Answer

Both need faith to believe in

Question 24

Which major Gods are part of the Indian Holy Trinity?

Accepted Answer

Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva

Question 25

What are the three central concepts in monotheism?

Accepted Answer

Creation is good, Sin, The duty to perform commandments

Question 26

For Kosher Rules, what type of aquatic animal can not be consumed?

Accepted Answer

Lobster, Shellfish

Question 27

What is the medicine wheel?

Accepted Answer

Circle that represents the continuous cycle of life

Question 28

Currently, what is the world's most largest religion?

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 29

Buddhism is the __ largest religion in Canada

Accepted Answer

12th

Question 30

In Hinduism, which rites of passage involves men in the three upper caste to shave their head?

Accepted Answer

Ceremony of the Sacred Thread

Question 31

In Buddhism, what is the eight-sided tower that contain an odd number of stories called?

Accepted Answer

Pagoda

Question 32

What are the five pillars of faith?

Accepted Answer

Hajj, Shahadah, Salah, Zakah, Swam

Question 33

Who was a famous monk and priest that took part in the Protestant Reformation?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 34

In Aboriginal Spirituality, what ritual involves the holy act of purifying and cleansing?

Accepted Answer

Smudging

Question 35

The term Bodhisattva refers to people that have...

Accepted Answer

Achieved englightenment

Question 36

What is the myth of the trickster?

Accepted Answer

Explains how suffering and misery come into our lives

Question 37

What is the main goal in Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

To become a Buddha

Question 38

What are the four noble truths?

Accepted Answer

Dukkha, Samduaya, Nirodha, Magga

Question 39

What sacred symbol is present in both Hinduism and Buddhism?

Accepted Answer

Lotus

Question 40

By what name do the followers of Islam address God?

Accepted Answer

Allah

Question 41

What is a Rabbi?

Accepted Answer

A teacher that leads a congregation in prayers and readings

Question 42

Which rites of passage involves the process of a male infant circumcised?

Accepted Answer

Bris

Question 43

Which prophet led Hebrews to freedom from Egyptian slavery?

Accepted Answer

Moses

Question 44

What is the middle way?

Accepted Answer

All extreme are to be avoided, everything is in moderation

Question 45

In Hinduism, what is a teacher called?

Accepted Answer

Guru

Question 46

In Hinduism, what sacred text tells stories about the Gods?

Accepted Answer

Vedas

Question 47

What is the main symbol in Islam?

Accepted Answer

Star and Crescent

Question 48

Why do Aboriginals keep their hair long and uncut?

Accepted Answer

Sacred to show spiritual and cultural importance

Question 49

In Christianity, what is the place of worship called?

Accepted Answer

Church

Question 50

What is a mandala?

Accepted Answer

Visual object used to aid for focusing in meditation

Question 51

Who was the founder of Christianity?

Accepted Answer

Jesus

Question 52

In Hinduism, how many Gods are there to worship?

Accepted Answer

Over 330 million Gods

Question 53

What is the Truth and Reconciliation Healing Commission?

Accepted Answer

Reestablishing a relationship between Aboriginals and Canada, Ending racial differences that exists within Canada

Question 54

What is the third eye?

Accepted Answer

The gateway to higher consciousness, state of enlightenment

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Grade 11 World Religion

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