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Religion Through the Ages
Religion Through the Ages
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Religion and Society Unit 1, Area of Study 2
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1
The total destruction of the Second Temple and Jerusalem by the Roman army occurred in 170CE
False
True
2
What is "syncretism"?
The combination of different forms of belief or practice
A modern movement in the Catholic Church
Part of Darwin's theory
The synchronisation of religious communities in prayer
3
Reform in the Church took place, assisted by the development of...
Gutenberg's printing press
The efforts of the Crusades
The rise of Islam
Increased trade networks
4
During the Axial age there was an "explosion" of what type of activity?
Cosmic
Intellectual
Trade
Environmental
5
In the Islamic experience, as the Ottoman Empire expanded, a policy of suzerainty was applied. "Suzerainty" is...
The dominion of a suzerain
Overlordship
The right of a country to partly control another
All of the above
6
The earliest humans were hominins and Homo sapiens
True
False
7
What are two examples of the Christian Creeds developed in the Classical Age?
Samos and Aristotle
Pythagoras and Plato
Apostles and Nicean
Maccabean and Hellenic
8
WHO captured the northern kingdom of Israel in 722 BCE, sending thousands of Israelites into exile?
The Babylonians
The Arabians
The Assyrians
The Persians
9
Archaeology is the study of?
historic peoples and cultures
fossils
historic peoples
historic cultures
10
The monastic movement of this time saved the Catholic Church and shaped the establishment of...
Monasteries
Famous scholars and musicians
Christendom
Nuns as a religious order
11
In Modern History, in terms of religion, the supreme authority wielded by Christian traditions...
Increased a little
Faded
Stayed the same
Increased a great deal
12
The invention of writing occurred in...
Sumeria
Babylon
Aleppo
Mycenae
13
The Roman occupation of Judea was a time of ferment during which several new Jewish sects emerged. "Ferment" means?
Having or displaying a passionate intensity
Agitation, unrest, commotion or tumult
14
In the modern age the Catholic Church has moved to take action to influence social and moral issues
True
False
15
In Early History the first agricultural settlements appeared near what?
People - where others were
Mountain ranges
Where animals were
Sources of water
16
For most people in Medieval Times life was...
All of the above
Hard work
Short lived
Insecure
17
What were set up by European rulers to prevent Jews interacting with wider Christian society?
Separate praying areas
New churches
Ghettos
New cities
18
Academics have proposed a theoretical model to explain changes to ideas and roles of spirituality, comprised of...?
gods and godessess
animism, deities and artefacts
animism, afterlife and spirit ancestors
beliefs and the other aspects
19
Christianity in Ancient History was an identical story and experience in the East and in the West.
False
True
20
Religious ideas had credibility if they successfully explained natural phenomena and events such as?
solar eclipses
all of the above
storms
crop failure
21
The Renaissance period was the rebirth of ideas and skills in the new context of WHAT civilisation?
Medieval Western
An emerging
Eastern
Modern
22
A pluralist society is one that...
Believes the existence of different types of people, beliefs etc is bad
Believes the existence of different types of people, beliefs etc is good
Believes many religions should be practised in Catholic Churches
Believes people, beliefs etc should be kept separate
23
A major religious reformation occurred in 621 BCE under King WHO with the 'discovery' of a scroll of Deuteronomy?
Jeremiah
Josiah
Amos
Isaiah
24
Today, Ultra-orthodox Jews...
Give birth to large families
Ensure Jewish continuity of its traditional practices
All 3 of the following answers
Work to preserve traditional practices
25
In Judea, in the late 20s CE, there appeared a preacher who was seeking to reform Judaism. It was...
Constantius
Pontius Pilate
Noah
Jesus
26
In this period Jews and Muslims experienced relationships of conflict
True
False
27
Many Jews in the diaspora made pilgrimage to Jerusalem. "Diaspora" means?
Background
To scatter about
28
The Bronze Age Collapse was a period of chaos caused by events such as earthquakes, droughts and changes in warfare
False
True
29
In the Medieval social structure the Emperor/King was equal to the religious ruler of the Pope?
True
False
30
In modern times some Western nations have accepted elements of Islamic law to operate their countries
False
True
