APHG Religion Review

In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of

The rise of fundamentalism is a phenomenon that seems to afflict:

The faith that is most widely dispersed over the world is

The former Soviet Union adopted _______________as its official religious policy.

The youngest of the major religions is:

What is the holiest book in Hinduism?

Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is the holiest site for which religion?

Caste system of socioeconomic segregation based on family and occupation is in

Islam is predominate in northern __,while traditional religions are predominate in the south

Sikhism is not a large religion, probably having no more than___million adherents.

The goal of the majority of people living in Northern Irelandis to

Palestinians include all but which of the following groups?

In much of South and East Asia the Bodhi tree is protected and revered because:

Which is not an ethnic Asian religion

Islamic villages and cities are dominated by elaborate, ornate, and magnificently designed:

Which religious group in India demanded independence & a proposed a state in the Punjab?

Muslims are clustered in

The dominant branch of Islam is

Folk customs usually originate from

Of Sri Lanka’s 19 million inhabitants, about    ?     percent are Buddhists.

Zoroastrianism is similar to Islam and Christianity in that it is

Both Islam and Hinduism diffused through the relocation process, but unlike Hinduism, Islam:

The use of a horse and buggy by the Amish in the United States is an example of a

Which is a branch of Christianity?

Which ethnic religion follows a lunar calendar?

The oldest religion to emerge west of the Indus valley is Judaism which emerged about:

Typically, popular culture

Popular customs most frequently originate in

Which of the following lists religions that all started in Southwest Asia?

As Buddhism diffused to other lands, it lost ground in its source country which was:

In the dominantly Christian USA there are actually more than __religious denominations.

The future of the interfaith boundary in Bangladesh will depend on the religious situation in :

Mahayanists, in contrast to Theravadists, emphasizeBuddha's

In Northern Ireland today, about what percent of the population is Protestant?

The fundamental doctrine of the Hindu faith is

Millions of ______ came to the United States during the early years of the 20th century.

The Hindu cultural landscape is characterized bycountless shrines because

The city of Jerusalem has sacred space that is bitterly contested by all except 

In Egypt, Muslim radicals have destroyed one of the country’s major sources of income by:

The first of the three major branches of Christianity to develop was:

Historical geography of the dispersal of religions is better known than early languages b/c:

Popular customs are more likely than folk customs to

Geomancers, men who know the desires of the spirits are still a strong force in:

The fundamental doctrine of Hinduism is:

Which of the following has the highest concentration of Muslims

The pagoda is the style of building most often associated with:

The world's largest universalizing religion is

Which country is not one that straddles Africa’s transition zone between Islam & non-Islam?

Studies have shown that people make the decision to migrate based upon:

When the USSR collapsed, the religion that quickly revived in the Central Asian republics was:

Folk cultures are spread primarily by

The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people is a

A cornerstone of the Hindu faith is:

voluntary travel by an adherent to a sacred site to participate in a ritual at the site

In Nigeria today the    ?    religion has the greatest number of adherents.

One question that is presently dividing the Catholic church is:

The precepts of Islam constituted is a revision and embellishment of___beliefs and traditions.

Rapid diffusion of popular culture

Which of the following characteristics is more typical of a popular culture than a folk culture?

Buddhism has its source in

In contrast to popular culture, folk cultures are more likely to vary

What are the two major branches of Islam?

Which of the following is not a universalizing religion?

Hinduism arose in the _____________ River valley.

The belief that inanimate objects (e.g. trees,mountains, boulders) contain spirits is 

One of the unique characteristics of Hinduism is that it:

In which region does shamanism currently have the highest presence

The location of shrines in Hinduism is important because:

The Hindu religion, oldest of the great religions, may have begun   ?   years ago.

The Yellow River is to Chinese Philosophy as the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are to __________

Undoubtedly the most destructive war of its kind in modern times was the:

Which European country was responsible forintroducing Christianity to Middle and South America

When India became a state it declared itself to be a secular federation which means that:

In overwhelmingly Muslim Indonesia, what island remains a Hindu outpost?

The ideology of Zionism has as its goal:

Minarets are prominent in the architecture of which religions structures?

Modern Judaism has three main divisions. Which of the following is not one of these?

Especially important in Confucianism is to

What policy did the British follow in India?

The spatial distribution of soccer during the twentieth century is an example of

Beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are

Sikhism is a small compromise religion that arose from the confrontation between Hinduism and:

Adherents of which religion are also likely to believe in other religions simultaneously?