Hinduism's caste system

assigns everyone to a distinct class.

With respect to the relationship between culture, religion, and the physical environment

religious ideas are responsible for changes in environments

Both universalizing and ethnic religions

can diffuse to different populations around the world.

Studying the sites where religions originated and processes by which those religions diffused

spatial connections in religion.

Which of the following would be likely to classified as a characteristic of an ethnic religion?

Has a calendar based on particular, region, seasonal change

A universalizing religion

appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations.

Judaism is classified as an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion, partly because

its rituals derive from the agricultural cycle in Israel.

Animists believe that

inanimate objects and natural events have spirits.

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1
Followers of which religious branch do not trace their origin to Abraham?
Shiite
Sunni
Judaism
Mahayana
2
Lutheranism is an example of a Christian
branch
religion
denomination
sect
3
Hinduism's caste system
is a substitute for the lack of a holy book.
is the basis for seasonal celebrations.
assigns everyone to a distinct class.
decrees the pilgrimages which should be taken.
4
Cremation is more important than burial in which religion?
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
5
With respect to the relationship between culture, religion, and the physical environment
few religions derive meaning from the physical environment.
religions appeal to those living in the land of origin only.
religion is not a source of distinct cultural groups.
religious ideas are responsible for changes in environments
6
Especially important in Confucianism is to
believe in one all-powerful God.
read the holy texts daily.
reflect on the mystical and magical aspects of life.
perform public service
7
The belief in the existence of only one god is
polytheism
monotheism
animism
cosmogony
8
The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet is the
Kublai Khan.
Panchen Buddha.
Dalai Buddha.
Dalai Lama.
9
For most of the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been
dispersed around the world.
concentrated in the United States.
highly clustered in present-day Israel.
forced to live in ghettos
10
Both universalizing and ethnic religions
can be expressed as Christianity and Islam.
can be expressed as Christianity and Islam.
appeal primarily to one group of people living in one place.
can diffuse to different populations around the world.
11
Pilgrimages play a significant role in ethnic religions but not in universalizing religions.
False
True
12
Studying the sites where religions originated and processes by which those religions diffused
spatial connections in religion.
lack of spatial connections in religion.
role of history in the social sciences.
geo-religious linkages of culture.
13
Which of the following would be likely to classified as a characteristic of an ethnic religion?
The adherents pledge that they will not support warfare
Has a calendar based on particular, region, seasonal change
Priests build temples in cities around the world.
Priests travel across the world to establish missions
14
A universalizing religion
based on the physical characteristics of a location on Earth
is rarely transmitted through missionaries.
appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations.
less likely to be used for violence than ethnic religions.
15
Judaism is classified as an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion, partly because
its main holidays relate to events of its founder
it commemorates the Exodus from Egypt.
its rituals derive from the agricultural cycle in Israel.
it uses a solar calendar rather than a lunar calendar
16
Animists believe that
people should complete God's creation of the Earth.
people should make complete use of the Earth's resources.
natural disasters are preventable.
inanimate objects and natural events have spirits.
17
The world's largest universalizing religion is
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
18
Which is not an ethnic Asian religion?
Daoism
Confucianism
Shintoism
Buddhism
19
The world's largest ethnic religion is
Daoism
Hinduism
Islam
Confucianism
20
A person attempting to detect ________ within forests and streams would likely be an animist.
voices or personalities
inspiration for beautiful art
physical markings
inspiration for religious texts

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