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World Religions 9 Weeks Test
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1
Which of these is
NOT
one of the Three Marks of Reality?
No permanent identity
Death
Suffering
Change
2
What was Yggdrasil?
A sacred text
The world tree
One of the Nine Realms
A frost giant
3
Which of these is
NOT
an item that was frequently used to represent the kami at the shrines?
Swords
Mirrors
Inscribed tablets
People
4
Which mythology practiced ritual expulsion during a time of hardship?
Maya
Greek
Norse
Egyptian
5
"Maya" refers to the everyday world and is translated as...
Divided
Unreal
Lie
Illusion
6
Nakayama Miki founded which religion?
Daoism
Tenrikyo
Shinto
Omoto-kyo
7
Which of these was
NOT
one of the Egyptian sacred texts?
The Book of the Dead
The Pyramid Texts
The Coffin Texts
The Book of the Living
8
What was the name of the spirits that are worshiped and revered in Shinto?
Dasas
Miko
Kami
Bakemono
9
Which indigenous culture revered Uluru as a sacred site?
Aboriginals
Igbo
Hawai'i
Pueblo
10
What is the name of the trinity of masculine Hindu gods?
Triune
Trimurti
Tridevi
Triad
11
Which of these is where average souls went in the Greek afterlife?
Tartarus
Mourning Fields
Asphodel Meadows
Isles of the Blessed
12
If a passage is written in the form of poetry, which Daoist text did it most likely come from?
The Annals
The Tao Te Ching
The Zhuangzi
The Nihon Shoki
13
What are the oldest Hindu sacred scriptures known as?
The Upanishads
The Mahabharata
The Bhagavad Gita
The Vedas
14
Which type of totemism is hereditary?
Individual
Group
15
What did the Maori call New Zealand?
Aotearoa
Maor
Oahu
Dreamland
16
Which Hindu epic does the Bhagavad Gita come from?
The Ramayana
The Mahabharata
17
Which of these serve to maintain order and give guidelines for how to live a happy life?
Sacred sites
Ethics/Morality
Shared beliefs
Sacred Texts
18
In Maya myth, what were humans successfully created out of?
Mud
Wood
Stone
Corn dough
19
What did the Maya say was the source of a person's illness?
They were being attacked by a spiritual demon
They were being punished
They had forgotten to conduct necessary daily rituals
One or more of their spirits was missing or imprisoned
20
Which of these serves to tell the history and origin of a religion?
Social Structures
Ethics/Morality
Myths/Stories
Rituals
21
The Kojiki is a sacred text in which religion?
Confucianism
Shinto
Daoism
Buddhism
22
Which of these was NOT one of the Olympians?
Hestia
Hera
Rhea
Hephaestus
23
What is the cosmic power that is present in all reality, according to Hinduism?
Dharmakaya
Brahman
The Dao
Samsara
24
Which mountain is sacred to Buddhists, Jains, and Hindus?
Mount Olympus
Mount Kailas
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Sinai
25
In Norse mythology, which group of people were immune to sacrifice?
Slaves
Chieftains
None of these
Warriors
26
Who declared that they were also kami?
The palace guards
The emperor
The farmers
The priests
27
Which indigenous culture lived in multistory cliff-dwellings?
Igbo
Pueblo
Aboriginals
Maori
28
In Hawaiian culture, what are the brothers Kane and Kanaloa credited with planting?
Lei flowers
Sugarcane
Bananas
Coconuts
29
Which religion was Shinto frequently in competition with?
Hinduism
Atheism
Buddhism
Confucianism
30
Which indigenous culture believed in the Dreamtime?
Pueblo
Aboriginals
Maori
Igbo
31
Which mythology involved the ka and ba as two parts of the soul?
Norse
Greek
Maya
Egyptian
32
Which yoga involves unselfish and useful work as a way of achieving perfection?
Karma
Hatha
Raja
Bhakti
33
Which of these is
NOT
a function of rituals?
To help build social relationships
To appear wise and powerful
To demonstrate reverence or obedience to the divine
To mark major life events
34
In Norse mythology, which realm do humans live in?
Muspelheim
Midgard
Hel
Asgard
35
What was the name of the first Greek primordial deity?
Chaos
Tartarus
Gaia
Uranus
36
When a single kami is worshiped at more than one shrine, is their power diminished?
No
Yes
37
What is the point when rebirth ends in Buddhist thought?
Nirvana
Freedom
Liberation
Moksha
38
What is the word that the term 'animism' comes from?
Anima
Animal
Anime
Animate
39
What was the name of the Maya underworld?
Xbalanque
Chilam Balam
Xibalba
Hunahpu
40
Which number was sacred to many of the Pueblo peoples?
12
7
4
9
41
Which indigenous culture reveres the fire goddess Pele?
Aboriginals
Maori
Igbo
Hawai'i
42
What do most indigenous religions use in place of a formal moral code?
Taboos
Absolute anarchy
A lawbook
A list of rules and punishments
43
Which branch of Buddhism spread into China and Japan and influenced the religions there?
Mahayana
Theravada
44
Which indigenous culture practiced the Haka dance?
Maori
Hawai'i
Aboriginals
Igbo
45
Which of these precepts is only ever practiced by monks?
Do not attend amusements.
Do not harm any living being.
Do not touch gold, silver, or money.
Do not take alcohol or other intoxicants.
46
Which Hindu deity is associated with preservation of life in the universe?
Saraswati
Brahma
Vishnu
Shiva
47
What is the name of the founder of Daoism?
Laozi
Neither of these
Both of these
Lao Tzu
48
Practitioners of indigenous religions tend to see time as...
Nonexistent
Linear
Very fast
Cyclical
49
Which yoga involves meditation?
Bhakti
Jnana
Raja
Hatha
50
Which indigenous culture lived in Africa?
Pueblo
Igbo
Aboriginals
Hawai'i
51
Do practitioners of Shinto practice animal sacrifice?
Yes, but only if it is a festival day
Yes, but only if they are going through a period of hardship
No
Yes
52
Which branch of Buddhism held
arhats
to be the spiritual ideal?
Theravada
Mahayana
53
Which of these was
NOT
one of the Four Passing Sights?
An old man
A cruel man
A holy man
A dead man
54
Which yoga involves expressions of religious devotion?
Hatha
Raja
Bhakti
Jnana
55
Which type of totemism is usually connected with a leader or socially significant person?
Group
Individual
56
Which yoga involves studying sacred texts and learning from teachers who have achieved insight?
Raja
Jnana
Karma
Bhakti
57
Which of these is
NOT
a common feature of religion?
Myths/stories
Specific Prayers
Religious Garb
Sacred sites
58
Which animal was it that Gitksan shaman Isaac Tens encountered in the woods?
Bear
Owl
Deer
Wolf
59
Which of these was
NOT
one of the
Tripitakas
?
The Sutras
The Vinayas
The Dhammapada
The Abhidarmas
60
In which culture was the name of a dead person never uttered again?
Aboriginal
Maori
Hawai'i
Pueblo
61
Which of these is
NOT
part of the Noble Eightfold Path?
Right emotion
Right understanding
Right intention
Right action
62
Which branch of Buddhism believed in the Trikaya Doctrine?
Theravada
Mahayana
63
Who was the Indian emperor who publicly supported Buddhism and sent missionaries throughout India?
Yomei
Ieyasu
Ashoka
Akatosh
64
Which of these is
NOT
a pattern in indigenous religions?
Human relationships with the natural world
Respect for gods, origins, and ancestors
Sacred time and sacred place
Human sacrifice
65
Which branch of Buddhism is known as the "diamond vehicle?"
Hinayana
Theravada
Mahayana
Vajrayana