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These are practice questions for the comparative religion exam #highschool #socialstudies #religion
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1
In India's Caste System, what does the bottom caste, the Untouchables, do in Indian society?
Clean up waste and dispose of the dead
Work in retail stores
Work as doctors
Farm crops
2
When a Muslim is living in America, the direction they pray toward is the:
North
West
East
South
3
Which religion is this symbol associated with?
Islam
Zoroastrianism
Judaism
Christianity
4
Which religion is this symbol associated with?
Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism
Hinduism
5
How did Jesus communicate his ideas?
Through epics
Through folktales
Through parables
Through poems
6
What event in 1054 divided Christianity into two factions, Roman Catholic and Orthodox?
The Great Schism
The Great Divide
The Reformation
The Edict of Milan
7
Which of these values is not emphasized in Jewish culture and religion?
The world to come
Education
Family
Doing good deeds
8
Pascal felt that belief in God is based upon
Epistemology
Logic
Foolishness
Faith
9
What concept in Hinduism & Buddhism has to with energies created by ones actions?
Lotus Sutra
Karma
Reciprocity
Rig-Vedas
10
Which of these is the most ecumenical (open-minded) in regards to how one should worship?
Christianity
Buddhism
Judaism
Islam
11
The most holy river in the Hindu faith is the:
Nile
Ganges
Varanasi
Yamuna
12
What is the significance of the Rig-Vedas?
They provide the dietary guidelines of the Indian people
They are repeated by all five castes in Indian society
They are prayers that they must say five times a day
They are a direct and accurate link to India's past
13
What prompted Siddhartha Gautama to leave his princely life?
He became aware of human suffering
He wanted to enter a Buddhist monastery
He wanted to teach the peasants
He went looking for the Eightfold Path
14
The belief system of China is a combination of the following:
Buddism, Confucianism, Taoism
Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism
Confucianism, Legalism, Mohism
Buddhism, Shinto, Confucianism
15
Which religion is this symbol associated with?
Zoroastrianism
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
16
Siddhartha Gautama was born in
Mesopotamia
Israel
India
China
17
Which religion is this symbol associated with?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism
18
Which of the following statements is NOT one of the Four Noble Truths of the Buddha?
The only cure for suffering is to fast
The cure for suffering is to overcome the desire to want
All life is full of suffering
The cause of suffering is desire
19
Which of these is NOT an archetype for all the world religions?
The "Golden Rule"
Notion of justice
Charity
Reincarnation
20
What do the arms of the Hindu deities signify?
Righteousness
Pleasure
Worldly Success
Moksha
21
Which of the following is not a sect of Judaism?
Conservative
Orthodox
Israeli
Reformed
22
Confucius's students collected his sayings in the
Upanishads
Tripitaka
Analects
Vedas
23
What does the similarities of language show about Sanskrit?
The civilizations of the west took over India
There was a vast trading network connecting Rome to India
The Indus Valley conquered large areas of the planet
There was a common heritage throughout Afro-Euraisa
24
Which is NOT one of the 3 Jewels of Buddhism?
The Teacher
The Bode Tree
The Teachings of the Buddha
The Community that follows the Buddha
25
The concept of, "Wu Wei", or going with the flow is synonymous with
Confucianism
Taoism
Hinduism
Buddhism
26
When a Muslim takes their Hajj, they travel to:
Baghdad
Tehran
Mecca
Medina
27
The first pillar of Islam is
Daily prayer
Declaration of Faith
Alms for the poor
Taking a Hajj
28
What is the feature that makes a religion, "Western"?
Monotheism
Praying
Polytheism
Age
29
Which of these statements is most reflective of the relationship between Christianity and Judaism?
Judaism and Christianity are identical
Judaism is the foundation of Christianity but not part of it
They are united in how to work with the Islamic world
They see each other as rivals in competing for new members
30
What societal issues does science fail to address, whereas, religion does?
The Afterlife
Cultural shifts
Commutable diseases
Human migratory patterns
31
Christians who were killed in periods of persecution are known as
Martyrs
Heretics
Saints
Clergy
32
Which of the following Jewish holidays is serious, whereas the others are joyous?
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Purim
Chanukah
33
What is another name for the first five books of the Old Testament?
Torah
Talmud
Gospel
Sukkot
34
What is the final goal for a Buddhist?
Karma
Dharma
Ahimsa
Nirvana
35
Which religion is this symbol associated with?
Confucianism
Taoism
Hinduism
Buddhism
36
Which religion experienced a diaspora from their original homeland?
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
Judaism
37
Which of these does NOT constitute a necessary part of world religion?
Adopted by political leadership
Answers, "Big Questions"
Adapts to culture in which is spreads
Monotheism
38
Some Jews under Roman rule believed a king would be sent by God, this savior was known as the:
Martyr
Apostle
Messiah
Patriarch
39
What Abu Bakr was to Muhammad, _________________ was to Jesus
Pontius Pilate
Constantine
Saint Paul
Joseph
40
What is the biggest difference between Buddhism and Hinduism?
Buddhists do not believe in a cycle of rebirth
Buddhists did not practice nonviolence in its teachings
Buddhists reject the caste system
Hindus do not believe in Dharma
41
Hinduism is most similar in dogma to:
Confucianism
Taoism
Buddhism
Shinto
42
Christians have charity as a tenet of their religion, whereas the Muslim equivalent is:
Alms for the Poor
Ramadan
Daily Prayer
Hajj
43
Siddhartha Guatama was a proponent of living according to
The path of salvation
Ascetics
The Middle Path
Lotus Meditation
