Ch. 6 Key Issue # 1 Quiz

1. Religion is a good example of the tension between globalization and local diversity because a. migrants leave their religion behind when they migrate to a new area. b. religion always represents the most traditional worldviews of a population. c. many people follow more than one religion. d. all religions are in competition to convert as many people as possible. e. religion represents core cultural values and beliefs that may conflict with others. 2. Animists believe that a. people should complete God's creation of the Earth. b. inanimate objects and natural events have spirits. c. people should make complete use of the Earth's resources. d. natural disasters are preventable. e. enlightenment can be achieved by all people. 3. Judaism is classified as an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion, partly because a. its main holidays relate to events in the life of its founder, Abraham. b. it uses a standard solar calendar rather than a lunar calendar. c. its rituals derive from the agricultural cycle in Israel. d. it commemorates the Exodus from Egypt. e. the holy text is the foundation of the religion. 4. Which of the following best describes the situation of religion in Tibet? a. Only a few practice Buddhism; the majority observe Confucianism. b. Tibetan leaders have a high degree of local control over the policies of their province. c. The population has become almost entirely atheist since the Chinese invasion. d. Its spiritual leader has left Tibet and the government discourages observance of Buddhism e. Freedom of religion is protected by provincial law. 5. The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet is the a. Dalai Buddha. b. Kublai Khan. c. Panchen Buddha. d. Dalai Lama. e. Buddha. 6. For most of the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been a. highly clustered in present-day Israel. b. dispersed around the world. c. concentrated in the United States. d. forced to live in ghettos. e. nomads herding sheep. 7. A universalizing religion a. is based on the physical characteristics of a particular location on Earth. b. appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations. c. is rarely transmitted through missionaries. d. has celebrations that are almost entirely based on seasonal changes. e. is less likely to be used as a reason for violence than ethnic religions. 8. The belief in the existence of only one god is a. animism. b. cosmogony. c. monotheism. d. polytheism. e. pagan. 9. The world's largest ethnic religion is a. Confucianism. b. Daoism. c. Hinduism. d. Shintoism. e. Islam.

10. This map indicates that Lutherans are clustered in the ______United States. a. northeastern b. southern c. southwestern d. upper midwestern e. northwestern 11. This map indicates that Baptists are clustered in the ______United States. a. northeastern b. southern c. southwestern d. upper midwestern e. northwestern and southern

12. This map shows that Muslims are clustered in a. Southwestern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of South Asia. b. Southwestern Asia, North Africa, South America, and parts of North America. c. Eastern Europe, North America, South Asia, and parts of Russia, China, and Japan. d. East Asia, South Asia, and North Africa. e. Southwestern Asia, North Africa, and parts of South Asia and Southeastern Asia.

13. Analysis of the charts in this chapter indicates that in the world population, a. more than half of the people are nonreligious. b. less than one-fifth of the people are non-religious. c. more than half of the people are Christian. d. about half of the people are Muslim. e. about two-thirds of the people are Christian. 14. The charts in this chapter indicate that in the world population, a. about half of the people are nonreligious. b. there are more Muslims than Hindus. c. there are more Catholics than Muslims. d. there are more Muslims than Christians. e. there are more Buddhists than Hindus. 15. A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a a. branch. b. denomination. c. sect. d. dialect. e. family. 16. The world's largest universalizing religion is a. Buddhism. b. Christianity. c. Hinduism. d. Islam. e. Shintoism. 17. Almost 90 percent of people in the Western Hemisphere claim adherence to a. Christianity. b. Roman Catholicism. c. Protestantism. d. Eastern Orthodoxy. e. fundamentalist and nondenominational Christian churches. 18. Lutheranism is an example of a Christian a. branch. b. denomination. c. religion. d. sect. e. family. 19. The dominant branch of Islam is a. Druze. b. Eastern Orthodoxy. c. Sikh. d. Sunni. e. Shiite. 20. The dominant branch of Islam in Iran is a. Medina. b. Eastern Orthodoxy. c. Mecca. d. Sunni. e. Shiite. 21. Examples of ethnic religions include a. Daoism and Christianity. b. Daoism, Confucianism, and Judaism. c. Confucianism, Islam, and Buddhism. d. Buddhism, Judaism, and Hinduism. e. Hinduism and Buddhism. 22. Which of the following is not a universalizing religion? a. Buddhism b. Sikhism c. Islam d. Judaism e. Christianity 23. Which is not an ethnic Asian religion? a. Buddhism b. Confucianism c. Shintoism d. Daoism e. Hinduism 24. Both universalizing and ethnic religions a. appeal primarily to one group of people living in one place. b. can diffuse to different populations around the world. c. attempt to be global and appeal to all people. d. can be expressed as Christianity and Islam. e. arose from changes in the physical environment. 25. An ethnic religion is a. based on only one language. b. based on belief in one particular spiritual leader. c. younger than a universalizing religion. d. appealing mostly to one group of people in one place. e. more peaceful than a universalizing religion. 26. Followers of which religious branch do not trace their origin to Abraham? a. Eastern Orthodox b. Mahayana c. Shiite d. Sunni e. Judaism 27. Unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism a. remained primarily concentrated in one region of the world. b. was not begun by an individual founder and then diffused elsewhere. c. was founded in China. d. worships more than one god. e. diffused primarily by colonization. 28. Which of the following would be more characteristic of a universalizing religion? a. Several priests build temples at the tops of the world's highest volcanoes. b. Several priests travel across the world to establish missions on remote islands. c. A religious leader proclaims that you cannot join her church unless your mother was previously a member of that church. d. Priests follow a calendar of religious services based largely on seasonal changes. e. Priests and adherents of a particular church pledge that they will not support warfare in any form. 29. Religions which tend to be expansionary, carrying their message to new peoples and areas, are termed: a. Ethnic b. Universalizing c. Tribal d. Secular e. Animistic 30. Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity are called “universalizing” religions because each: a. is widely distributed with many adherents on all continents b. proclaims the divine origin of the universe c. claims universal applicability and seeks converts d. promises a universally accessible afterlife for all humanity e. worships a single deity