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1. Janmashtami
Moksha
The father of the gods in the Greek pantheon.
Celebrates the birth of Krishna - the incarnation of the god Vishnu - the protector and preserver.
A compilation of ancient Jewish oral law and rabbinical teachings


2. Mariology refers to devotion to the Virgin Mary in...
Roman Catholicism; Roman Catholics have a special devotion to the Virgin Mary that is a major difference with other Christian denominations.
A messiah
Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations; Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations
Religion includes a belief in the supernatural or divine - a set of practices - and a code of ethics.


3. 'Jen' in Confucianism is the...

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4. The Shi'a sect of Islam emphasizes...

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5. The Council of Trent was called by the Catholic Church to...
The desire to convert nonbelievers and spread the religion
In response to the works of scientists and philosophers like Darwin and Marx
Jesus
Reassert Church doctrine as a result of the Protestant Reformation


6. Traditional African religions DO NOT include...
Loyalty
A vision quest
A central principle of Hinduism is reincarnation
Bring the gift of God's grace


7. Confession of one's sins to a priest or minister is part of Roman Catholicism - Eastern Orthodox rites - and...
Mayan religion
Venerate and fear ancestors - Have healers; Are localized; Hinduism does not share any of these characteristics. The only trait that African religions have in common with Hinduism is that Hinduism and African religions are polytheistic.
Connect with Brahman
Episcopalianism


8. The most accurate explanation of why the Roman Catholic Church practices infant baptism is because...
Thomas Aquinas
Ended the practice of indulgences
Buddhism; Confucianism; Taoism
It removes the stain of original sin


9. The Wahhabi movement took control of the area that became which of the following nations?
Allowed subject peoples to practice their own religions
Saudi Arabia; The Wahhabi movement is a conservative movement within Islam and controls Saudi Arabia through its connection to the ruling family.
Ignorance and desire for things of this world are the cause of suffering
Emphasis on the goodness of the spirit over the evilness of the flesh.


10. To say the Shahadah is to...

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11. As Islam spread - it made many converts primarily because...
Ordinary people could easily understand and practice Islam; The practices of Islam are easy to understand and to practice even by the poorest and uneducated.
Humaneness
A person who is not sure whether there is a supreme being or not
Possession of wealth and power


12. Satan explains the presence of evil in which of the following religions?
Judaism; Islam
Judaism - Christianity - and Islam
That Jesus was both human and divine; Arius taught that Jesus was not equal with God the Father and eternal. The Emperor Constantine called the Council of Nicea to deal with the issue - which was dividing the early Church.
Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations; Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations


13. The Christian Science movement believes that...

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14. Buddhism declined in India until...
The urge for spontaneity should be controlled; Taoism taught that spontaneous action that arose from being free of worldly concerns and open to the Tao - or workings of the universe - was good.
Desire is the cause of all suffering; The Eightfold Path; All life is suffering; The only way to end suffering is to end desire
Native American religions.
It was absorbed into Hinduism. Over time - Hinduism adopted some of the concepts of Buddhism and Buddha became one of many Hindu gods.


15. The Five Pillars are the basic belief system of...
Reliance on magic
Augustine; Among Augustine's contributions to Christian thought are the doctrine of original sin and the description of 'caritas -' or Christian love - the love of God and the love of one another.
Islam
In response to the works of scientists and philosophers like Darwin and Marx


16. Which Christian denomination believes in purgatory?
Zoroastrianism.
Respect that one person shows another; 'Li' is defined as correct behavior - or etiquette - between individuals.
Roman Catholicism
In response to the works of scientists and philosophers like Darwin and Marx


17. What is true about Hinduism?
Buddha's compassion for living things
Shinto; Shinto was - and remains - a specifically Japanese religion.
Female - nurturing - and passive
A central principle of Hinduism is reincarnation


18. The natural world is an integrated whole.
Any gods
Ramadan
An afterlife; Jews believe that there is an afterlife - but it does not have the physical description that Christian and Islamic heaven and hell have. Jews focus on living a good life according to God's laws rather than on punishment and reward after
An accurate explanation of Taoist teachings


19. The Sufi movement was a reaction against...
David
Shinto; Shinto was - and remains - a specifically Japanese religion.
Founder
The growing materialism of Islam around the 800s


20. Muslims believe that almsgiving is...
Returning to Allah what is his
Angels - heaven - and hell
Emphasis on the goodness of the spirit over the evilness of the flesh.
The struggle within a Muslim to live a good life


21. A rite of passage in Judaism is...
Circumcision; The ceremony of circumcision - known as brit - marks the entrance of a male child into Judaism.
Buddha's compassion for living things
Rejection of the caste system
Developed over time; he doctrine of papal supremacy was first declared by Pope Damasus I who reigned in the 4th century. He based his declaration on Jesus' words - 'Thou are Peter and upon this rock I shall build my church.'


22. Which religion is the largest in the world?
Christianity
Female - nurturing - and passive
Meng-zi reinforced Confucius's teaching that people were innately good - whereas Xun-zi taught that people were innately evil.
Possession of wealth and power


23. The word 'Islam' means...
Roman Catholics
Submission
A group's identification with an animal - which is a totem
Islam and Hinduism; Nanak - who founded Sikhism in northern India in the late 15th and early 16th centuries - was born a Hindu and studied Islam - but could not find spiritual peace in either.


24. African religions are unlike Hinduism in which ways?
Required obedience to a set of moral behaviors
Bring the gift of God's grace
Who would appoint bishops
Venerate and fear ancestors - Have healers; Are localized; Hinduism does not share any of these characteristics. The only trait that African religions have in common with Hinduism is that Hinduism and African religions are polytheistic.


25. During their centuries of conquest - Muslim rulers...
Muhammad forbade idol worship; the lack of mosques' ornamentation was a result of Muhammad's ban on idols out of fear that his followers could fall back into polytheism.
Orthodox
Allowed subject peoples to practice their own religions
Ignorance and desire for things of this world are the cause of suffering


26. The Jews who were expelled from Spain and Portugal in the 15th century were known as...
Ahura Mazda
Sephardim
Use of Latin for the Bible and for church services; One of the changes of the Reformation was the translation of the Bible into vernacular languages and their use in church services. The Roman Catholic Church continued to use Latin for church service
No


27. How do Mahayana Buddhists and Theravada Buddhists view Gautama?
Just social action; Confucius taught the importance of acting justly in all social interactions.
Tantras of Tibetan Buddhism
Modern Iraq; A theocracy is a government in which the power and authority comes either because the ruler is considered a god (Egypt under the pharaohs) or a representative of God on earth (John Calvin's Geneva and Massachusetts Bay).
Both branches of Buddhism believe that Gautama Buddha is one of many Buddhas; Theravada Buddhists see Gautama as a saint and great teacher and Mahayana Buddhists see him as a savior who helps others to enlightenment.


28. The primary factor that has motivated the growth of Islamic fundamentalism is the...
Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations; Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations
Celebrates Muhammad's birthday
Christianity
Connect with Brahman


29. Confucianism could be considered a philosophy rather than a religion because it...
Provides many people a counterweight to changing social mores
Does not include worship of spirits or divine beings
Indigenous religions of South America
Men and women sitting together


30. What is not a reason fundamentalist movements in any religion usually develop?
A better birth in the next cycle of rebirth - life - and death
An imperceptible presence in the universe
The desire to convert nonbelievers and spread the religion
Movement of Jews to areas outside Palestine beginning in the eighth century B.C.E.


31. The Diaspora is the term given to the...
Neither has priests. Neither Jewish rabbis nor Muslim imans are priests; both are teachers and leaders of services - which is not the same as a priest whose role is to make sacrifices.
Movement of Jews to areas outside Palestine beginning in the eighth century B.C.E.
Judaism; Islam; Traditional African religions
Eating pork


32. According to the doctrine of transubstantiation in the Roman Catholic Church...
That Jesus was both human and divine; Arius taught that Jesus was not equal with God the Father and eternal. The Emperor Constantine called the Council of Nicea to deal with the issue - which was dividing the early Church.
Angels - heaven - and hell
Jesus is actually present in the bread and wine in communion
Disappeared after the Assyrians captured Israel


33. Harmony
Judaism; Islam
The dominant theme of Taoism
Myths explain the natural world and the reasons for the religious beliefs and customs of a group
Doctrine of papal infallibility


34. The clover leaf is a good way to illustrate the mystery of...
Recognize when a boy and a girl are considered adults in Judaism.
The Trinity
Magic
The first week of mourning after a death


35. What is a true statement about Confucian teachers after Confucius?

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36. What is not a shared characteristics of mainstream Protestant denominations?
Christianity
Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations; Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations
Hindus believe that each deity is a representation of some aspect of Brahman
Veneration of the saints


37. 'Chosen People' of God.
Episcopal
Jews; This is the promise that Yahweh made to Abraham
Roman Catholicism; Roman Catholics have a special devotion to the Virgin Mary that is a major difference with other Christian denominations.
A group's identification with an animal - which is a totem


38. Whereas original Confucian teachings dealt with the social order - Taoism...
The Trinity
God's goodness can heal illness as well as sin
Offered a spiritual approach to life
Had been denied an annulment of his marriage


39. Agnostic
Neolithic Revolution; The Neolithic Revolution marks the change from hunting and gathering to settled farming as a way of life. Groups developed religions to appeal to the deities in nature for help.
A person who is not sure whether there is a supreme being or not
He attempted to reconcile Judaism and Aristotelian philosophy; Like Thomas Aquinas in the Roman Catholic Church - Maimonides attempted to reconcile Aristotle's philosophy with his own belief system and caused a similar controvers.
Filial piety


40. The two most important works of Taoism are the 'Tao Te Ching' and the...

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41. Conflict over Muhammad's successor led to...

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42. One reason that early Christians began to separate from Judaism was...
The Christian belief that Jesus was the messiah
Communion
Venerate and fear ancestors - Have healers; Are localized; Hinduism does not share any of these characteristics. The only trait that African religions have in common with Hinduism is that Hinduism and African religions are polytheistic.
The First Pillar of Islam


43. Torah
Hasidic Jews
Both the Pentateuch and all oral and written teachings of Judaism
Ahura Mazda
Jews; This is the promise that Yahweh made to Abraham


44. A definition of religion would include what elements?
Reverence toward family and tradition
Ritual; A code of moral conduct; An afterlife
Respect that one person shows another; 'Li' is defined as correct behavior - or etiquette - between individuals.
Its members pray together without priests and with little ritual


45. Not one of the holy cities to Muslims
Baghdad; Baghdad was an important center of Islamic power during the caliphates.
Jainism
After the Assyrians destroyed Israel; The Jewish Diaspora began after the destruction of the kingdom of Israel by the Assyrians in the 8th century B.C.E.
Hindu


46. The Qur'an contains...
In response to the works of scientists and philosophers like Darwin and Marx
Filial piety
Sencond Vatican Council
What Allah said to Muhammad


47. Monism (belief that all things
Christianity
A better birth in the next cycle of rebirth - life - and death
Native American religions.
Rabbis - like priests - lead ritual sacrifice during the liturgy.


48. Release from the cycle of birth - death - and rebirth is...
Recognize when a boy and a girl are considered adults in Judaism.
Moksha
That the government should support religion; They believe in separation of Church and State
Shinto


49. The only prophet in Judaism - Christianity - and Islam to whom God spoke directly was...
Moses
Nonviolence
The representation of an eternal Buddha; one of many Buddhas
It has aspects of African religions as well as Islam; Voodoo has elements of Roman Catholicism - not Islam - mixed with traditional African religions.


50. The original teachings of Confucius do not include references to...
Muhammad forbade idol worship; the lack of mosques' ornamentation was a result of Muhammad's ban on idols out of fear that his followers could fall back into polytheism.
God's mercy and love shown in the life - death - and resurrection of Jesus
Orthodox branch; Orthodox Jews conform most closely to the tenets of Judaism as revealed by God. They are not concerned with adapting Judaism to the world outside of the Jewish community.
A supreme being