Ch. 6 Key Issue # 2&3 - Quiz

  1. Christianity first diffused from its hearth through
  2. relocation diffusion
  3. contagious diffusion.
  4. hierarchical diffusion
  5. expansion diffusion
  6. military conquest.

  1. According to this map, the landscape of Quebec is distinguished from neighboring Canadian provinces and the United States partly because it
  2. hastoponyms from non Indo-European languages.
  3. is not predominantly Christian.
  4. has numerous religious toponyms.
  5. may become part of France again.
  6. displays numerous examples of religious tolerance.
  7. The agricultural calendar is relatively unimportant to which type of religions?
  8. universalizing
  9. animist
  10. ethnic
  11. traditional
  12. Judaism, Shintoism, and Daoism
  13. The concept of a ghetto originally referred to the area of a city
  14. inside the walls.
  15. inhabited by the lowest-income people.
  16. where most blacks lived.
  17. where the untouchable caste lived.
  18. where Jews were forced to live.
  19. Judaism is classified as an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion, partly because
  20. its main holidays relate to events in the life of its founder, Abraham.
  21. it uses a standard solar calendar rather than a lunar calendar.
  22. it commemorates the Exodus from Egypt.
  23. the holy text is the foundation of the religion
  24. its rituals derive from the agricultural cycle in Israel.
  1. Beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are
  2. cosmogony.
  3. animism.
  4. monotheism.
  5. astronomy.
  6. polytheism.
  7. Which is not characteristic of a hierarchical religion?
  8. It encourages each congregation to be self-sufficient
  9. It organizes territory into local administrative units
  10. It has a well-defined hierarchical structure
  11. Regional administration Is located in large cities
  12. It fosters interaction among different congregations
  13. Which ethnic religion follows a lunar calendar?
  14. Islam
  15. Judaism
  16. Hinduism
  17. Sikhism
  18. All of the above
  19. A mosque differs from a church because a mosque
  20. Is not a sanctified place
  21. Is not a place of worship
  22. Is decorated with scenes from the life of the founder
  23. Contains relics of the founder
  24. Displays a variety of architectural styles
  25. Worship in Hinduism is most likely to take place
  26. At home
  27. In a pagoda
  28. As part of a pilgrimage
  29. In a monastery
  30. In a holy shrine
  31. Cremation is more important than burial in which religion?
  32. Buddhism
  33. Christianity
  34. Islam
  35. Hinduism
  36. Judaism

True/False: Answer “A” for true and “B” for false answers

  1. The Ganges is the most important river for Muslims
  2. Jerusalem is a holy city to all three major universalizing religions.
  3. Buddhism is the most important religion in India.
  4. Natural landscape features are the holiest places in Islam.
  5. Pilgrimages play a significant role in ethnic religions but not in universalizing religions.
  6. Islam is a less hierarchical religion than Christianity.
  1. Of the major world religions below, the one that has experienced the most diverse geographical diffusion is:
  1. Hinduism
  2. Buddhism
  3. Islam
  4. Judaism
  5. Taoism
  1. The spread of Islam from its origins in Arabia to Indonesia, southern Africa, and to the Western Hemisphere would be classified as what kind of diffusion?
  1. hierarchical
  2. relocation
  3. expansion
  4. chain
  5. contagious
  1. A major religion that has essentially disappeared from its area of origin is:
  1. Judaism
  2. Hinduism
  3. Islam
  4. Christianity
  5. Shintoism
  1. The terms Hegira, Allah, Mosque, and Sunni are most associated with which part of the world?
  1. Eastern Europe
  2. China and Japan
  3. The Middle East
  4. Subcontinental Asia
  1. Which of the following religions has remained dominant in its area of origin?
  1. Christianity
  2. Islam
  3. Buddhism
  4. Nihilism
  5. Protestantism
  1. Which of the following is one of the primary cultural landscape imprints of the Buddhist religion:
  1. Mosque
  2. Minaret
  3. Synagogue
  4. Pagoda
  5. Circular spires
  1. Place names that refer to saints are most common in which of the following North American regions:
  2. Louisiana and New England
  3. California and British Columbia
  4. Ontario and Utah
  5. Nova Scotia and the U.S. Midwest
  6. Quebec and the U.S. Southwest
  7. Which of the following is true of the architectural shape shown below?
  8. it represents the dominant religion of all of Indonesia except for the island of Bali
  9. it signifies the religion that originated in India but is now found in Thailand and other parts of Asia
  10. It symbolizes houses of worship for monotheistic religions that hold Jerusalem sacred
  11. It represents religions especially common in Sub-Saharan Africa
  12. It symbolizes denominations of a Western religion that divided first in Europe