Question 1

What policy did the British follow in India?

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A)   They divided India into three countries.
B)   They forced all of the Hindus to migrate.
C)   They turned the problem over to the United Nations.
D)   They encouraged the abolition of the caste system.
E)   They required all education to be conducted in English.

Question 2

-Analysis of this map indicates that in Scotland,

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A)   Catholics are the majority in the north, while Protestants are the majority in the south.
B)   Protestants are the majority.
C)   the majority of the people are nonreligious.
D)   Protestants account for the majority in the south, while Catholics are the majority in the north and west.
E)   the population is roughly divided between Protestants and Catholics.

Question 3

In terms of sacred sites and places of worship, an ethnic religion is usually more geographically concentrated than a universalizing religion.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

-This map indicates that Lutherans are clustered in the ________ United States.

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A)   northeastern
B)   southern
C)   southwestern
D)   upper midwestern
E)   northwestern

Question 5

-According to this map, the largest group of religious adherents in the U.S. Southwest are

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A)   Catholics.
B)   Baptists.
C)   Latter-day Saints.
D)   Methodists.
E)   Lutherans.

Question 6

Both universalizing and ethnic religions

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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.

Question 7

Especially important in Daoism is to

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A)   perform public service.
B)   reflect on the mystical and magical aspects of life.
C)   respect forces of nature as divine.
D)   believe in one all-powerful God.
E)   read the holy texts daily.

Question 8

Name the two main branches of Islam.

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Question 9

Given Muslim perspectives on sacred spaces in the Middle East, politicians in the region have been wary of inviting further religious-fueled conflict by proclaiming

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A)   the West Bank a Palestinian-controlled area.
B)   Jerusalem to be a holy city for three major religions.
C)   that groups of Christians and Jews will not start touring Mecca and Medina.
D)   that groups of Christians and Jews will tour Jerusalem.
E)   Jerusalem the capital of Israel.

Question 10

What is the world's largest ethnic religion? In what country do 99 percent of the adherents of this religion live?

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Question 11

The example of Jerusalem indicates that in regards to the geographic landscape,

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A)   sacred sites may be equally important to universalizing and ethnic religions.
B)   the population of Jerusalem is majority Christian but surrounded by majority Jewish and Muslim populations on either side.
C)   the sacred sites for universalizing religions do not overlap with the sacred sites of ethnic religions.
D)   there is almost always a clear distinction between the uses of sacred spaces by both ethnic and universalizing religions.
E)   Islam and Christianity are not good examples of universalizing religions. A

Question 12

Beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are

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A)   animism.
B)   cosmogony.
C)   monotheism.
D)   astronomy.
E)   polytheism.

Question 13

Pilgrimages play a significant role in ethnic religions but not in universalizing religions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Protestants in Ireland are

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A)   dispersed throughout the island.
B)   recent immigrants from Great Britain.
C)   highly clustered in one part of the island.
D)   highly integrated with the Roman Catholic population.
E)   ethnically English and not ethnically Irish.

Question 15

-According to this map, Islam diffused initially to

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A)   Southwest Asia, Northeast Asia, and South Asia.
B)   Southwest Asia and North Africa.
C)   West Africa, Southwest Asia, and Europe.
D)   North Africa, Europe, and Southeast Asia.
E)   Southeast Asia and Southwest Asia.

Question 16

-The maps and diagrams in this chapter help us surmise that a person from Minnesota is more likely to be an adherent of

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A)   the Lutheran church.
B)   the Roman Catholic church.
C)   a Baptist church.
D)   an Eastern Orthodox church.
E)   a Methodist church.

Question 17

Jerusalem's geography represents a particularly difficult religious conflict to resolve because

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A)   sacred sites to Jews and Muslims are literally built on top of one another.
B)   the population of Jerusalem is majority Christian but surrounded by majority Jewish and Muslim populations on either side.
C)   the Israeli government has separated the most sacred sites with a massive concrete wall.
D)   Israel captured the Sinai peninsula from Egypt.
E)   few Muslims and Jews are allowed within the city.

Question 18

After the 1917 Revolution, the communists closed all churches in the Soviet Union.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 19

Judaism is classified as an ethnic religion, but in what ways does it seem different from other ethnic religions?

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Question 20

-The maps in this chapter indicate that Eastern Orthodoxy is a branch of Christianity prevalent in

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A)   Russia.
B)   Italy.
C)   Spain.
D)   Russia and Spain but not Greece.
E)   Greece and Germany but not Russia.

Exam 6: Religions

What policy did the British follow in India?

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-Analysis of this map indicates that in Scotland,

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In terms of sacred sites and places of worship, an ethnic religion is usually more geographically concentrated than a universalizing religion.

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-This map indicates that Lutherans are clustered in the ________ United States.

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-According to this map, the largest group of religious adherents in the U.S. Southwest are

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Both universalizing and ethnic religions

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Especially important in Daoism is to

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Name the two main branches of Islam.

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Given Muslim perspectives on sacred spaces in the Middle East, politicians in the region have been wary of inviting further religious-fueled conflict by proclaiming

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What is the world's largest ethnic religion? In what country do 99 percent of the adherents of this religion live?

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The example of Jerusalem indicates that in regards to the geographic landscape,

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Pilgrimages play a significant role in ethnic religions but not in universalizing religions.

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Protestants in Ireland are

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-The maps and diagrams in this chapter help us surmise that a person from Minnesota is more likely to be an adherent of

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After the 1917 Revolution, the communists closed all churches in the Soviet Union.

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