Ch7 Testbank Religion Test Bank Answers

Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture, 12^th Edition

Chapter 07 Testbank: Religion

Multiple Choice

1. The former Soviet Union suppressed _____ in the twentieth century and many churches were torn down.

a) Eastern Orthodox churches

b) Calvinism

c) atheism

d) Protestant churches

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

2. Religion persists in regions of the former Soviet Union. For example, _____ is practiced in Central Asian countries.

a) Orthodox Christianity.

b) Roman Catholicism.

c) Shiite Islam.

d) Sunni Islam.

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

Difficulty: Hard

Blooms: Knowledge

3. The Yellow River, or Huang He River Valley, is to Chinese Philosophy as the Indus River Valley is to ______.

a) Christianity

b) Hinduism

c) Confucianism

d) Buddhism

Difficulty: Hard

Blooms: Analysis

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

4. Political conflicts often occur along ______ boundaries such as the Christian-Muslim boundary in Africa.

a) physical

b) interfaith

c) multicultural.

d) secular

Learning Objective: Identify and describe the role religion plays in political conflicts.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

5. Persuasion will not lead people to change the language they speak, but it can induce them to

a) profess adherence to a new faith.

b) abandon their culture.

c) abandon their economic activities.

d) move to a new region.

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Application

6. The roots of Hinduism are in the Indus River Valley of what is today part of ______.

a) Iran

b) Pakistan

c) India

d) Afghanistan

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

7. The belief that inanimate objects (e.g. trees, mountains, boulders) contain spirits is

a) atheism.

b) agnosticism.

c) agrarianism.

d) animism.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

8. Zoroastrianism is similar to Islam and Christianity in that it is

a) a world religion.

b) monotheistic.

c) a missionary religion.

d) polytheistic.

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Application

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

9. Which of the following is not generally a characteristic of an ethnic religion?

a) found in a particular culture

b) widely diffused

c) spatially concentrated

d) does not seek outside converts

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Comprehension

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

10. The faith that is most widely dispersed over the world is

a) Christianity.

b) Islam.

c) shamanism.

d) Buddhism.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

11. Islam is predominant in northern _______, while traditional religions are found more in the southern parts of the continent.

a) Europe

b) Africa

c) Asia

d) North America

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

12. The Hindu religion is one of the oldest of the major religions and began by ______.

a) 1000 BCE

b) 500 BCE

c) 1000 CE

d) 500 CE

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

13. Hinduism arose in the ______ River valley.

a) Indus

b) Ganges

c) Brahmaputra

d) Krishna

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

14. One of the unique characteristics of Hinduism is that it

a) is so young.

b) is a very simple religion.

c) emerged without a single founder, a single theology, or a single origin story. d) has so few followers.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Comprehension

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

15. The fundamental doctrine of the Hindu faith is

a) karma.

b) monotheism.

c) a detailed book of scripture.

d) a violent ideology.

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

16. Sikhism is a syncretic religion that arose from the interaction between Hinduism and

a) Buddhism.

b) Islam.

c) Christianity.

d) British colonial officials.

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

17. The Indonesian island of Bali became a refuge for Hindu holy men, nobles and intellectuals during the sixteenth century because

a) volcanic eruptions drove them out of neighboring islands.

b) droughts and famines swept India.

c) Buddhism engulfed neighboring Sumatra.

d) Islam diffused through neighboring Java.

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

18. Hinduism has not spread by expansion diffusion in modern times, but at one time it did spread by relocation diffusion as a result of

a) the transportation of Indian workers abroad during the colonial period.

b) conquest by military groups.

c) forced relocation by Islamic invaders.

d) missionary activities overseas.

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Application

19. Buddhism has its source in

a) India.

b) Japan.

c) China.

d) Thailand.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

20. The founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, who came to be known as the Buddha (enlightened one) was perhaps the first prominent Indian religious leader to

a) reject the eating of meat.

b) acknowledge sacred animals, such as cattle.

c) speak out against the Hindu caste system.

d) accept Karma.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

21. Buddhism thrives in all of the areas listed below except

a) Sri Lanka.

b) Nepal and Tibet.

c) Korea.

d) India.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

22. Tibetan Buddhism is of the ___________ type.

a) Mahayana

b) Vajrayana

c) Theravada

d) Zen

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

23. Geomancers, those who know the desires of the spirits of ancestors, dragons and tigers occupying the natural world, are associated with

a) karma.

b) feng-shui.

c) Lamaism.

d) monotheism.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

24. The teachings of Lao-Tsu form the tenants of

a) Confucianism.

b) Hinduism.

c) Taoism.

d) Islam.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

25. The Confucian Classics were the 13 texts that were the focus of education for 2,000 years in

a) Japan.

b) Afghanistan.

c) China.

d) India.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

26. Under Chinese communist rule (1949-present), Confucianism has

a) been returned to after the colonial period.

b) been used as the basis of an egalitarian Marxist civil service.

c) been banned and suppressed.

d) been limited to areas with non-Han minority populations.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

27. The Jews of Central Europe are known as

a) Ashkenazim.

b) Sephardim.

c) Zionists.

d) Orthodox.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

28. By the year _______, Islam had diffused to the East Indies.

a) 600

b) 700

c) 800

d) 1200

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Application

29. The diaspora of the Jews resulted from

a) Moses decision to leave Egypt.

b) the Arab-Israeli conflict.

c) the European holocaust of the Nazis.

d) the Roman destruction of Jerusalem.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

30. The ideology of Zionism has as its goal

a) the merger of Judaism with other religions.

b) the merger of the three modern divisions of Judaism.

c) a homeland for the Jewish people.

d) the elimination of the Orthodox division within the faith.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

31. The denomination of Christianity with the largest number of adherents is

a) Protestant.

b) Eastern Orthodox.

c) Coptic.

d) Roman Catholicism.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

32. The African country where a major cluster of Eastern Orthodox churches survive is

a) Nigeria.

b) Ethiopia.

c) Algeria.

d) Angola.

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

Difficulty: Hard

Blooms: Knowledge

33. Roman Catholic Christianity was spread to Middle and South America by

a) England.

b) Spain.

c) Portugal.

d) Italy.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

34. The youngest major religion is

a) Hinduism.

b) Judaism.

c) Islam.

d) Christianity.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

35. Modern-day Shi’ite Islam dominates a region centered on

a) Pakistan.

b) Arabia.

c) Iran.

d) Indonesia.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

36. The Hajj, one of the “pillars of Islam,” is

a) charitable giving.

b) fasting during the holy month.

c) the veil worn by Muslim women.

d) the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Explain how the cultural landscape reflects religious ideas and practices.

37. The world’s largest predominantly Islamic state is

a) Iran.

b) Pakistan.

c) Egypt.

d) Indonesia.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

38. Shamanism is an indigenous religion, and an intimate part of local culture and society. But not all traditional religions are shamanist. In which of the following regions have both Christianity and Islam failed to convert most of the people practicing a traditional religion?

a) Southwest Asia

b) Asia

c) Africa

d) South America

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

39. The rise of secularism and decline of religious membership are found in

a) Europe.

b) Africa.

c) Southwest Asia.

d) Southeast Asia.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

40. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem marks the site of Christ’s

a) birth.

b) first miracle.

c) last supper.

d) tomb.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Explain how the cultural landscape reflects religious ideas and practices.

41. Jerusalem is a sacred place for

a) Jews.

b) Muslims.

c) Christians.

d) all of the above

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Comprehension

Learning Objective: Explain how the cultural landscape reflects religious ideas and practices.

42. Jerusalem is to Christians as ______ is to Hindus.

a) Mumbai

b) Delhi

c) Varanasi

d) Tokyo

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Application

Learning Objective: Explain how the cultural landscape reflects religious ideas and practices.

43. Buddhist pilgrimages to Bodh Gaya are focused on

a) the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama.

b) a Bodhi tree under which the Buddha taught.

c) a Shrine to Krishna.

d) the grave of the Buddha.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Explain how the cultural landscape reflects religious ideas and practices.

44. The pagoda is the style of building most often associated with

a) the Buddhist faith.

b) the Jain faith.

c) early Islam, prior to the mosque.

d) the Parsee faith.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Explain how the cultural landscape reflects religious ideas and practices.

45. The major religion centered in New Orleans is

a) Spanish Catholic.

b) French Catholic.

c) Lutheran.

d) Baptist.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Explain how the cultural landscape reflects religious ideas and practices.

46. Which of the following U.S. regional associations is incorrect?

a) New England—Catholic

b) South—Baptist

c) Upper Midwest—Lutheran

d) Southwest—Mormon

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Analysis

Learning Objective: Explain how the cultural landscape reflects religious ideas and practices.

47. Which is not a feature of Islamic sacred architecture?

a) Minarets

b) adoption of Roman models of design

c) Frescoes depicting the life of the prophet

d) geometric and calligraphic ornamentation

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Application

Learning Objective: Explain how the cultural landscape reflects religious ideas and practices.

48. Which is an example of an intrafaith (boundary) conflict?

a) Israel—Palestine

b) Former Yugoslavia

c) Northern Ireland

d) Nigeria

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Comprehension

Learning Objective: Identify and describe the role religion plays in political conflicts.

49. The vote to partition Palestine was taken by

a) Israel.

b) the United Nations.

c) Britain.

d) the Ottoman Empire.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Learning Objective: Identify and describe the role religion plays in political conflicts.

50. Between 1914 and 1946, the Jewish population of Palestine grew from around 60,000 to over

a) 528,000

b) 120,000

c) 1,000,000

d) 150,000

Learning Objective: Identify and describe the role religion plays in political conflicts.

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Knowledge

51. The international community calls the lands Israel gained through the 1967 and 1973 wars the

a) holy land

b) Occupied Territories

c) Liberated Lands

d) Israel

Learning Objective: Identify and describe the role religion plays in political conflicts.

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Knowledge

52. In 2007, Israel granted autonomy to

a) Jews

b) Egypt

c) Gaza

d) the West Bank

Learning Objective: Identify and describe the role religion plays in political conflicts.

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Knowledge

53. Northern Ireland, scene of Catholic-Protestant conflict, was partitioned by

a) the United Nations.

b) mutual agreement of the two conflicting parties.

c) the Catholic Church through a Papal Nuncio.

d) Britain.

Learning Objective: Identify and describe the role religion plays in political conflicts.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

54. Rabbi Kahane and his followers are examples of

a) Christian converts.

b) peace activists.

c) Jewish extremists.

d) followers of the peaceful, syncretic Bahai faith.

Learning Objective: Identify and describe the role religion plays in political conflicts.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

55. The extremist group ________ operates in Nigeria.

a) Al-Qaeda

b) Central Advocates for Islam

c) Boko Haram

d) Hamas

Learning Objective: Identify and describe the role religion plays in political conflicts.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

56. ____________ refers to the indifference or rejection of formal religion.

a) secularism

b) atheism

c) monotheism

d) polytheism

Learning Objective: Describe the nature of religion and its cultural significance.

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Knowledge

57. Pork production is slim to nearly none in ___________ countries.

a) Buddhist

b) Christian

c) Animist

d) Muslim

Learning Objective: Describe the nature of religion and its cultural significance.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

True/False

58. Around the world there are more adherents to Islam than Hinduism.

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

59. Christianity is an example of a polytheistic religion.

Learning Objective: Describe the nature of religion and its cultural significance.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

60. Secularism is not a force in Roman Catholic countries.

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

61. Judaism is a globally dispersed religion.

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

62. In part, Buddhism was founded in opposition to the Hindu caste system.

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion. Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

63. Islam is the second oldest religion in the world.

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

64. Islamic architecture borrowed from the Romans to create a distinctive architectural style.

Learning Objective: Explain how the cultural landscape reflects religious ideas and practices.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

65. Hindu landscape features focused on water are associated with ritual bathing.

Learning Objective: Explain how the cultural landscape reflects religious ideas and practices.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

66. The growth of religious fundamentalism often comes from a sense of powerlessness in relation to socio-economic conditions.

Learning Objective: Identify and describe the role religion plays in political conflicts.

Difficulty: Easy

Blooms: Knowledge

Essay

67. Secularism began to arise with the separation of church and state in Europe. Analyze and describe the effects this has had today in relation to ideas of tradition and personal lifestyles? In what way could it be argued that fundamentalism is a reaction against liberal secularism?

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Analysis

Learning Objective: Describe the natural of religion and its cultural significance.

68. Choose a world religion and discuss its place of origin, its diffusion, and its current distribution.

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Application

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

69. Briefly discuss the differences between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims. Analyze the pattern of distribution of the two types of Islam and highlight an example of conflict within national borders.

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Analysis

Learning Objective: Identify and describe the role religion plays in political conflicts.

70. Buddhism is a fragmented religion. List some of its branches, their location, and their basic beliefs.

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Analysis

Learning Objective: Describe the distribution of major religions and the factors that shaped their diffusion.

71. Discuss the influence of religion in the cultural landscape. Give examples from a number of faiths and regions.

Difficulty: Medium

Blooms: Application

Learning Objective: Explain how cultural landscapes reflect religious ideas and practices.

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