Chapter 5

Question 1

A polytheistic religion refers to

Answer 1

belief in multiple deities.

Question 2

Which religions are universalizing?

Answer 2

Christianity,Islam,Buddhism,and Sikhism

Question 3

According to the beliefs of the Aboriginal inhabitants of Australia, the time when the Earth was transformed from a featureless and inactive realm into the world as we know it is known as

Answer 3

Dream time

Question 4

Name the only country in which the majority of the population is Jewish.

Answer 4

Israel

Question 5

Christianity is the largest religion in the world with an estimated number of adherents totaling

Answer 5

2.3 billion

Question 6

​ Sanatana dharma​ , meaning “eternal truth,” is the name some

Answer 6

Hindus

Question 7

The smallest of the major universalizing religions is

Answer 7

Sikhism

Question 8

The scattering of a people through forced migration is known as

Answer 8

Diaspora

Question 9

Which region constitutes the hearth of Christianity?

Answer 9

Palestine

Question 10

List the characteristics that define a sacred space.

Answer 10

Specific places, and sites that are recognize for their sanctity.

Question 11

An intellectual movement that encourages scientific thought, the expansion of knowledge, and belief in the inevitability of progress is known as

Answer 11

Modernism

Question 12

is the fastest growing branch within Christianity.

Answer 12

Renewalism

Question 13

The fastest growing religion in the world is

Answer 13

Islam

Question 14

One of the goals of the

Answer 14

Zionism

Question 15

Historian Lynn White, Jr. addressed the relationship between

Answer 15

Environmental and religion

Question 16

The religions classified as Abrahamic faiths are:

Answer 16

Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Question 17

What characterizes Mahayana Buddhism?

Answer 17

Compassionate

Question 18

Geographer Ken Foote has demonstrated how sacred sites develop and gain significance within the context of civil religion through the study of

Answer 18

Landscapes of fra edy

Question 19

The ​identify four social classes called ​Vedas Varnas,ranked on the basis of _

Answer 19

Purity

Question 20

What are the characteristics of Islam?

Answer 20

2nd largest religion, sometimes classified as an Brahmin faith, five pillars of faith.

Question 21

Shiites make up a majority of the population which countries?

Answer 21

Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Bahrain

Question 22

Sikhism bears the influences of these two religions,

Answer 22

Islam and Hinduism

Question 23

Normally cremate the deceased

Answer 23

Theravada Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs.

Question 24

Which movement sees the need for sharia to be flexible and open to different interpretations in order to apply in today’s society?

Answer 24

Modernism

Question 25

In the Hindu cosmogony, what is the supreme spiritual source and sustainer of the universe?

Answer 25

Brahman

Question 26

The Dreamtime is associated with what two sacred realms in Aboriginal religious beliefs?

Answer 26

Time and Place

Question 27

What are the two main branches of Islam?

Answer 27

Sunnis and Shiites

Question 28

Why are there two branches

Answer 28

It was split over who should succeed Mohammed (left no successor)

Question 29

Cite three reasons why a pilgrimage might be conducted

Answer 29

Purify the soul, demonstrate devotion, and to fulfill a vow

Question 30

Name two of the four noble truths of Buddhism

Answer 30

Life brings suffering, desire leads to suffering

Question 31

What are the two meanings of the phrase jihad, or holy war?

Answer 31

A personal struggle to uphold the tenets of the faith or as a defense of Islam from threads posed by non believers.