exam1-ch.7

Question 1

Sikhs are found mainly in

Answer 1

the Punjab

Question 2

Who was the pre-Sikh reformer best remembered for attempting to bring Hinduism and Islam together

Answer 2

Kabir

Question 3

what did Nanak do to emphasize his message of the essential unity of Islam and Hinduism

Answer 3

He wore a mixed costume made up of the clothing of both Muslims and Hindus

Question 4

the Punjabi word for “disciple” is

Answer 4

Sikh

Question 5

How did Nanak, even in death, seek to bring harmony between Muslims and Hindus

Answer 5

He decreed that the group whose flowers remained fresh the day after his death could have his body

Question 6

Nanak took from Islam and Hinduism the elements he believed to be most important. What element did he accept from Islam

Answer 6

the teaching that there is only one god

Question 7

the sikhs refer to god as

Answer 7

the true name

Question 8

Many Sikh spiritual leaders have been warriors. Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was

Answer 8

a pacifist

Question 9

what teaching did Nanak reject

Answer 9

Ahimsa

Question 10

after Nanak, the second in a series of ten gurus who led Sikhism until the 18th century was

Answer 10

Angad

Question 11

Usually the word guru in Indian religions means “teacher” but to the Sikhs it means

Answer 11

leader

Question 12

what is the Adi Granth

Answer 12

a compilation of the official scriptures of Sikhism

Question 13

what role did guru Arjan have in moving Sikhism away from Pacifism

Answer 13

he instructed his son and successor to arm himself and his followers against the Muslims

Question 14

who organized and prepared the Sikhs for self-defense and war?

Answer 14

Gobind Singh

Question 15

How does a person become a Sikh

Answer 15

by undergoing baptism

Question 16

where do Sikhs gather for congregational worship

Answer 16

in a gurdwara

Question 17

why is the Takht (throne) of Sikhism at Amritsar an object of special attention to Sikhs worldwide

Answer 17

it is where the Sikh authorities make decisions regarding the worship and practice of the religion

Question 18

who leads Sikh communal worship in a temple

Answer 18

any member of the community

Question 19

what holiday honors the day on which Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa

Answer 19

Vaisakhi

Question 20

Who compiled the Granth and built the Golden Temple in Amritsar

Answer 20

Arjan

Question 21

Sikh celebrations of holy days include communal processions and

Answer 21

sacred meals

Question 22

who assassinated Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1984?

Answer 22

Her Sikh bodyguards

Question 23

Radical factions in Sikhism have begun to demand that an independent Sikh nation be declared in

Answer 23

the Punjab

Question 24

the Sikhs living in the US and Canada have been the targets of misguided

Answer 24

violence

Question 25

what impact did invasions of Muslim groups have on the northwestern part of India beginning in the 12th century

Answer 25

Islam made its greatest number of converts and established its strongest bases there

Question 26

what was the message Nanak received in a vision while he was meditating in a forest

Answer 26

Nanak was to become an evangelist, preaching a gospel of unity between islam and hinduism

Question 27

at the time of Kabir, Hindus and Muslims revered many of the same holy men and sometimes shared shrines and other places of religious devotion. how was this possible

Answer 27

Hinduism teaches that gods appear in many forms while Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, believes in saints whose tombs become objects of veneration

Question 28

why did Nanak teach that people are free to kill and eat animals

Answer 28

human beings are gods supreme creation and thus are entitled to eat animals

Question 29

what is the importance of the golden temple

Answer 29

it houses the Granth and is the most sacred of all Sikh shrines

Question 30

why did gurus cease to exist after Gobind Singh's death

Answer 30

Sikhs were to be governed by the Granth, which Gobind Singh had established as the final word for Sikhs

Question 31

why did the british use the Sikhs as soldiers and policemen throughout India

Answer 31

the british admired the Sikhs valor as warriors

Question 32

why is the religious life of modern Sikhs relatively simple

Answer 32

the early founders of the religion distrusted elaborate ceremonies

Question 33

why do Sikhs celebrate the Hindu Holy days of Divali and Holi

Answer 33

most sikhs live in close proximity to Hindus, so they celebrate with their neighbors

Question 34

what happened when Indian Prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards

Answer 34

many innocent people were killed during anti-sikh riots in Delhi