Exam

REL 130 World Religions

Final Exam

1. The study of World Religions is important because ______

a.. It is useful in our understanding of religious violence,

politics, and conflicts

b. It helps us understand literature and art

c. It helps us understand history

d. All of the above

e.

None of the above

10. Which one of the following is true of ancestors in African native

religions?

a.

Ancestors are far removed from the affairs of the living

b.

Ancestors have nothing to do with social and moral codes

c.

Ancestors are jealous toward the living

d.

Ancestors enforce social and moral codes among the living

members

2. In this course, religion is comprehensively defined as________

a. The fear and awe one feels in the presence of a spirit or a

god

b. True stories of what really happened

c. Human transformation in response to perceived ultimacy

d. Study of the gods

11. The religion of Hinduism is ______________________

a. Polytheistic

b. Monotheistic

c. Atheistic

d. polygamous

3. Where can religion be found?

a. At church

b. At home

c. At a mosque

d. At a temple

e. Where there are people, there too is religion

4. What does the word theism mean?

a.

All reality is god

b.

Belief in the existence of personal gods

c.

Rejection of belief in personal gods

d.

All of the above

5. The word animism refers to_________

a.

The worship of animals

b.

The belief that animals have souls

c.

The belief that all reality is full of spiritual force

d.

The rejection of the spirit world.

6. In Native American religions the High God/Great Spirit/Supreme

Being is rarely appealed to and daily matters are addressed to the lesser

spirits.

a. True

b. False

7. Native Americans believe nature should be treated with respect

because:

a.

the Supreme Being lives and manifests itself in nature

b.

those who harm nature will be punished by religious

authorities

c.

natural resources are scarce and must be preserved

d.

they want to...