World Religion East and West Midterm Test Questions And Answers, Exams of World Religions

Download World Religion East and West Midterm Test Questions And Answers and more Exams World Religions in PDF only on Docsity! World Religion East and West Midterm Test Questions And Answers True/False. America has always been both secular and religious at the same time. - correct answer True What religion is most popular in the U.S? - correct answer Christianity What are the two clauses of the first amendment that associated with religious literacy? - correct answer The Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. The Establishment clause prohibits the government from "establishing" a religion. What percentage of the world is religious? - correct answer 84% What is the holy book of Islam? - correct answer Qur'an (recitation) - a book of God's words revealed to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel. What is the most important event that marked the beginning of Islam in 622 C.E.? - correct answer Hijrah which is the flight from Mecca to Medina. What are the five pillars (straight path) in Islam? - correct answer - Shahada (reciting two confessions of Muhammad) - Salat (Prayer - 5 times a day, dawn, noon, mid afternoon, and sunset). - Zakat (charity- 2.5% tax for the poor - caring for the needy). World Religion East and West Midterm Test Questions And Answers - Sawm (fasting during Ramadan - sun up to sun down). - Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). What is Hadith? - correct answer A secondary book in authority to the Qur'an that comprises of thousands of words and deeds of Muhammad. (what he said and did). What is Sharia (right path)? - correct answer The Islamic legal ruling and interpretation (law) based on the Qur'an and Hadith. What is Ramadan? - correct answer The fasting and abstaining from eating, drinking, smoking, and sex from dawn until sunset and reciting and listening to the Qur'an instead. It commemorates the coming of revelation to Muhammad. What are the seven sacraments of Catholicism? - correct answer Baptism, confirmation, reconciliation, holy communion, marriage, ordination of priests, and anointing the sick. What are the 4 gospels of the New Testament? - correct answer Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Where was Jesus born? - correct answer Bethlehem World Religion East and West Midterm Test Questions And Answers What does the three forms of Buddhism consist of? - correct answer Theravada - They believed that the Buddha is a human being, way of the elders, monastic tradition, and individualistic enlightenment. Mahayana - Great Vehicle, focused on community, egalitarian, wrapped up in the world, devotion to Bodhisattva. Vajrayana - Tibetan Buddhism, smallest community, and blend both traditions. What is the name of the most popular Buddhist school? - correct answer Mahayana. What does "Buddha" mean? - correct answer The awakened One. What were the four passing sights of the Buddha? - correct answer The sick person, old person, corpse, and holy man - came to the conclusion that things are ever changing. How many days after his spiritual journey and meditation did he became the Buddha? - correct answer 49 Days What is the conclusion of the Buddha's journey? - correct answer Suffering is the essence of life and that things that we love are impermanent. World Religion East and West Midterm Test Questions And Answers What does the Eightfold Paths consist of? - correct answer Study (right understanding, right thought), ethical conduct ( right speech, right action, right livelihood),and discipline (right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration) What is the sacred text in Buddhism? - correct answer The Pali Canon. What is Dao? - correct answer Literally means the path or way. Name a God in Daoism? - correct answer Yanshi Tianzun, Lord Guan, and Queen Mother of the West. Who is the Founding figure of Daoism? - correct answer Lao Tzu (Laozi) means old master. Zhuangzi is the follower of the Laozi. Name 1 of the 2 sacred Daoist texts. - correct answer Daodejing What did Daoism focused on? - correct answer Life, death, and immortality. Dao have many deities true/false. - correct answer True World Religion East and West Midterm Test Questions And Answers What is the problem and solution in Daoism? - correct answer The problem is social conventions that prevents us from living life freely. The solution is to live life freely. What is the aim in Daoism? - correct answer Harmony with the life giving Dao. What are some Daoist practices? - correct answer Fangshi (right recipe and formula for life, health, and immortality), Sitting and Forgetting (allowing your mind to wander), and Tai Chi (the body is a microcosmic of the universe). What is the goal of Dao practices? - correct answer To achieve Zhenren (a genuine human person who is in harmony with Dao). Who is the founder of Confucianism? - correct answer Confucius (551 - 479 BCE) What is the problem and solution sought in Confucianism? - correct answer The problem is chaos and order is the solution is social order. What is the book in Confucianism that contains confucian sayings? - correct answer The Analects World Religion East and West Midterm Test Questions And Answers The entire sacred literature. What are the three Narratives? - correct answer Narrative of Promise. Narrative of Slavery and freedom Narrative of Exile and Return. What is the Shoah? - correct answer The Holocaust - the destruction of the Jewish community and the systematic state-sponsored persecution and murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime. What happened between 587 BCE and 70 CE? - correct answer In 587 BCE, the first destruction of the Jewish temple by the Babylonians and in 70 CE, the second Jewish temple was destroyed by the Romans and the Jews were sent into exile. What is given to Moses on Mount Sinai? - correct answer The oral law and the ten commandments. What is the Talmud? - correct answer A written collection of some of the rabbis' discussions and comments on the laws in the Mishnah. Contains Mishnah, Midrash. World Religion East and West Midterm Test Questions And Answers What does God promise Abraham in Genesis 12? - correct answer - Land. First, he promised Abraham a land, a specific location for his people. - Descendants. Secondly, he promised Abraham descendants. And, contextually, that would mean righteous descendants. The wicked are ultimately cut off, and so God's promising Abraham he'll have descendants that will be righteous. - Blessing. And thirdly, he's promising Abraham that the plan related to the first two promises would be blessing to all the nations. What are the three types of antisemitism? - correct answer Name the 10 Commandments - correct answer - I am the Lord you God, the one who brought you out of Egypt. - You shall have no other Gods before me/ shall not have an idol. - You should not take the lord's name in vain. - Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy. - Honor your father and mother. - You should not kill and murder. - You shall not commit adultery. - You should not steal. - You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. - You should not covet your neighbor's spouse and shall not covet God. World Religion East and West Midterm Test Questions And Answers God recognized in Judaism - correct answer Shema (Hear O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one) True/False. Judaism is the smallest of the great religions. - correct answer True. Major aspect of Judaism - correct answer Law and ethics. How many Gods does Judaism believe in? - correct answer 1- monotheistic. True/False. Hinduism is the third largest religion. - correct answer True. What is the problem and solution in Hinduism? - correct answer The problem is samsara (the cycle of life, death, and re-birth). The solution is Moksha (breaking the samsara cycle to achieve release and liberation). Name a sacred text in Hinduism? - correct answer The Vedas (books of knowledge) which includes the Brahmanas (priestly books), Aranyakas (forest books), and Upanishards (secret doctrines) which is the most important section.