Download Video: Great Religions of the World

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Video: Great Religions of the World
Educational Video Network, 33 min. SNU library media call number: BL 80 .G95
Note: the film’s script writer has approached the subject material from a relativistic, all-religions-are-equal
viewpoint.
1. Nature-oriented belief systems that attribute
special powers to animals are called:
A) animistic
B) humanistic
C) spatial
D) temporal
2. A belief in many gods:
A) multideism
B) monotheism
C) polytheism
D) religiosity
3. True/False: The Pharaoh Akhnaton was
successful in converting the Egyptians from
worshiping many gods to one god.
True
False
4. Belief systems adhered to by particular
cultural groups in specific places are called
A) temporal religions
B) monotheistic religions
C) universalizing religions
D) ethnic religions
5. Hinduism, Judaism, and Shinto are examples
of
A) temporal religions
B) monotheistic religions
C) universalizing religions
D) ethnic religions
6. Buddhism, Christianity and Islam are:
A) temporal religions
B) monotheistic religions
C) universalizing religions
D) ethnic religions
7. True/False:
According to the film, the major universalizing
religions developed from ethnic religions.
True
False
8. According to the film, the world's major
belief systems can be divided into two
categories:
A) Northern/Southern
B) Eastern/Western
C) First World/Third World
D) Right/Wrong
9. The root religion of the Indian subcontinent
is:
A) Taosim
B) Shintoism
C) Brahmanism
D) Zoroastrianism.
10. The Hindu belief in the transmigration or
rebirth of the soul is also known as:
___________________________________
11. In Hinduism, the actions of a past life that
determine a person's station in the present life
are called:
A) caste
B) varna
C) Vedism
D) karma
12. If you believe in the four noble truths, you
are most likely a:
A) Christian
B) Buddhist
C) Muslim
D) Hindu
13. A pilgrimage to Mecca is part of:
A) the four noble truths
B) the five pillars of Islam
C) the Ten Commandments
14. The goal of Buddhism is a state beyond
suffering called
_______________________
15. The form of Buddhism which relies heavily
on the compassion of numerous manifestations of
Buddha and on boddhisattvas is:
A) Mahayana
B) Hinayana
C) Theravada
D) Sikhism
16. The indigenous Chinese religion which
concentrates on this-worldly matters and proper
social action is:
A) Taoism
B) Shintoism
C) Confucianism
D) Jainism
17. In Japanese tradition, the "way of the gods"
is:
A) Taoism
B) Shintoism
C) Confucianism
D) Jainism
18. The name of the One God honored by the
Hebrews is:
A) Allah
B) Aten
C) Krishna
D) Yahweh
19. The Hebrew leader who presented the
Israelites with the Ten Commandants was:
A) Abraham
B) Jeremiah
C) Moses
D) Isaiah
20. The highly conservative Hasidic Jews
emerged from:
Sephardim Jews
Ashkenazim Jews
22. True/False: The Roman Empire proved to
be a mixed blessing for early Christians.
True
False
24. True/False: Islam is the youngest of the
major universalizing religions.
True
False
25. Iranians are primarily
Sunni Muslims
Shiah (or Shiite) Muslims