Introduction To World Religion And Primal Religion Test Review

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Polytheism

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The belief in one God

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All religions recognize..

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That we suffer in this world

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Empathy is...

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The ability to see things from another person's perspective

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What cannot attained in this life?

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Salvation

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Religion is a deeply personal relationship each of us experiences with the sacred.

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FALSE

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In the Australian Aboriginal religion...

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The supernatural beings remain as sacred power

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Approximately 1/2 the population of Africa belongs to the Yoruba religon

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FALSE

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The Yoruba believe that the earth is inhabited with only good people.

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FALSE

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The two types of ancestors in the Yoruba religion are...

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Family members and deified important figures

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The most sacred number in the Lakota religion

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The number 4

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T/F Polytheism is the belief in one God

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False

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T/F All religions recognize that we suffer in this world

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True

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T/F Empathy is the ability to see things form another person's perspective

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True

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T/F Salvation can be attained in this life

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False

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T/F Religion is a deeply personal relationship each of us experiences with the sacred

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False

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T/F In the Australian Aboriginal religion of the supernatural beings remain as sacred power

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True

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T/F Approximately 1/2 the population of Africa belongs to the Yoruba religion

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False

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T/F The Yoruba believe that the earth is inhabited with only good people

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False

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T/F The two types of ancestors in the Yoruba religion are family members and deified important figures

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True

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T/F The most sacred number in the Lakota religion is the number 4

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True

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T/F The purpose of the Sundance is to gain spiritual power to assure greater success in hunting, warfare and curing the ill.

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False

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T/F Voodoo original wisdoms began in Africa

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True

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T/F Voodoo is becoming less popular due to media's negative portrayal of their rituals

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False

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T/F Medicine men can communiate with the spirit world

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True

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T/F Ethics help to determine how we are to act in the world

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True

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M/C - What custom can we take from primal religion and make our own?

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Vision Quest

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M/C - Cosmology is...

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Understanding the nature of the universe

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M/C - Revelation is...

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God being revealed to humans

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M/C - Two emotions in Theistic religions when experiencing the divine are

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A) confusion and fascintation

B) fear and confusion

C) fear and fantasy

D) none of the above

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M/C - In non-theistic religions, religious experience usually takes the form of...

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Mysticism

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M/C - Myths are...

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sacred truth

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M/C - Generally, people belonging to primal religions are...

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non-literate and tribal

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M/C - The Europeans arrived in Australia...

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200 years ago

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M/C - Which primal religion believed the earth was formless before it was created?

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Australian Aborigines

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M/C - The supernatural beings of the Australian Creation myth are called...

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Ancestors

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M/C - The mythic period of the Australian creation is called...

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The Dreaming

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M/C - The two basic elements of the Australian primal religion revolve around are...

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a) myth and worship

b) art and myth

c) ritual and worship

d) non of the above

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M/C - What was the movement which tried to unite all the tribes across North America?

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Pan-Indian

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M/C - The supreme God of the Yoruba is...

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Olorun

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M/C - The god which was originally human is...

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Ogun

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M/C - The Supreme Reality of the Lakota is...

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Wakantanka

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M/C - Inktomi can be considered a...

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a) Spider

b) Trickster figure

c) Mediator between heaven and earth

d) All of the above

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M/C - Transcendence is...

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Attaining salvation on earth

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M/C - We started the study of World Religions with primal religion because...

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These religions began a long time ago

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M/C - Some of the common themes shared by primal religions are...

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a) Boundries between natural and supernatural are thin

b) The earth is sacred

c) Religious experience is engrained in ritual

d) All of the above

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M/C - The purpose of the Yoruba religion is...

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To maintain the balance

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M/C - The supreme god of Voodoo is...

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Bon Dieu

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M/C - The lesser gods of Voodoo are called...

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Loa

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M/C - The priests of Voodoo are called...

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Papas and the Mommas

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M/C - The home of voodoo in the United States is...

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New Orleans

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Trickster Figure

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How suffering is brought into our lives

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Theistic Religion

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Belief in a God or multiple of Gods

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Divine Myth

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How the gods came to be

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Monotheism

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Belief in only one God

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Non-theistic Religion

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Do not believe in personal God or gods

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Hero Myth

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Image of the good and brave person

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Polytheism

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Belief in many gods

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Creation Myth

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Origins of the Earth

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Cultural Myth

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Explains how rituals and customs started

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Ritual practitioners

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Can communicate with the Gods

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How does the study of World Religions promote compassion and community?

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Compassion - Other people follow the rules of their religion because they make sense - they are not crazy, deluded, or evil.

Community - We can build closer relationships with other religions through knowledge of their religion

---> We can understand people's religion and we can relate

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What are the seven basic elements of religion?

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Faith, Experience, Myth, Doctrine, Ethical, Ritual, Social, Material, Community, Physical

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What is the first and last step in the flow chart "How Religions Came to Be?"

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- Experience: This helps people to express their faith

- Religions include values/ ethics on how to live

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What are the 6 characteristics of rituals?

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1) Rituals recreate religious experiences

2) Rituals put the community in touch with the past

3) Rituals create communal identity

4) Rituals are essentially dramatic actions

5) Rituals are symbolic actions

6) Rituals are sumbolic celebrations

7) Rituals take on many different forms and invovle a variety of actions

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What are the 6 steps in the vision quest?

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1) Participant undergoes a ritual of purification in the sweat lodge

2) Goes off alone, far frome the village to a hilltop

3) Endure the elements for a set number of days without food/water

4) Vision comes (in the form of an animal, object or force of nature)

5) A message is communicated with the vision

6) Return to the village where the medicine man interprets the message and the vision

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What is secularization? Give an example.

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Secularization is a theory that modern industrial society will inevitably lead to the disappearance of religion.

An example is that according to Stats Canada, non-attendance at religious services increased from 31% to 43% from 1985 to 2004

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What is taboo? Give an example from the Catholic faith.

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Taboo: Certain things and activities due to their sacred nature, are set aside for specific members of the group and are forbidden to others.

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How has the media affected Voodoo?

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By only mentioning the evil elements of the religion (zombies, voodoo dolls, black magic etc.) and fails to mention good aspects of the religion such as healing spells and holistic medicine. Also the media also inaccuarately captures the differences between hoodoo and voodoo.

--> Much maligned by the media due to racist ideas against a "black" religion

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How did slavery help the emergence of Voodoo in Haiti?

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Voodoo was supressed by white slaves due to their hatred for all africans and because voodoo gave them strength towards the slaves.

Also voodoo became its own religion in Haiti in the 19th century and later people brought it over to America where it was practiced in New Orleans.

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Human Condition

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- The human condition encompasses the unique features of being human, particularly the ultimate concerns of human existence.

- It can be described as the unalterable part of humanity that is inherent and innate to human beings and not dependent on factors such as gender, race, culture, or class.

- It includes concerns such as the meaning of life, the search for gratification, the sense of curiosity, the inevitability of isolation, and the awareness of the inescapability of death. In essence, the human condition is the self-aware, and reflective nature of Homo sapiens that allows for analysis of existential themes.

- humans search for purpose, are curious, and thrive on new information. High-level thought processes, such as self-awareness, rationality, and wisdom are considered to be defining features of what constitutes a person

- It has been defined as humans' capacity for good and evil.