Which religion played an important part in the early development of monotheism Week 1 A Shinto B Hinduism C Druidism D Christianity E Zoroastrianism What does the term pluralism mean A Cultural diversity within the same region B Secularism C Tolerance of but not necessarily dialogue with other religions D The fact of diversity and the evaluation of that diversity as desirable E The multitude of sacred texts in one religion Which term refers to a person who acts as an intermediary between humans and the spirit world A Minister B Guru C Shaman D Harbinger E Imam Scripturalism first manifested itself in which tradition A Roman Catholicism B Rabbinic Judaism C Islam D Zionist Judaism E Protestant Chrsitianity A The Punjab B Gujarat C Kerala D The Himalayas E The Ganges river The spiritual discipline in Jainism and Buddhism first developed near what significant region in India Which of the following is a functional definition of religion A Most of the world s people are religious B Religion revolves around sacred texts C Religion concerned with the divine D Religion develops from fear of natural phenomena E Religion is a way of creating community Pre historic cultures often painted pictures like the one above as part of what What as one very important function of Neolithic era priests A Farming B Rituals C Marriage Rituals D Hunting Rituals E Burial Rituals A Interpret scripture B Marry couples C Tract the seasons D Baptize E Forgive sins A A dance Into what does the shaman enter in order to communicate with the spirit world B A tent C A trance D A body of water E An animal skin What does the word prophet mean A One who communicates with animal spirits B A person thought to be a god king C An animal spirit guide D An incarnation of God E A person who speaks on behalf of a deity and foresees or predicts the future Indigenous art is fundamentally about what Week 2 A The sky B Relationships C God D Animals E The earth What is a key problem in understanding Indigenous people and their religions A They do not want non Indigenous people to learn about their culture B They have been completely assimilated to modern Western culture C They have no identifiably religious practices D They have long been defined regulated altered and in many instances destroyed by many non indigenous people E They have been nearly entirely wiped out Totem poles are produced by Aboriginal peoples in which region A New Zealand B The Caribbean C South Africa D The Pacific Northwest coast E The North American plains What characteristic is common to almost all of the traditional trickster characters that we know of A They are male B They are coyotes C They are androgynous D They are small E They are female A 70 B 99 C 2 D 10 E 50 A Arawaks B Caribs C Pomo D Anishinaubae E Navajo A The Dreaming B The First C The Mystical D The Creation E The Awakening Approximately what percentage of Indigenous people in the world today identify with a colonial religion Around what are cargo cults based A Worship of water deities B Supplies and manufactured goods that regularly arrived for foreigners C The military drills of foreign armies D Modern items that dropped from planes E Animals that came on board foreign vessels Christopher Columbus first made contact in the Americas with which Indigenous peoples Famously mistranslated in the nineteenth century which term did anthropologists use to refer to the time during which the origin stories of the Australian Aborigines took place When do boys in the Australian Wiradjuri tradition become men A Once they have cut off a finger B Once they have learned the secret knowledge of the spirit world C Once they have ingested a special drink D Once they have participated in a vision quest E Once they have received a dream of a particular animal Confusion over the Mayan Apocalypse in 2012 resulted from which of the following A A mistranslated text B A hoax invented by the entertainment industry C An academic misunderstanding of the Mayan calendar D Confusing the Mayans with the Inca E Misleading information from Mayan elders Sephardim is a designation for descendants of Jews from where Weeks 3 4 A France and Germany B Russia C Israel D North America E Spain and Portugal What is the Pentateuch A The Tent of Covenant B A king of the Northern Kingdom Israel C The Five Books of Moses D The oral law passed down since the time of Moses E A king of the Southern Kingdom Judea What term refers to the period of Jewish history that followed the Babylonian Exile A Modern Period B Roman period C Rabbinic period D Second Temple period E Classical period What did the eighteenth century Haskalah movement in Judaism seek to do A Return Jews to the ancient land of Israel B Help Jews integrate into European society C Expel non Jews from Spain and France D Bring Judaism to uneducated Jews E Eliminate Jews from parts of Europe A The passage of the Nuremberg Laws B The beginning of the Second World War C The Final Solution D Kristallnacht E The publication of Mein Kampf What act in September 1935 resulted in the revoking of Jews German citizenship and the deprival of their legal and economic rights What is the specific term used to describe the relationship between the Israelites and their God A Love B Covenant C Witness D Wisdom E Submission What do Jewish dietary laws kashrut stipulate A The foods that are not considered nutritious B Which foods are to be consumed with which drinks C Which foods are to be eaten during the day D The foods that are acceptable how they are to be cooked and the types that may be eaten together in the same meal E How much food one is to consume each day What does the Jewish festival of Passover commemorate A The six days of creation B The liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt C The passage of a boy into adulthood D The first Torah translation E The victory of the Maccabees What is the name of the celebration of the Jewish New Year A Rosh Hashanah B Hanukkah C Yom Kippur D Shavout E Yom HaShoah The Babylonian Exile marks the beginning of which of the following A Syncretism between Babylonian and Israelite religions B Reciting of Psalms of lament C Israelite self rule D The Jewish Diaspora E The Hellenization of Judaism Weeks 5 6 What did Martin Luther do in 1517 A Led the first of the Cursades B Posted his 95 Theses against indulgences C Released a tract in response to the peasant revolts in Germany D Spoke out in support of a Church state separation E Split the Church into
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