Religion 101 Straighterline Final Exam
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Religions manifest eight possible elements: belief system, community,
central myths, ritual, ethics, characteristic emotional experiences,
material expression, and --- correct precise answer ---Sacredness
The belief that all is divine is called --- correct precise answer ---
pantheism
__________________ argues that the existence of God cannot be
proven. --- correct precise answer ---Agnosticism
Anthropologist ___________ believed that religion was rooted in spirit
worship. --- correct precise answer ---E. B. Tylor
___________ theorized that belief in a God or gods arises from the
long-lasting impressions made on adults by their childhood
experiences. --- correct precise answer ---Sigmund Freud
,Rudolf Otto argued that religions emerge when people experience that
aspect of reality which is essentially mysterious; while ___________
believed that religion was a noble human response to the complexity
and depth of reality. --- correct precise answer ---Carl Gustav Jung
Religions express truth ___________. For example, water can
represent spiritual cleansing; the sun, health; a mountain, strength;
and a circle, eternity. --- correct precise answer ---symbolically
In early religions, the most significant female deity was particularly
associated with ___________ and motherhood and has been known by
many names, such as Asherah, Aphrodite, and Freia. --- correct
precise answer ---fertility
When we look at the world's dominant religions, we see three basic
orientations in their conceptions and location of the sacred:
sacramental, prophetic, and ___________. --- correct precise answer -
--mystical
As an academic discipline, the field of religious studies is now more
than ___________ years old. --- correct precise answer ---200
,Although there is no agreement on how to speak of ancient religious
ways, they are often inadequately referred to as traditional,
aboriginal, indigenous, tribal, ___________, primal, native, oral, and
basic. --- correct precise answer ---nonliterate
Indigenous religions exist generally within ___________ cultures, in
which every object and act may have religious meaning. --- correct
precise answer ---holistic
In many Native American religious traditions, there is little
distinction between the human and animal worlds. These native
religions see everything in the universe as being alive, a concept
known as ___________. --- correct precise answer ---animism
Sacred time is "the time of ___________." Among the Koyukon people
of the Arctic, it is called "distant time," and it is the holy ancient past
in which gods lived and worked. Among Australian Aborigines it is
often called Dreamtime, and it is the subject of much of their highly
esteemed art. --- correct precise answer ---eternity
___________ is the doorway through which the "other world" of gods
and ancestors can contact us and we can contact them. It is associated
with the center of the universe and can be constructed, often in a
, symbolic shape such as a circle or square. --- correct precise answer -
--Sacred space
Most indigenous religions have cosmic tales of their ___________.
They frequently speak of a High God and make little distinction
between a god and an ancestor. --- correct precise answer ---origins
In native societies, everyday religious activity and practice are
significant, because their primary purpose is often to place
individuals, families, and groups in "right ___________" with gods,
ancestors, other human beings, and nature. --- correct precise answer
---relationships
Special rituals mark a person's entry into adulthood. In Native
American religions, a common ritual of early maturity is the "vision
quest," or "___________." --- correct precise answer ---dream quest
A ___________ is a rule that forbids specific behavior with regard to
certain objects, people, animals, days, or phases of life. --- correct
precise answer ---taboo
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Religions manifest eight possible elements: belief system, community,
central myths, ritual, ethics, characteristic emotional experiences,
material expression, and --- correct precise answer ---Sacredness
The belief that all is divine is called --- correct precise answer ---
pantheism
__________________ argues that the existence of God cannot be
proven. --- correct precise answer ---Agnosticism
Anthropologist ___________ believed that religion was rooted in spirit
worship. --- correct precise answer ---E. B. Tylor
___________ theorized that belief in a God or gods arises from the
long-lasting impressions made on adults by their childhood
experiences. --- correct precise answer ---Sigmund Freud
,Rudolf Otto argued that religions emerge when people experience that
aspect of reality which is essentially mysterious; while ___________
believed that religion was a noble human response to the complexity
and depth of reality. --- correct precise answer ---Carl Gustav Jung
Religions express truth ___________. For example, water can
represent spiritual cleansing; the sun, health; a mountain, strength;
and a circle, eternity. --- correct precise answer ---symbolically
In early religions, the most significant female deity was particularly
associated with ___________ and motherhood and has been known by
many names, such as Asherah, Aphrodite, and Freia. --- correct
precise answer ---fertility
When we look at the world's dominant religions, we see three basic
orientations in their conceptions and location of the sacred:
sacramental, prophetic, and ___________. --- correct precise answer -
--mystical
As an academic discipline, the field of religious studies is now more
than ___________ years old. --- correct precise answer ---200
,Although there is no agreement on how to speak of ancient religious
ways, they are often inadequately referred to as traditional,
aboriginal, indigenous, tribal, ___________, primal, native, oral, and
basic. --- correct precise answer ---nonliterate
Indigenous religions exist generally within ___________ cultures, in
which every object and act may have religious meaning. --- correct
precise answer ---holistic
In many Native American religious traditions, there is little
distinction between the human and animal worlds. These native
religions see everything in the universe as being alive, a concept
known as ___________. --- correct precise answer ---animism
Sacred time is "the time of ___________." Among the Koyukon people
of the Arctic, it is called "distant time," and it is the holy ancient past
in which gods lived and worked. Among Australian Aborigines it is
often called Dreamtime, and it is the subject of much of their highly
esteemed art. --- correct precise answer ---eternity
___________ is the doorway through which the "other world" of gods
and ancestors can contact us and we can contact them. It is associated
with the center of the universe and can be constructed, often in a
, symbolic shape such as a circle or square. --- correct precise answer -
--Sacred space
Most indigenous religions have cosmic tales of their ___________.
They frequently speak of a High God and make little distinction
between a god and an ancestor. --- correct precise answer ---origins
In native societies, everyday religious activity and practice are
significant, because their primary purpose is often to place
individuals, families, and groups in "right ___________" with gods,
ancestors, other human beings, and nature. --- correct precise answer
---relationships
Special rituals mark a person's entry into adulthood. In Native
American religions, a common ritual of early maturity is the "vision
quest," or "___________." --- correct precise answer ---dream quest
A ___________ is a rule that forbids specific behavior with regard to
certain objects, people, animals, days, or phases of life. --- correct
precise answer ---taboo
