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FINAL RELIGION 101 STRAIGHTERLINE
PRACTICE EXAM Q&A TESTED AND APPROVED!!!
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. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. --
ANSWER--relationships
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Special rituals mark a person's entry into adulthood. In Native American
religions, a common ritual of early maturity is the "vision quest," or
"___________." -- ANSWER--dream quest
A ___________ is a rule that forbids specific behavior with regard to certain
objects, people, animals, days, or phases of life. -- ANSWER--taboo
A(n) ___________ acts as an intermediary between the visible, ordinary world
and the spirit world. -- ANSWER--shaman
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
___________. -- ANSWER--mystical
As an academic discipline, the field of religious studies is now more than
___________ years old. -- 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. -- ANSWER--nonliterate
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Religions manifest eight possible elements: belief system, community, central
myths, ritual, ethics, characteristic emotional experiences, material expression,
and -- ANSWER--Sacredness
The belief that all is divine is called -- ANSWER--pantheism
__________________ argues that the existence of God cannot be proven. --
ANSWER--Agnosticism
Anthropologist ___________ believed that religion was rooted in spirit worship.
-- 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. -- 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. --
ANSWER--Carl Gustav Jung
Religions express truth ___________. For example, water can represent
spiritual cleansing; the sun, health; a mountain, strength; and a circle, eternity. --
ANSWER--symbolically
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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. -- ANSWER--fertility
Indigenous religions exist generally within ___________ cultures, in which
every object and act may have religious meaning. -- 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 ___________. -- ANSWER-
animism
The culture that flourished in the Indus River valley before 2000 bce is named
the ___________ culture. -- ANSWER--Harappa
The ancient scriptures of India are called the ___________. There are four basic
text collections: the Rig, the Yajur, the Sama, and the Atharva. -- ANSWER--
Vedas
round 500 bce, Indian civilization experienced such widespread and important
changes that the period is called the ___________ Age. -- ANSWER--Axis
FINAL RELIGION 101 STRAIGHTERLINE
PRACTICE EXAM Q&A TESTED AND APPROVED!!!
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. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. --
ANSWER--relationships
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Special rituals mark a person's entry into adulthood. In Native American
religions, a common ritual of early maturity is the "vision quest," or
"___________." -- ANSWER--dream quest
A ___________ is a rule that forbids specific behavior with regard to certain
objects, people, animals, days, or phases of life. -- ANSWER--taboo
A(n) ___________ acts as an intermediary between the visible, ordinary world
and the spirit world. -- ANSWER--shaman
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
___________. -- ANSWER--mystical
As an academic discipline, the field of religious studies is now more than
___________ years old. -- 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. -- ANSWER--nonliterate
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Religions manifest eight possible elements: belief system, community, central
myths, ritual, ethics, characteristic emotional experiences, material expression,
and -- ANSWER--Sacredness
The belief that all is divine is called -- ANSWER--pantheism
__________________ argues that the existence of God cannot be proven. --
ANSWER--Agnosticism
Anthropologist ___________ believed that religion was rooted in spirit worship.
-- 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. -- 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. --
ANSWER--Carl Gustav Jung
Religions express truth ___________. For example, water can represent
spiritual cleansing; the sun, health; a mountain, strength; and a circle, eternity. --
ANSWER--symbolically
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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. -- ANSWER--fertility
Indigenous religions exist generally within ___________ cultures, in which
every object and act may have religious meaning. -- 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 ___________. -- ANSWER-
animism
The culture that flourished in the Indus River valley before 2000 bce is named
the ___________ culture. -- ANSWER--Harappa
The ancient scriptures of India are called the ___________. There are four basic
text collections: the Rig, the Yajur, the Sama, and the Atharva. -- ANSWER--
Vedas
round 500 bce, Indian civilization experienced such widespread and important
changes that the period is called the ___________ Age. -- ANSWER--Axis
