MACARTHUR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Macarthur,Leyte

INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGION AND BELIEF SYSTEM

MELCs: Differentiate the concept, elements and characteristics of belief system, world view, religion, and spirituality
Analyze the interconnectedness of geography, culture and religions
Analyze the influences of religion to culture and society
Examine the brief history, core teachings, fundamental beliefs, practices, and related issues of Judaism

Name:__ ___________________ Year & Section:__________ Date:________ Score:____

Test I. Identification
Direction: Write the correct answer on each blank space provided before the number.
________1.A system of beliefs and practices by which a group of people interprets and responds
to what they feel is scared and, usually, supernatural as well.
________2. The quality of being concerned with the human spirit or soul opposed to material or
physical things.
________3. This religion originated from Middle East.
________4. It denies the existence of God. The material universe is all that exist.
________5. Is the study of earth and its people. Its features are things like continents, seas, rivers
and mountains.
________6. Is a worldview, belief or a model of thought
________7. The extermination of 6M Jews, not counting women and children.
________8. Is a movement or tendency toward worldwide Christian unity or cooperation
________9. Spiritual leaders of Jews are called?
________10. It is referred to as “ordinary way of life” in its broadest sense by Raymond Williams.
________11. Feasts of Jesus’ birth
________12. Spiritual leaders of Jews are called?
________13. Judaism originated from what Region?
________14. What did the early Jewish people call their God?
________15. Who gave Judaism its fundamental laws?

Test II. Multiple Choice

Direction: Choose and encircle the correct answer from the given choices. AVOID ERASURES!
16. This is the Latin origin of the word religion, which means to “bring together”.
a. Religare c. Religer
b. Religere d. Religir
17. This is another Latin origin of the word religion, which means to “rehearse painstakingly”
a. Religare c. Religere
b. Religer d. Religar
18. This is the belief in many gods or deities
a. Naturalism c. Polytheism
b. Theism d. Pantheism
19. This Region’s religions include Jainism, Sikhism and Hinduism
a. Medina c. Mesopotamia
b. India d. Palestine
20. Identify which group of religions traces their history from Abraham?
a. Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism c. Judaism, Christianity, Islam
b. Christianity, Islam, Hinduism d. Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism
21. Is a place that is thought of as sacred (or holy) to a particular religion.
a. sacred place c. holy altar
b. sacred images d. sacred symbols
22.Whose belief is this: “Religion is philosophy and philosophy is religion.
a. Western belief c. Eastern belief
b. Southern belief d. Northern belief
23. Central and most important religious document of Judaism
a. Torah c. Talmud
b. Toran d. Mishnah
24. The movie that demonstrated Jewish customs
a. Fiddler in the Roof c. Been Hur
b. Fabler in the Roof d. Mooz-lum
25. The sacrament of cleansing with water that signifies repentance and cleansing
a. Confirmation c. Baptism
b. Anointing d. Matrimony
26. “Foretells in symbolic language the triumph of Christianity”
a. The Gospels c. Epistles
b. The Revelation d. The Acts of the Apostles
27. Religion founded by Abraham
a. Judaism c. Taoism
b. Hinduism d. Christianity
28. Central and most important religious document of Judaism
a. Torah c. Talmud
b. Toran d. Mishnah
29. Moses received the Ten commandments after they left Egypt. What was their flight from Egypt
called?
a. The Crusade c. The plague
b. The Sabbath d. The Exodus
30. A religion in which people believe in only one god is known as?
a. An atheistic religion c. a polytheistic religion
b. A monotheistic religion d. agnostic atheism

Test III. Modified True or False

Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and change the underlined word if false to make
it correct.
___________31.Religion is humans’ way to God.
___________32.Spirituality is a particular way of ordering the realities of one’s world.
___________33. A Prophet is one who is called by God to communicate His word to the people.
___________34. Genesis the second book of the Old Testament; it tells the departure of Israelites
out of slavery in Egypt.
___________35.Luke is one of the four evangelists who wrote The Gospels.
___________36. Fatimah is the first wife of Muhammad
___________37. Hadith is the compilation of the collected stories of teachings during
Muhammad’s lifetime.
___________38. Kor’an is the central religious text of Islam.
___________39. Bible comes from the Greek word biblia, which means “books”
___________40. Christians believe in One God and Jesus is the only Son of God.
Test IV
Direction: Give at least (4) four sentences to support your answer.

41-45. Cite (1) one positive effect of Religion and explain.

46-50. Cite (1) one Negative effect of Religion and explain

˜˜ “Worrying gives headache; doing gives result” ˜˜

Prepared by:
Maryjean A. Dizon
Social Science Teacher