Introduction to World Religion and Belief System

Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: ________

Test I- Identification Directions: Identify the following given statement. Write your answer in the space before each
number.
_______________ 1. Defined as organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods.
_______________ 2. Claims that there is only one God who could have designed and created the universe.
_______________ 3. This religion worship of many gods.
_______________ 4. It is derived from the Latin word spiritus, its verb root is spirare which means “to breath” literally.
_______________ 5. This is involves the systematic study of the existence and nature of the devine.
_______________ 6. Deals primarily with issues or on sacred texts. It may involve studying the “ concepts and belief systems
of the religion as well as the prior phenomenaof religious experience and the activities of worship and meditation on which
these belief systems rest and out of which they have arisen” ( Hick 1990 )
_______________ 7. Believe to be the ancestor of the Arab people a son of Abraham.
_______________ 8. In Hinduism, this could mean duty, righteousness and ethics
_______________ 9. It is one of the most sacred sites in the world revered by the Jews, Christian, and Muslims.
_______________ 10. A mountain traditional landing of place of Noah’s Ark as narrated in the Book of Genesis.
Test II-Multiple Choice Directions: Encircle the correct answer.
1. Disbelief in or denial of of the existence of a personal god.
a. Monism b. Polytheism c. Atheism d. Monotheism
2. The doctrine or belief in one supreme god.
a. Monism b. Polytheism c. Atheism d. Monotheism
3. He viewed on religion the belief in spiritual being.
a. Edward Burnett Taylor b. James George Frazer c. Bronslow K. Malinowski d. David E. Durkheim
4. A theory explained that primitive people believed in souls or anima found in people ( seen in dreams ) and in all of
nature. a. Animistic Theory b. Nature-Worship Theory c. Magic Theory d. Wish Fulfilment Theory
5. He is a proponent of Wish Fulfilment Theory explained that religion were developed by the fews to control the
masses and suppress revolution as a result of the continuing struggle between classes.
a. Sigmund Freud b. Karl H. Marx c. James G. Frazer d. Wilhelm Schmidt
6. It is the most recognizable structure in Jerusalem in Islamic religion
a. Dome of the Rock b. The Western Wall c. Church of the Holy Sepulchre d. None of the above
7. A religion acknowledges the one God in three persons
a. Islam b. Hinduism c. Judaism d.Christianity
8. Considered as the “seal of the prophets”
a. Jesus Christ b. Muhammad c. Ishmael d. Yahwe
9. He is regaerded as China’s greatest philosopher and teacher.
a. Lao-tzu b. Confucius c. Siddharta Gautama d. Yahwe
10. God presented the Ten Commandments to Moses at?
a. Mount Moriah b. Mount Sinai c. Mount Hira d. Mount Ararat
Test III- MATCHING TYPE Directions: Match the terms in column A with corresponding answer in column B.
Write the letter of your choice in the space provided before each number in column A

COLUMN A COLUMN B
_____1. Monism a. god cannot be known
_____2 Polytheism b. disbelief in or denial of the existence of personalgod
_____3 Monotheism c. the doctrine or belief in one god
_____4 Aetheism d. the belief and worship of many gods
_____5 Agnotheism e. there is no real distinction between god and nature
_____6 Religion f. God is powerful
_____7 Edward Burnett Taylor g. Religion originated from the guilt that individuals supposedly feel in
hating their fathers
_____8 David Emile Durkheim h. Organized system of belief, ceremonies, and rules used to worship
god
_____9. Animistic Theory i. He viewed the belief in spiritual beings
_____10. Sigmund Freud j. Believe in soul or anima found in people and in all of nature
_____11. Spirituality k. a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred
_____12. Theology l. could mean duty, righteousness, and ethics
_____13. Muhammad m. Muslim God
_____14. Dharma n. systematic study of the existence and nature of the devine
_____15. Allah o. Derived from the Latin word spiritus.
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Test IV- ESSAY

1. Why religion important to us?

2. Do you agree that the universe is designed and created by a single divine being or God? Explain your answer.

3. How important is the role of Abraham in the development of monotheistic religions?