{{#professor:Mixed Quiz #12 - Review Quizzes #17 & 18}}
1 One similarity between Japanese Shintoism and African animism is the belief that
2 The religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share a common belief in
3 Base your answer to the following question on the speakers' statements below and on your knowledge of social studies.
Speaker A: "The eightfold noble path and four noble truths as expressed by Siddhartha Gautama are the foundations of our faith."
Speaker B: "There is one God and his name is Allah and his truth has been revealed to us through his prophet Mohammed."
Speaker C: "The Ten Commandments and the teachings of the Gospels guide us in our quest for a fulfilling spiritual life."
Speaker D: "To achieve union with atman, we must pass through many births and acquire good karma by being obedient to moral laws and societal regulations."
Which speaker expresses a belief in reincarnation?
4 Base your answer to the following question on the passage below.
. . . He who, being of weak faculties [abilities], develops the wisdom of the first path with a dull insight is reborn seven times at most; after seven rebirths in states of bliss he will make an end of misery: he who develops it with medium faculties and insight is a roamer; after two or three rebirths he will make an end of misery: he who develops it with keen faculties and insight takes root but once, only one human birth will he pass through and make an end of misery. . . . — Charles W. Eliot, ed., Sacred Writings, Vol II, P.F. Collier & Son, 1910
Which belief system is described in this passage?
5 An influence that spread from the Byzantine Empire to early Russia was the
6 In India, the caste system has existed for many centuries because
7 The spread of Buddhist ideas and customs to China and Southeast Asia was the result of
8 An important contribution of the Byzantine Empire to Russia is the establishment in Russia of
9 Which is a valid statement about the role of religion in modern India?
10 Disputes over India's control of Kashmir, Jammu, and Punjab are examples of the continuing problem of
11 One way in which Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholicism, and Protestantism are similar is that each
12 A nation governed by Islamic fundamentalists would be most likely to
13 One way in which the European Crusades, the Age of Explorations, and the Islamic Revolution in Iran were similar is that during each period
14 "A constitution? What for? The Koran is the oldest and most efficient constitution in the world." —King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1966)
"The form of government of Iran is that of an Islamic Republic." —Article 1, Iranian Constitution (1979)
These quotations best support the idea that
15 The expeditions of the medieval Crusaders, the jihads of the followers of Islam, and the tactics of the Irish Republican Army illustrate that
16 Great Britain was able to dominate India for almost 200 years because
17 In China and the former Soviet Union, the Communist governments discouraged organized religion because religions
18 A unique aspect of religion in Japan is that
19 The Ottoman Empire practiced which religion?
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Which is a valid conclusion that can be drawn from a study of these events of the late 1980s and early 1990s?