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Chapter 8: Religion and Identity
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. The population of the 22 Arab countries is approximately ______.
A. 51 million
B. 175 million
C. 372 million
D. 504 million
2. What is the most populated Arab country?
A. Algeria
B. Egypt
C. Iraq
D. Sudan
3. The Arab country with the highest annual per capita gross domestic product is
______.
A. Qatar
B. Egypt
C. Iraq
D. Somalia
4. Which country is not considered an Arab country because of its language?
A. Qatar
B. Egypt
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C. Iran
D. Saudi Arabia
5. Most of the population of Japan traditionally practices a syncretistic combination of
______ and Buddhism.
A. Christianity
B. Islam
C. Shinto
D. Judaism
6. Which of the following is the ninth month on Islam’s lunar calendar?
A. Shahadah
B. Ramadan
C. Rajab
D. Safar
7. In much of the Arab world, people identify themselves as ______.
A. Arab or Muslim
B. citizens of a country
C. subjects of a king
D. individuals
8. Arab culture transcends time and space through language and ______.
A. politics
B. stories
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C. its Islamic faith
D. hot climates
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. What is the relationship between Arab people and Islam?
A. Arabs are the largest ethnic group of the Islamic faith.
B. Arabs are not followers of the Islamic faith.
C. Arabs are a minority in the Islamic faith.
D. Arabs are the most active group practicing the Islamic faith.
10. In Saudi Arabia, practice of ______ provides any citizen access to the king and local
governors.
A. hajj
B. matawain
C. Wahhabism
D. majlis
11. One similarity between Islam and Judaism is in the ______.
A. dietary laws
B. civil laws
C. criminal laws
D. rules of conduct
12. Fasting during Ramadan is ______.
A. one of the religious obligations of Muslims
B. not an obligation for Muslims
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C. strongly encouraged for Muslims
D. nonexistent
13. Sunni Muslims compose what percentage of the world’s Muslims?
A. 90%
B. 70%
C. 50%
D. 30%
14. What is Sharia?
A. Muslim duty of sharing wealth with the poor
B. an ascetic movement throughout Islam directed toward mysticism
C. the canonical law that includes the Qur’an and the sunnah
D. the traditions relating to the deeds and utterances of the Prophet Muhammad
15. Which country is considered to be the most conservative Muslim country?
A. Dubai
B. Egypt
C. Iraq
D. Saudi Arabia
16. What do the matawain in Saudi Arabia enforce?
A. international security agreements
B. oil export agreements
C. religious requirements
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D. the practice of majlis
17. Social lives in Arab culture are ______.
A. based on work and other aspects of human activity
B. based on leisure and intellectual interests
C. organized around family
D. similar to Western concepts of individuality
18. Most Muslims would say that women in Arab cultures are ______.
A. superior to men
B. equal to men
C. inferior to men
D. treated unfairly by men
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. ______ is the more conservative stream of Buddhism.
A. Mahayana
B. Theravada
C. Hinduism
D. Brahman
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True/False
1. There is much diversity in the Arab world today.
2. Arab countries include Algeria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.
3. Arabs were the ethnic group that originally spread Islam.
4. Arabs are the majority in the Islamic religion.
5. Islam is a nonhierarchical religion.
6. In the Islamic religion, there are no priests.
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7. Muhammad ibn Abdullah was a businessman before receiving his revelations through
the angel Gabriel for the Qur’an.
8. In Islam, Muhammad is the last prophet in a line that includes Abraham, Noah,
Moses, and Jesus.
9. In the eighth century, a system of political–religious leadership that originated with the
first successor to Muhammad held authority over parts of three continents.
10. The month of Ramadan commemorates the Prophet Muhammad receiving
revelations from the angel Gabriel.
11. Islam encourages separation of church and state.
12. In modern times, the separation of church and state and the creation of societies
governed by secular laws have fostered freedom of thought and expression in Arab
states.
Learning Objective: 8-2: Identify attempts to combine religion and nation-state identity.
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13. The Qur’an is considered to contain the verbatim words of Allah.
14. Islam has the largest number of followers than any of the world’s religions.
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. The legal system of Arab states is similar to those of Western countries.
16. Saudi Arabia is the 10th smallest country in the world.
17. Muslims have two religious obligations.
18. The Arab worldview is derived from Islam.
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19. Islam only respects a small number of types of work and considers many other non-
worthy.
20. Stereotypes and political unrest contribute to communication barriers between the
Arab countries and the United States.
21. Shinto is exclusively nationalistic.
Short Answer
1. ______ is not considered an Arab country because its language is Persian.
2. The country outside the Arab states with the largest Muslim population is ______.
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3. The Western European country with the largest Muslim population is ______.
4. Arab culture transcends time and space through ______ and its Islamic faith.
5. It is said that Muhammad received his revelations through the angel Gabriel for the
______, the Islamic holy book.
6. Between the 10th century and the 20th century, various geographical areas within the
Arab world were ruled by a chief Muslim civil and religious leader or a ______.
7. Islam is the only world religion that offers rules by which to govern a ______ as well
as a set of spiritual beliefs in its holy book.
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Muslims consider Muhammad the last and greatest ______.
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9. One of the obligations of a Muslim is ______ to Mecca at least once during a
person’s lifetime.
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. ______ Muslims believe that leadership should be passed down Muhammad’s
bloodline.
11. ______ is an ascetic movement throughout Islam directed toward mysticism and a
direct personal experience with God.
12. The ______ system relies far less on physical evidence than on an accused’s
statements and answers to questions posed by judges.
13. The ruling Saudi family gained power in the 1920s by consolidating feudal tribes
through an alliance with an ultraconservative brand of Islam known as ______.
14. Saudi Arabia is the most ______ Islamic country in the world.
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Difficulty Level: Easy
15. In Saudi Arabia, the ______ or public morality committees ensure strict compliance
with religious requirements.
16. The ______ is part of the Saudi constitution.
17. In the Arab states, earning a living through labor is not only a duty but also a
______.
18. According to a 2011 survey, 68% of individuals surveyed from Muslim–majority
countries viewed Westerners as ______.
19. ______ is the oldest source of human identity.
20. ______ is the world’s largest religion with some 2.17 billion followers.
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Essay
1. Discuss the diversity of the Arab states.
2. Explain the view that Buddhism is seen as a reaction to orthodox Hinduism.
3. Discuss the role of Muhammad in the Islamic faith.
4. Discuss the role of the Qur’an in the Islamic faith.
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5. Discuss the relationship of Islam to Judaism and Christianity.
6. Discuss religious practices in the Islamic faith.
7. What are the five religious obligations of Muslims?
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Discuss the differences between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.
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9. Discuss the legal system in the Arab world.
10. Describe the status of science in Islam.
11. Discuss why Saudi Arabia is considered the most conservative Islamic country in the world.
12. Discuss the status of media in Saudi Arabia.
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13. Describe the practice of Islam in Saudi Arabia.
14. Explain the human being–nature orientation as it applies to Islamic cultures.
15. Explain how Arab culture is group–oriented.
16. Explain what most, if not all, modern Christian denominations have in common.
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Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Christianity
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. Explain time orientation in Saudi Arabia.
18. Explain the role of women in the Arab world.
19. Identify the intercultural communication barriers between Arabian cultures and the United States.
20. Discuss the issues related to social media in the Arab world.
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