61) Which of the following countries is NOT more than 50 percent Muslim?
A) Egypt
B) Iran
C) India
D) Iraq
E) Turkey
62) Hinduism originated in modern-day
A) China.
B) Iran.
C) India.
D) Burma.
E) Israel.
63) Of the following religions, which is oldest?
A) Hinduism
B) Sikhism
C) Buddhism
D) Islam
E) Baha’i
64) Protestantism is least prevalent in
A) the United States.
B) northern Europe.
C) Australia.
D) South America.
E) South Africa.
65) This religion does NOT have its origins in the Middle East:
A) Islam
B) Judaism
C) Christianity
D) Sikhism
66) Of the following religions, which was founded most recently?
A) Islam
B) Buddhism
C) Christianity
D) Hinduism
E) Daoism
67) In the United States, the rise of televangelism led to
A) a rise in Christian fundamentalism.
B) social justice awareness.
C) increased interest in Eastern religions.
D) out-migration from the Bible Belt.
68) In what country is Shi’a Islam the official state religion?
A) Jordan
B) Egypt
C) Bangladesh
D) Iran
E) Malaysia
69) Muslims do NOT make up a majority of this country:
A) South Africa
B) Algeria
C) Egypt
D) Sudan
E) Pakistan
70) On world maps of religion like the one in our text, the United States is represented almost
uniformly as
A) Protestant.
B) Roman Catholic.
C) Orthodox.
D) Buddhist.
E) secularist.
71) The majority religion of North Africa is
A) Islam.
B) Lutheranism.
C) Catholicism.
D) Baptist.
E) Judaism.
72) As explained in the course text, veiling across the Islamic world refers to
A) dressing modestly.
B) dressing plainly.
C) covering a woman’s face.
D) keeping women away from public places.
E) rejecting material culture.
73) The name Islam comes from the Arabic meaning “submission.” This refers, specifically, to
submission of
A) humans to God.
B) women to men.
C) nature to humankind.
D) non-Muslims to Muslims.
74) Private firms use which of the following to help them plan how large to build prisons?
A) fourth grade reading levels
B) local religious beliefs
C) number of churches
D) English language comprehension among new immigrants
E) female literacy
75) Pork avoidance is a cultural trait of many culture groups. For Muslims, meat that is
permissible to eat according to Islamic law is called
A) Sunni.
B) kosher.
C) Quranic.
D) halal.
76) The biggest concentration of Christian congregations in the first and second centuries is in
modern day
A) Turkey.
B) Norway.
C) Germany.
D) United Kingdom.
E) Saudi Arabia
77) Of the following, which was the first religion to emerge?
A) Hinduism
B) Christianity
C) Islam
D) Sikhism
78) Of the major religions that emerged from the Indo-Gangetic plain, which spread the furthest
(to China, Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia)?
A) Buddhism
B) Hinduism
C) Sikhism
D) Mormonism
79) Jews, Christians, Muslims, Baha’i and Druze all have a common connection in God and
A) the Prophet Abraham.
B) the Prophet Muhammad.
C) the Holy See.
D) the Dalai Lama.
E) the Apostle Paul.
80) When India became independent in 1947, the boundaries of many of its states were
established on the basis of
A) language.
B) religion.
C) economic activity.
D) toponyms.
E) population.
81) English is the lingua franca of
A) the world.
B) the United States of America.
C) England.
D) Germany.
E) France.
82) Language revival—saving a language from extinction—is dependent upon all of the
following except
A) evolution of its nonstandard words and phrases.
B) improved status and public perception.
C) growing numbers of speakers.
D) government and institutional support.
6.2 True or False
1) According to linguists, without concepts — words that contain meaning — it would be
difficult to think.
2) Sacred spaces are not limited to houses of worship.
3) Some countries have more than one official language.
4) All the people of the Middle East speak an Afro-Asiatic language.
5) Sacred spaces require the presence of a human-built temple or shrine.
6) The Tigris, Euphrates and Nile are Hinduism’s holy rivers.
7) The most visited Christian sacred site in Europe is Temppeliaukio Kirkko — “the Rock
Church” — in Helsinki, Finland.
8) A diaspora is the diffusion of a religion from its cultural hearth.
9) There is no gender literacy gap in the United States.
10) Around the world, indigenous languages are disappearing faster than new languages are
emerging.
11) The establishment of official languages contributes to the extinction of languages.
12) All Islamists are Muslims.
13) All Muslims accept the Five Pillars.
14) Islam, Judaism and Christianity are the three great monolithic religions.
15) Islam is monotheistic but not monolithic.
16) The term (and concept) fundamentalism is only accurately applied to Islam.
17) Established churches are only found in the world’s core.
18) Religiosity is increasing in Europe.
19) Televangelism is unique to the United States.
20) The wealthiest single institution in the world is the Catholic Church.