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Straighterline Rel 101 graded exam 1 topic 3
prep Questions And Correct Answers
Literally Theology means - answer✔✔study of the divine
The approach that especially makes use of reason to find answers to religious questions is -
answer✔✔Philosophy
Among many reasons the existence of religions exist to help peole - answer✔✔deal with the
certainty of death
Wilhelm Schmidt, an Austrian philologist, argued that human beings originally believed in -
answer✔✔One God
The area of investigation that looks for and interprets religions evidence in ancient sites,
buildings, and objects is - answer✔✔archaeology
The French thinker who sought to go behind and beyond ordinary interpretations to in essence
deconstruct texts and other phenomena in search of fresh ways of seeing was -
answer✔✔Derrida
The analytical approach to language, religions, mythology that searches for universal underlying
frameworks is - answer✔✔structuralism
The conception of time that is found in religions that emphasizes a creation and a cosmic purpose
is usually - answer✔✔linear
One religion that particularly values and makes use of silence is - answer✔✔Zen Buddahism
A Dutch reformed church clergyman left his religious callings for painting. The artist name was -
answer✔✔Vincent Van Gough
Pueblo peoples consider kachinas to be - answer✔✔spirits of animals, people, or plants that can
act as guardian spirits
In many Native American Religions - answer✔✔human beings and animals are often viewed as
coming into existence together.
In holistic culture - answer✔✔virtually every object and act may have religious meaning
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The teachings of indigenous religions are typically conveyed by all of the following except -
answer✔✔sacred scripture
Compared with indigenous religions todays dominant religions are - answer✔✔much younger
Circumcision is a ritual often associated with - answer✔✔entry into adulthood
Christmas, though a Christian holy day, began as a celebration of - answer✔✔winter solstice
Biophilia refers to - answer✔✔a love of all forms of life
The Vedic god of storm and war was - answer✔✔Indra
What animal is treated with special devotion and care by Hindus? - answer✔✔Cow
Sannyasin - answer✔✔a wandering holy man
To god Rama is frequently paired with - answer✔✔Sita
A major city of the pre-Vedic culture of the Indus River Valley was - answer✔✔Harappa
Critics of the "Aryan invasion theory" and "Aryan migration theory" often maintain that these
are - answer✔✔a continued relic of western cultural imperialism
Sacred time is Among the Koyukon people of the Arctic, is "the time of - answer✔✔eternity
Sacred space is the - answer✔✔doorway through which the other world of gods and ancestors
can contact us and we can contact them
Native societies everyday religious activity and practice are significant because - answer✔✔their
primary purpose is often to place individual families and groups in right relationships with gods,
ancestors, other human beings and nature
In native American religions a common ritual of early maturity is - answer✔✔the vision quest or
dream quest
A taboo is - answer✔✔a rule that forbids specific behavior with regard to certain objects, people,
animals, days or phases of life
A Shaman - answer✔✔acts as an intermediary between the visible, ordinary world, and spirit
world
The culture that flourished in the Indus River Valley before 2000 BC is named the -
answer✔✔Harappa
The ancient scriptures of India are called the - answer✔✔Vedas
Straighterline Rel 101 graded exam 1 topic 3
prep Questions And Correct Answers
Literally Theology means - answer✔✔study of the divine
The approach that especially makes use of reason to find answers to religious questions is -
answer✔✔Philosophy
Among many reasons the existence of religions exist to help peole - answer✔✔deal with the
certainty of death
Wilhelm Schmidt, an Austrian philologist, argued that human beings originally believed in -
answer✔✔One God
The area of investigation that looks for and interprets religions evidence in ancient sites,
buildings, and objects is - answer✔✔archaeology
The French thinker who sought to go behind and beyond ordinary interpretations to in essence
deconstruct texts and other phenomena in search of fresh ways of seeing was -
answer✔✔Derrida
The analytical approach to language, religions, mythology that searches for universal underlying
frameworks is - answer✔✔structuralism
The conception of time that is found in religions that emphasizes a creation and a cosmic purpose
is usually - answer✔✔linear
One religion that particularly values and makes use of silence is - answer✔✔Zen Buddahism
A Dutch reformed church clergyman left his religious callings for painting. The artist name was -
answer✔✔Vincent Van Gough
Pueblo peoples consider kachinas to be - answer✔✔spirits of animals, people, or plants that can
act as guardian spirits
In many Native American Religions - answer✔✔human beings and animals are often viewed as
coming into existence together.
In holistic culture - answer✔✔virtually every object and act may have religious meaning
, ©THEBRIGHT EXAM STUDY SOLUTIONS 8/22/2024 12:54 PM
The teachings of indigenous religions are typically conveyed by all of the following except -
answer✔✔sacred scripture
Compared with indigenous religions todays dominant religions are - answer✔✔much younger
Circumcision is a ritual often associated with - answer✔✔entry into adulthood
Christmas, though a Christian holy day, began as a celebration of - answer✔✔winter solstice
Biophilia refers to - answer✔✔a love of all forms of life
The Vedic god of storm and war was - answer✔✔Indra
What animal is treated with special devotion and care by Hindus? - answer✔✔Cow
Sannyasin - answer✔✔a wandering holy man
To god Rama is frequently paired with - answer✔✔Sita
A major city of the pre-Vedic culture of the Indus River Valley was - answer✔✔Harappa
Critics of the "Aryan invasion theory" and "Aryan migration theory" often maintain that these
are - answer✔✔a continued relic of western cultural imperialism
Sacred time is Among the Koyukon people of the Arctic, is "the time of - answer✔✔eternity
Sacred space is the - answer✔✔doorway through which the other world of gods and ancestors
can contact us and we can contact them
Native societies everyday religious activity and practice are significant because - answer✔✔their
primary purpose is often to place individual families and groups in right relationships with gods,
ancestors, other human beings and nature
In native American religions a common ritual of early maturity is - answer✔✔the vision quest or
dream quest
A taboo is - answer✔✔a rule that forbids specific behavior with regard to certain objects, people,
animals, days or phases of life
A Shaman - answer✔✔acts as an intermediary between the visible, ordinary world, and spirit
world
The culture that flourished in the Indus River Valley before 2000 BC is named the -
answer✔✔Harappa
The ancient scriptures of India are called the - answer✔✔Vedas
