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1. Cremation is more important than burial in which religion? a. Buddhism b. Christianity c. Hinduism d. Islam

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c

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2. The dominant branch of Islam is a. Druze b. Eastern Orthodox c. Shiite d. Sunni

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d

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3. From the Russian Revolution to the fall of the communist government, what was the policy of the government towards religion? a. all churches were closed b. the old church was replaced by Eastern Orthodox c. churches remained open but played a limited role d. youth were encouraged to attend so that the could be indoctrinated into communism

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c

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4. Animists believe that a. people should complete God's creation of the Earth b. inanimate objects and natural events have spirits c. people should make complete use of the Earth's resources d. natural disasters are preventable

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b

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5. The world's largest ethnic religion is a. Buddhism b. Christianity c. Hinduism d. Islam

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c

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6. The world's largest universalizing religion is a. Buddhism b. Christianity c. Hinduism d. Islam

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b

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7. Which is not an ethnic Asian religion? a. Buddhism b. Confucianism c. Shintoism d. Daoism

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a

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8. Lutheranism is an example of a Christian a. branch b. denomination c. religion d. sect

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b

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9. What policy did the British follow in India? a. they divided India into two countries b. they forced all of the Hindus to migrate c. they turned the problem over to the United Nations d. they encouraged the abolishment of the caste system

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d

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10. Worship in Hinduism is most likely to take place a. in a holy shrine b. as part of a pilgrimage c. at home d. in a pagoda

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c

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11. The belief in the existence of only one god is a. animism b. cosmogony c. monotheism d. solstice

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c

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12. Roman Catholics are clustered in the U.S. southwest primarily because of migration of a. Roman Catholics from Latin America b. Roman Catholics from the northeast U.S. c. Roman Catholics from Ireland d. Protestants to the north

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a

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13. Hinduism's caste system a. assigns everyone to a distinct class b. decrees the pilgrimages which should be taken c. is a substitute for the lack of a holy book d. identifies a family's important deities

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a

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14. A universalizing religion a. is based on the physical characteristics of a particular location on Earth b. appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations c. is rarely transmitted through missionaries d. is intentionally developed to be a world religion

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b

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15. What is the holiest book in Hinduism? a. the Bible b. the Old Testament c. the Quran d. none of the above

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d (it is the Vedas)

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16. The goal of the majority of people living in Northern Ireland is to a. remain part of the United Kingdom b. migrate to the Republic of Ireland c. become part of the Republic of Ireland d. join the Irish Republican Army

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a

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17. Judaism is classified as an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion, primarily because a. its main holidays relate to events in the life of its founder, Abraham b. it uses a lunar calendar c. its rituals derive from the agricultural cycle in Israel d. it commemorates the Exodus from Egypt

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c

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18. Adherents of which religion controlled much of present-day Spain until 1492, but not since then? A. Buddhism b. Christianity c. Hinduism d. Islam

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d

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19. Which is a branch of Christianity? a. Druze b. Eastern Orthodox c. Shiite d. Theravadist

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b

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20. The dominant branch of Islam in Iran is a. Druze b. Eastern Orthodox c. Shiite d. Sunni

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c

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21. Which of the following is not a universalizing religion? a. Buddhism b. Christianity c. Islam d. Judaism

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d

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22. Followers of which religious branch do not trace their origin to Abraham? a. Eastern Orthodox b. Mahayana c.Shiite d. Sunni

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b

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23. Adherents of which religion have controlled the Holy Land for most of the past 1,500 years? a. Christianity b. Judaism c. Hinduism d. Islam

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d

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24. Especially important in Confucianism is to a. perform public service b. reflect on the mystical and magical aspects of life c. respect forces of nature as divine d. believe in one all-powerful God

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a

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25. The people of Quebec are distinguished from residents of neighboring Canadian provinces and the United States because they a. don't speak an Indo-European language b. are not predominantly Christian c. frequently use religious toponyms d. want to become part of France again

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c

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26. The concept of a ghetto originally referred to the area of a city a. inside the walls b. inhabited by the lowest-income people c. where Jews were forced to live d. where most blacks lived

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c

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27. Palestinians include all but which of the following? a. residents of refugee camps b. residents of territories occupied by Israel c. citizens of other states calling themselves Palestinians d. Jewish citizens of Israel

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d

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28. A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a a. branch b. denomination c. sect d. dialect

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c

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29. With respect to the relationship between culture, religion, and the physical environment a. few religions derive meaningful events from the physical environment b. religious ideas may be responsible for some of the changes people make in the physical environment c. religion is no longer an important source of identification for a distinct cultural group d. all of the above are true

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b

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30. Unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism a. remained concentrated in one region of the world b. was not begun by an individual founder c. was founded in China d. worships more than one god

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a

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31. A mosque differs from a church, because a mosque: a. is not a sanctified place b. is not a place of worship c. displays a variety of architectural styles d. contains relics of the founder

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a

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32. Eastern Orthodox is an example of a Christian: a. branch b. denomination c. religion d. sect

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a

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33. The situation in Northern Ireland is the result of a. counties in Northern Ireland voting to remain in the United Kingdom b. Catholic protest against discrimination by Protestants c. British colonial control which contributed to poor economic conditions d. all of the above

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d

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34. Beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are a. animism b. cosmogony c. monotheism d. solstice

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b

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35. For most of the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been a. highly clustered in present-day Israel b. dispersed around the world c. concentrated in the United States d. forced to live in ghettos

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b

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36. Which religion is not one of the three most important in Lebanon? a. Christianity b. Druze c. Islam d. Judaism

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d

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37. Which has not been an important cause of Lebanon's civil war? a. more representation in the government b. control of important religious shrines c. more equitable distribution of economic resources d. discrimination against minority groups

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b

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38. A large and fundamental division within a religion is a a. branch b. denomination c. sect d. dialect

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a

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39. A pilgrim to Varanasi (Benares) in India is most likely to be a a. Christian b. Jew c. Hindu d. Buddhists

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c

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40. Muslims are clustered in a. Sub-Saharan Africa b. the Middle East c. Eastern Europe d. East Asia

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b

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41. Protestants in Ireland are a. dispersed throughout the island b. recent immigrants from Great Britain c. highly clustered in one part of the island d. highly integrated with the Roman Catholic population

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c

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42. Which ethnic religion follows a lunar calendar? a. Hinduism b. Islam c. Judaism d. all of the above

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c

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43. Jerusalem is a Holy City to all but which of these religions? a. Christianity b. Judaism c. Hinduism d. Islam

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c

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44. The United Nations partition plan divided Palestine into all but which of the following? a. British Mandate b. Arab state c. Jerusalem district d. Jewish state

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a

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45. Christianity first diffused from its hearth through a. contagious diffusion b. hierarchical diffusion c. relocation diffusion d. all of the above were equally important

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c

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46. The agricultural calendar is relatively unimportant to which type of religions? a. animists b. ethnic c. pagan d. universalizing

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d

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47. Especially important in Daoism is to a. perform public service b. reflect on the mystical and magical aspects of life c. respect forces of nature as divine d. believe in one all-powerful God

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b

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48. Which of the following is currently the most important religion in the homeland of the man who founded it? a. Buddhism b. Christianity c. Hinduism d. Islam

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d

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49. Adherents of which religion are also likely to believe in other religions simultaneously? a. Buddhism b. Christianity c. Hinduism d. Islam

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a

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50. Which is not a characteristic of a hierarchical religion? a. it has a well-defined hierarchical structure b. it encourages each congregation to be self-sufficient c. it organizes territory into local administrative units d. it fosters interaction among different congregations

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b

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51. Mahayanists, in contrast to Theravadists, emphasize Buddha's a. life of self-help b. compassion c. renouncing of worldly goods d. wisdom

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b

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52. Muslims consider the mosque as a space for community assembly and is not viewed as a sanctified place.

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True

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53. The two most important concentrations of Muslims outside the main region of the Middle East are Bangladesh and Indonesia.

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True

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54. Sacred structures for collective worship are relatively unimportant in Asian ethnic and universalizing religions. Important religious functions are more likely to take place at home within the family.

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True

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55. A denomination is a division of a sect that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body.

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False

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56. Jerusalem is a holy city to all three major universalizing religions.

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False

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57. Hinduism is one of the universalizing religions.

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False

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58. Universalizing religions tend to have precise places of origin based on events in the life of a human being, while ethnic religions tend to have unclear origins not tied to a single historical individual.

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True

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59. Two important branches of Islam are Sunni and Shiite.

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True

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60. Often an ethnic religion derives its holy places from the distinctive physical environment of its hearth.

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True

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61. Catholics in the United States are concentrated in the northeast and southwest.

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True

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62. About 23 percent of the world's population adhere to an ethnic religion.

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True

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63. Ethnic religions diffuse in the same manner universalizing religions do.

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False

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64. There are four major branches of Christianity.

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False

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65. The dominance of Christianity from time to time has been assured through hierarchical diffusion.

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True

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66. Since a believer of Buddhism can also be a believer in other Eastern religions, most Buddhists in China and Japan believe in an ethnic religion simultaneously.

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True

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67. Natural landscape features are the holiest places in Islam.

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False

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68. Since the 1917 Revolution, the communists have closed all churches in the Soviet Union.

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False

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69. Monotheism is the belief in one God.

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True

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70. Buddhism is the most important religion in India.

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False

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71. The Church plays a more critical role in Christianity than in other religions because attendance at a collective worship is considered extremely important.

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True

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72. Individual ethnic religions have more concentrated geographic distributions than universalizing religions.

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True

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73. The Ganges is the most holy river for Muslims.

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False

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74. The Sunni branch of Islam is the largest.

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True

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75. A utopian settlement is an ideal community built around a religious way of life.

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True

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76. The largest concentration of Eastern Orthodox Christians is in Eastern Europe.

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True

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77. The foundation of Buddhism are Theravada and Mahayana.

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True

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78. The majority of people in Lebanon are Jewish.

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False

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79. The Catholic church is a good example of a highly autonomous religion.

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False

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80. Islam is a less hierarchical religion than Christianity.

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True

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81. Animism, a traditional African ethnic religion, believe that inanimate objects have discrete spirits and conscious life.

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True

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82. The most troublesome religious boundary in Western Europe is in Ireland.

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True

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83. Many religious adherents believe economic development is incompatible with religious values, especially where Christianity is not the predominant religion.

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True

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84. Pilgrimages play a significant role in ethnic religions but not in universalizing religions.

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False

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85. The Eastern Orthodox branch of Christianity is a collection of fourteen self-governing churches in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

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True

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86. Lutherans in the United States are concentrated in the northeast and southwest.

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True

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87. The most significant religious land uses are for burial of the dead and religious settlements.

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True

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88. Like churches, mosques are consecrated holy places.

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False

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89. The hearths of all three universalizing religions are found in the Mediterranean region of southern Europe.

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False

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90. Buddhism competes for adherents with Confucianism, Daoism, and Shintoism.

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False

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91. An ethnic religion typically has a more clustered calendar distribution than a universalizing religion in part because its holidays are based on the distinctive physical geography of the homeland.

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True

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92. The principal purpose of the holidays in universalizing religions is to commemorate events in the founder's life.

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True

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93. Christianity has the most widespread geographic distribution of any religion.

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True

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94. The type of Hinduism practiced depends in part on the individual's caste.

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True

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95. Fundamentalism is on the rise in much of the world and is a contributor to more intense religious conflict.

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True

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96. Confucianism, Daoism (Taoism), Shintoism, and Judaism, are all ethnic religions.

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True

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