APHG Unit 3 Practice

Which of the following religions is the fastest spreading religion today?

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Islam

All of the following are characteristics of a universalizing religion except

• connected to a specific founder

• generally widespread

• seeks to convert

• followers are highly clustered

Which of the following religions are considered to be universalizing religions?

• Buddhism, Christianity, & Islam

• Islam, Hinduism, & Buddhism

• Hinduism, Judaism, & Christianity

• Judaism, Islam, Buddhism

Which religion has the most followers?

• Islam

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Buddhism

Who is considered the "Patriarch" or father of the Semitic (monotheistic) religions?

• Isaac

• Noah

• Jesus

• Abraham

Which of the following believes that all things possess a "kami" or divine spirit?

• Islam

• Shintoism

• Bahai

• Zoroastranism

Which of the following is not generally a characteristic of an ethnic religion?

• found within a particular culture
• always polytheistic 
• spatially concentrated
• does not seek outside converts

One of the unique characteristics of Hinduism is that it:

• is so young

• is a very simple religion

• emerged without a prophet or book of scriptures

• has so few followers

The Shinto faith is found mostly in which country?  

• Israel 
• China 
• India 
• Japan 

Which world religion is the oldest that practices the belief of monotheism? 

• Christianity 
• Hinduism 
• Judaism  
• Islam