Deck 13: Race and Ethnicity

Question 1

Religions with multiple gods are called _____.

A) Dyads
B) Monotheistic
C) Androtheistic
D) Polytheistic

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Religions with one primary "God" are called _____.

A) Dyads
B) Monotheistic
C) Androtheistic
D) Polytheistic

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which is not one of the "4 M's" of religions?

A) Money
B) Membership
C) Morality
D) Magic

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which is the most formal of the religious organizations?

A) Churches
B) Sects
C) Cults
D) They are all equally formal

Question 5

______ states that as societies became more complex, religion would diminish in importance to the people.

A) Fundamental Attribution error
B) Amorphous homogeneity
C) Secularization hypothesis
D) Modernization hypothesis

Question 6

Which country has/had the lowest church attendance as a percentage of population?

A) East Germany
B) Spain
C) Nigeria
D) Argentina

Question 7

The USA is an exception for the typical pattern for religion because ______.

A) It has a state sponsored religion
B) It forbids religion
C) Despite being industrialized, very few people attend church
D) Despite being industrialized, many people attend church

Question 8

Which developed country has the highest church attendance as a percentage of population?

A) Germany
B) The USA
C) France
D) Japan

Question 9

_____% of Americans self-identify as being religious.

A) 10
B) 30
C) 50
D) 80

Question 10

______ theory states that religions are stronger when they have to compete with one another.

A) Secularization
B) Religious Politics
C) Religious Economies
D) Quantum

Question 11

Which religion has the highest number of women (proportionally) as members?

A) Islam
B) Pentocostal/Charismatic
C) Judaism
D) Catholicism

Question 12

_____ is familiarity with a religion's doctrines, traditions, and members.

A) Religious Capital
B) Religious Wealth
C) Sacred Knowledge
D) Immortal Wealth

Question 13

As religious capital ______, people are more likely to continue to participate in the religion.

A) Shrinks
B) Grows
C) Stays constant
D) Goes to 0

Question 14

The primary people join a religious group, cult or sect is through _____.

A) Door-to-door missionaries.
B) Oprah
C) Social networks
D) Chance i.e.you're just walking by and the church piques your interest

Question 15

New converts to religions are often from _____ backgrounds.

A) Irreligious
B) Very religious
C) Semi-religious
D) Catholic

Question 16

Which was not a behavior that, according to Weber, promoted the emergence of a capitalist market economy?

A) Thrift
B) Honesty
C) Avoidance of luxury
D) Avoidance of work

Question 17

Which was the religion Weber chiefly pointed to illustrate his point on how certain religions encouraged the formation of a capitalist market economy?

A) Calvinism
B) Lutheranism
C) Catholicism
D) Judaism

Question 18

Religious people in the US _____ non-religious people in the USA.

A) are happier than
B) are less happy than
C) are about as happy as
D) do not believe in happiness at all, unlike

Question 19

Which is not an example of violence in the name of religion?

A) The Crusades
B) Current Jihadist terrorists
C) The Irish Republican Army bombings
D) The War of 1812

Question 20

Polytheistic Religions have multiple Gods.

Question 21

In poorer countries, religion tends to be more institutionalized.

Question 22

Membership is related to the social organization of religion.

Question 23

Cults are more focused than Churches on the immediate world.

Question 24

Christianity was originally a sect.

Question 25

Christianity was at one time a Roman cult.

Question 26

More than 50% of Americans attend religious service at least once a month.

Question 27

The US is less religious than other developed countries.

Question 28

The largest religious group in the US is the Baptists.

Question 29

New England is more religious than the south (in terms of people who say they belong to a church.

Question 30

In the US, the number of people claiming they have no religion is increasing.

Question 31

According to the religious economies theory, a state sponsored religion has a monopoly on spiritual service productions.

Question 32

Throughout the world, men are more likely to be religious than women.

Question 33

In general, people who are willing to take risks are more likely to be religious than people who are not willing to take risks.

Question 34

People often continue with the religion they learned from their parents.

Question 35

People who have been in religion for a long time have a lot of religious capital.

Question 36

The primary way people join a religious group, cult, or sect is through advertisements on TV.

Question 37

Lack of education is a big factor on whether a person will join a new church.

Question 38

Religious people in the US are happier than non religious people.

Question 39

Non-religious people are healthier than religious people in the USA.

Question 40

The health benefits of religion are particularly apparent for the very wealthy.

Question 41

The Crusades are an example of violence in the name of religion.

Question 42

Religion is not a human universal.

Question 43

What are the "4 M's" of religions?

Question 44

Describe the differences between Churches, Sects, and Cults.

Question 45

Describe the progression of Christianity through the different types of religious organizations.

Question 46

What is secularization hypothesis?

Question 47

Explain one of the theories as to why the US is so religious.

Question 48

What does the situation with the "Moonies" illustrate? What was common to all of the members?

Question 49

What is the principal argument of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism?

Question 50

How did Calvinism encourage hard work?

Question 51

Give examples of violence in the name of religion.

Question 52

Why is it fairly easy for radical Islamic terrorists groups to find so many people willing to kill themselves for their religion? (think economics, social situation…)

Question 53

Describe the general trend between religiosity of people and a country's level of development.Why do you think this is so? Why is the U.S.an exception?

Question 54

For a country as a whole, is it better or worse for people to be religious? Defend your answer.