Deck 4: States, Secularisms and Religions

Question 1

Why were the French debating outlawing the veil in public schools in the 1980s and beyond?

A) schoolgirls wearing the veil were proselytizing to fellow classmates
B) the veils were ostentatious
C) the veil expressed a certain set of religious beliefs
D) the veil wearers were disruptive to public order

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is true of the American colonies?

A) Colonists fled Europe to escape religious persecution.
B) Colonists reproduced religious intolerance in the colonies.
C) Most colonists were Puritans.
D) all of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which French legal doctrine refers to keeping religion out of public affairs and keeping public officials from displaying their religion?

A) liberté
B) égalité
C) fraternité
D) Laïcité 

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Secularism can serve to do which of the following?

A) separate religion from politics
B) define religion
C) protect religious freedom
D) all of the above

Question 5

Which of the following is a non-secular state?

A) Canada
B) South Africa
C) Israel
D) Mexico

Question 6

In 1800, the United States was populated almost entirely of people of which religion?

A) Protestantism
B) Catholicism
C) Judaism
D) Mormonism

Question 7

By 2000, which religion had experienced the most growth by percentage of population in the United States?

A) Protestantism
B) Catholicism
C) Judaism
D) Mormonism

Question 8

In 2009, Barack Obama asked evangelical pastor Rick Warren to pray at his first inauguration. What is this an example of?

A) a failure of the separation of church and state
B) the special status granted to Christianity in the United States
C) Barack Obama's religious favoritism
D) all of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is provided as example of how in Indonesia the state both promotes Islamic law and works to limit discrimination against women?

A) divorce procedures
B) growing number of domestic violence shelters
C) immigration policies
D) none of the above

Question 10

What must an Indian judge do before adjudicating a divorce?

A) nothing, the legal officials have full jurisdiction
B) ask for the husband's family's consent
C) decide which body of religious law governs the the lives of a particular person or family
D) pray publically with the couple