Deck 7: Transatlantic Religions

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of syncretism?

A) Holy Communion
B) Japanese cultural practice of mixing Chinese Confucianism, Buddhists teachings, Christian ceremonies, and Shinto practices
C) American slave-owners forcing slaves to convert to Protestantism
D) the transatlantic slave trade

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is true about globalization?

A) It is a relatively new phenomenon.
B) It is no longer a politically correct term.
C) It has been occurring for centuries.
D) It has recently slowed dramatically with a growing counter-culture against technology.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is an Afro-American tradition that developed as a distinct religious stream alongside, but sometimes integrating with, Catholicism?

A) Umbanda
B) Santeria
C) Voudun
D) all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What is one argument for why Rio's urban poor are drawn to the African-American religious tradition of Umbanda?

A) Survival calls for imaginative solutions provided by UmbandA)
B) By practicing Umbanda, the urban poor resist marginalization.
C) By practicing Umbanda, the urban poor resist nationalism.
D) Umbanda is the only religious tradition Rio's urban poor have been introduced to.

Question 5

How are religions best studied?

A) within the nation-state construct
B) with a transnational perspective
C) comparatively
D) as unique entities

Question 6

Who is Tonantzin?

A) an Aztec goddess of fertility
B) the leader of a Mexican resistance movement against Spain
C) the first Mexican Catholic priest
D) another name for the Virgin of Guadalupe

Question 7

Anthropologist Eric Wolf argued that the symbols of the Virgin as nurture and Christ as struggle reflect what in Mexican life?

A) family relationships, particular that of the child and parent
B) Spain's religious ideologies taken up in Mexico
C) secret Mexican resistance symbols
D) all of the above

Question 8

What purpose does Afro-Brazilian trance serve?

A) provides space for individuals to act out their emotions
B) cultivates healing
C) delivers answers to questions about illnesses
D) all of the above

Question 9

Why is it significant that Garifuna in New York City often self-identify as black.

A) The Garifuna cannot successfully claim other identities that they feel they belong with.
B) They de-emphasize religious connections with the African diaspora.
C) This shows how race works as the overarching way to categorize other peoples in the US.
D) all of the above