Question 1

A high demand religion is characterized by:

Accepted Answer

A)  strict control of outside information
B)  communal living
C)  members being given new names and identities
D)  all of the above D

Question 2

In Vodou,the term lwa refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  places of worship that are sacred to particular spirits
B)  animals that are sacrifices to particular spirits
C)  spirit beings
D)  drums and musical idioms C

Question 3

Traits that diffuse from one culture to another are usually altered to fit into the cultural system of the receiving culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Vodou in Haiti grew out of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  the religions of West Africa
B)  Catholicism
C)  Freemasonry
D)  all of the above

Question 5

Wicca has been described as a polytheistic religion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The practice of justifying beliefs and actions by reference to religious texts held to be inerrant is:

Accepted Answer

A)  totalism
B)  scripturalism
C)  traditioning
D)  agnosticism

Question 7

Fundamentalism is found in a number of different religions,including Islam,Christianity,and Judaism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The Massacre at Wounded Knee was associated with the:

Accepted Answer

A)  John Frum Cult
B)  Vailala Madness
C)  Ghost Dance
D)  Santeria

Question 9

Revitalization movements may be brought about by:

Accepted Answer

A)  political and economic marginalization
B)  malnutrition and high level of epidemic disease
C)  perception that values of the community are being threatened
D)  all of the above

Question 10

An example of a nativistic movement is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Branch Davidians
B)  Santeria
C)  the Vailala Madness
D)  Wicca

Question 11

Totalism,scripturalism,and traditioning are features of:

Accepted Answer

A)  fundamentalism
B)  high demand religious groups
C)  agnosticism
D)  revitalization movements

Question 12

Many revitalization movements developed within Christianity in the United States in the early nineteenth century.An example of such a movement which developed into a mainstream religion is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Methodist Church
B)  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
C)  Amish
D)  Vodou

Question 13

The term syncretism refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  the process whereby a culture accepts culture traits from a dominant culture
B)  a condition whereby a dominated culture has changed so much because of outside influences that it ceases to have its own distinct identity
C)  what occurs when an idea moves from one culture to another and stimulates the invention of a new trait
D)  a fusing of traits from two cultures to form something new and yet,permitting the retention of the old by subsuming the old into a new form

Question 14

Many religions similar to Vodou developed in the New World.In Cuba the deities are called orisha and are know by their Yoruba names.This religion is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Wicca
B)  Santeria
C)  Huichol
D)  Rastafarian

Question 15

An example of a UFO religion is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Heaven's Gate
B)  Unification Church
C)  Branch Davidians
D)  Wicca

Question 16

A deliberate attempt to bring about change in a culture characterizes:

Accepted Answer

A)  rites of passage
B)  revitalization movements
C)  rites of intensification
D)  Neo-Pagan movements

Question 17

The lwa of Vodou closely resemble the orisha of the Yoruba.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Modern Wiccan beliefs are based upon the works of:

Accepted Answer

A)  E.E.Evans-Pritchard
B)  Margaret Murray and Gerald Gardner
C)  Edward Tylor and James Frazer
D)  Bronislaw Malinowski and Claude Lévi-Straus

Question 19

Wiccan beliefs include:

Accepted Answer

A)  nature is a manifestation of deity
B)  folk and ritual magic is used for good and never for evil
C)  rituals associated with the goddess are performed at full moons
D)  all of the above

Question 20

In Haitian Vodou,the identification of the Yoruba deity Legba as St.Peter is an example of syncretism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: Syncretism and Religious Movements

A high demand religion is characterized by:

In Vodou,the term lwa refers to:

Traits that diffuse from one culture to another are usually altered to fit into the cultural system of the receiving culture.

Vodou in Haiti grew out of the:

Wicca has been described as a polytheistic religion.

The practice of justifying beliefs and actions by reference to religious texts held to be inerrant is:

Fundamentalism is found in a number of different religions,including Islam,Christianity,and Judaism.

The Massacre at Wounded Knee was associated with the:

Revitalization movements may be brought about by:

An example of a nativistic movement is:

Totalism,scripturalism,and traditioning are features of:

Many revitalization movements developed within Christianity in the United States in the early nineteenth century.An example of such a movement which developed into a mainstream religion is the:

The term syncretism refers to:

Many religions similar to Vodou developed in the New World.In Cuba the deities are called orisha and are know by their Yoruba names.This religion is known as:

An example of a UFO religion is:

A deliberate attempt to bring about change in a culture characterizes:

The lwa of Vodou closely resemble the orisha of the Yoruba.

Modern Wiccan beliefs are based upon the works of:

Wiccan beliefs include:

In Haitian Vodou,the identification of the Yoruba deity Legba as St.Peter is an example of syncretism.