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Religious Adaptation and Change
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1
The original Ghost Dance religion preached by the prophet Wodziwob was particularly popular _______________.
A)
among Plains Indians.
B)
where impoverishment was particularly acute among Indians.
C)
where Whites had not yet arrived.
D)
among urban Indians.
2
Which of the following does Marvin Harris say is true of the Hindu religions's reverence for the zebu cow:
A)
Cow veneration provides support for adaptive strategies that benefit Hindu farmers.
B)
Cow veneration is a major cause of hunger in India.
C)
Cow veneration is an example of the irrationality of religious belief.
D)
Cow veneration has been outlawed by the Indian constitution.
3
Which of the following does Harris say is commonly true of religious beliefs with respect to a society's adaptation to its environment?
A)
They usually have no relation to a society's adaptation to its environment.
B)
They often interfere with a society's ability to achieve its most effective adaptation to its environment.
C)
They often provide validation for the adaptive strategies by which a society adjusts to its environment.
D)
They are always in conflict with the adaptive strategies of a society.
4
The time when an individual or group of individuals create a plan for building a new way of life, a utopia in which the problems around them will be done away with is called a _______________.
A)
period of revitalization.
B)
period of cultural stress.
C)
period of cultural distortion.
D)
steady-state period.
5
The process by which sectors of society and culture are removed from the domination of religious institutions and symbols is called _______________.
A)
separation of church and state.
B)
differentiation.
C)
bureaucratization.
D)
secularization.
6
The belief that humans are divided into different social groups based on their different spiritual affinities to various plant or animal species is called _______________.
A)
zoomorphism.
B)
totemism.
C)
caste system.
D)
animalism.
7
The effects of secularization can best be characterized in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
A)
Secularization results in more efficiency and effectiveness in accomplishing the goals of nonreligious institutions.
B)
Secularization uniformly reduces stress in the lives of individuals.
C)
Secularization increases as technology becomes more sophisticated.
D)
Secularization increases as specialization increases.
8
Which of the following is NOT true of civil religion?
A)
It includes political elements.
B)
It reinforces nonreligious social values.
C)
It reinforces interdenominational acceptance.
D)
It is found only in the United States.
9
Religious fundamentalism is:
A)
found only in Christianity.
B)
found only in Islam.
C)
found in all of the major religions except Buddhism.
D)
found in all the major religions.
10
Which of the following is NOT one of the "Five Fundamentals" accepted by Protestant fundamentalists?
A)
the spiritual resurrection of Jesus.
B)
the inerrancy of the Bible as the literal word of God.
C)
the virgin Birth of Christ.
D)
Christ's atonement for human sins.
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