True or False Quiz


1	The same object can be either sacred or profane, depending on how it is viewed.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Church services are a meeting ground for unmarried members. This is a manifest function of religions.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	The "cultural war" taking place in the United States is between Christian fundamentalists, conservative Catholics, and Orthodox Jews.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	In Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, he noted that in European nations with both Jewish and Protestant citizens an overwhelming number of business leaders, owners of capital, and skilled workers were Jewish.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	Karl Marx argued that religion's focus on heavenly concerns diverted attention from earthly problems and from needless suffering created by unequal distribution of valued resources.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	For Jews, a very important ritual is the hajj, a pilgrimage to the holy land that every Jew is expected to make at least once in their life.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	No nation of the world has more denominations than the United States.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	According to the correspondence principle, schools with students from different social classes promote the values of the White middle class to further the process of cultural assimilation.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Numerous sociological studies have revealed that increased years of formal schooling are associated with openness to new ideas and more liberal social and political viewpoints.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	Much of the spiritual content on the Internet is tied to organized denominations.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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