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Experiencing the World's Religions, 2/e
Michael Molloy

Shinto

True or False



1

"Noh" is the name of dramas performed in mask and costume, associated with Shinto.
A)True
B)False
2

"Ise" is a New Religion that stresses art and beauty.
A)True
B)False
3

"Gagaku" means 'Female who invites'; primordial female parent god.
A)True
B)False
4

"Shimenawa" means 'Warrior knight way'; military devotion to a ruler, demanding loyalty, duty, and self-sacrifice; an ideal promoted by State Shinto.
A)True
B)False
5

"Misogi" is the second chronicle of Japanese history.
A)True
B)False
6

A "kami" is a spirit, god, or goddess of Shinto.
A)True
B)False
7

"Tenrikyo" is a New Religion devoted to human betterment.
A)True
B)False
8

A "kamidan" is a shelf or home altar for the veneration of a kami.
A)True
B)False
9

A "torii" is a gatelike structure that marks a Shinto sacred place.
A)True
B)False
10

"Omoto" is the stately ceremonial music of Shinto.
A)True
B)False
11

"Kamikaze" is a twisted rope, marking a sacred spot.
A)True
B)False
12

"Tenrikyo" means 'Spirit wind'; suicide fighter pilots of World War II.
A)True
B)False
13

"Nihongi" is a ritual of purification that involves standing under a waterfall.
A)True
B)False
14

"Amaterasu" means 'Shining in heaven'; goddess of the sun.
A)True
B)False
15

"Samurai" is a feudal soldier in Japan.
A)True
B)False
16

"Ise" is a location in eastern Honshu of a major shrine to Amaterasu.
A)True
B)False
17

"Kojiki" is the earliest chronicles of Japanese history.
A)True
B)False
18

"Misogi" means 'Male who invites'; primordial male parent god.
A)True
B)False
19

A "jinja" is a Shinto shrine.
A)True
B)False