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Example Question #51 : Religions
Which of these statements about Siddhartha Gautama is inaccurate?
He was born into wealth and nobility
He was determined to find an end to human suffering
He was a contemporary of Pericles
None of these statements are inaccurate
He founded Buddhism
None of these statements are inaccurate
Siddhartha Gautama is the founding figure of Buddhism. He lived in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE, making him a contemporary of the famous Greek politician Pericles. He was born into wealth and nobility, which he promptly rejected and then subsequently dedicated his life to finding an end to human suffering.
Example Question #52 : Ap World History
Which of these best describes syncretism?
None of these answers accurately describes syncretism
The spread of ideas along trading routes
The blending of elements from more than one religion
The idea that religion is primarily spread by military conquest
The process by which a language emerges to act as de facto lingua franca for a diverse group of people
The blending of elements from more than one religion
Syncretism is the name given to the blending of elements from more than one religion into a distinct system of worship. Examples include the blending of Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism in China during and after the Warring States period. Syncretism often created distinct religions (like the Cult of Saints in Latin America), by mixing longstanding and native elements of paganism with the tenets of a newly introduced major organized religion.
Example Question #52 : Religions
Which religious council, attended by Emperor Constantine in 325 CE, established Christianity as a viable and structured religion under the Roman Empire, even allowing it concessions over Latin Paganism?
The Council of Trent
The First Council of Nicaea
The Quintisext Council
The Council of Ephesus
The Council of Constantinople
The First Council of Nicaea
The First Council of Nicaea effectively ended the view of Christianity as foreign or harmful to the Roman Empire and allowed it to grow into a state-sanctioned religion, supported by a rigid structure of bishops ruling over diocese, much like the structure of Roman state designations.
Example Question #1 : Religions 600 Ce To 1450
Which of the following is not one of the Five Pillars of Islam?
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Paying a tithe for the needy
Fasting during Ramadan
Prayer five times a day
Marriage before an imam
Marriage before an imam
Faith--the belief that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet--is the missing pillar here, not marriage.
Example Question #1 : Religions 600 Ce To 1450
Which of these is not an ideological difference that contributed to the schism between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches?
The use of leavened bread in communion
The Virgin Birth
Latin Vs Greek as the language of the church
The Supremacy of the Pope
Married men entering the priesthood
The Virgin Birth
The Virgin birth is a core tenet of Christian faith. The others are all examples of practices that different factions within the Church debated.
Example Question #3 : Religions 600 Ce To 1450
Which of the following is not a pillar of Islam?
Alms-giving
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Prayer five times daily
Celibacy of Clerics
Fasting during Ramadan
Celibacy of Clerics
Muslim clerics are encouraged to marry and have families in contrast to the Catholic Church. The other four listed answers are, indeed, pillars of Islam. The fifth pillar of Islam (not listed) refers to the purity of faith.
Example Question #1 : Religions 600 Ce To 1450
Which of the following societies was not defined by the belief in a polytheistic religion?
Ancient Greece
Ancient Egypt
The Ottoman Empire
The Mughal Empire
The Aztec Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire was filled with believers of Judaism, Orthodox Christianity, and Islam, all monotheistic religions. The Mughal Empire was characterized by the peaceful co-existence of Muslim and Hindu believers. Ancient Greece was characterized by a polytheistic religious belief system, as were Ancient Greece and Egypt, as well as the Aztec Empire.
Example Question #5 : Religions 600 Ce To 1450
Mansa Musa, Emperor of Mali, made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca as he was a devout _____________.
Jew
Hindu
Christian
Buddhist
Muslim
Muslim
Mansa Musa was a devout Muslim; pilgrimage to Mecca is considered a holy commandment by many devout Muslims. Devout Christians and Jews view Jerusalem as the holiest city and the most important pilgrimage site. Mali has never had a large Hindu or Buddhist community, nor have they ever had a ruler practice either of those religions.
Example Question #57 : Religions
Which sect of Christianity is most closely associated with Iconography?
Protestantism
Calvinism
Puritanism
Quakerism
Eastern Orthodox
Eastern Orthodox
The use of Icons to depict saints, the messiah, and Mary became synonymous with the orthodox churches of the Byzantine and Russian Empires. Quakerism, Puritanism, and Calvinism are all branches of Protestantism that admonished the Catholic traditions of iconography that they claim broke the commandment against idol worship.
Example Question #59 : Ap World History
Which religious practice is a fusion of Islamic and Hindu influences?
Orthodox Hinduism
Sikhism
Shari'a
Sunni
Shi'a
Sikhism
Sikhism emerged from the spread of Islamic powers into the Indian Sub-Continent. Because of its geo-political beginnings, Sikhism remains strongest in the southern part of Pakistan and Northern India where the two cultures clashed.
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