Name: _____________________ Date: ________ Period: _____
Religions/Belief Systems Review Questions
1. In traditional India, the caste system and the Hindu beliefs
in karma and dharma most directly resulted in
5. Base your answer to the following question on the diagram
below and on your knowledge of social studies.
A) the establishment of a set of rules for each individual
in the society
B) the rapid industrialization of the economy
C) a strong emphasis on the acquisition of wealth
D) a strong belief in the importance of education
2. Which belief system is considered monotheistic?
A) Jainism
C) Judaism
B) Daoism
D) Shinto
3. Base your answer to the following question on Base your
answer to question on the diagram below and on your
knowledge of social studies.
Which religion or belief system is most closely associated
with the social class system illustrated in the diagram?
A) Hinduism
C) Catholicism
B) Daoism
D) animism
6. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are similar in that they all
ask their followers to
Which Chinese philosophy best completes this graphic
organizer?
A) Maoism
C) legalism
B) Daoism
D) Confucianism
4. In traditional Chinese culture, which philosophy had the
greatest influence on the development of social order and
political organization?
A) Taoism
C) Confucianism
B) Shintoism
D) Marxism
A)
B)
C)
D)
believe in reincarnation
strive for nirvana
follow a code of behavior
practice polytheism
7. Which belief is shared by Hindus and Buddhists?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Everyone should have the same social status.
People should pray five times a day.
The soul can be reincarnated.
Material wealth is a sign of the blessing of the gods.
8. The city of Jerusalem is important because it
A) serves as the financial center of the Middle East
B) is a major port for Israel
C) has religious significance for Judaism, Christianity,
and Islam
D) has become the center of industrial development for
Palestinian Arabs
9. Which philosophy is most closely associated with the
development of the Chinese civil service system?
A) legalism
C) Daoism
B) Buddhism
D) Confucianism
10. Which text is essential to the practice of Islam?
A) New Testament
C) Torah
B) Analects
D) Qur’an (Koran)
15. Base your answer to the following question on Base your
answer to the following question on the illustrations below
and on your knowledge of social studies.
11. A similarity between Shinto in Japan and animism in
African societies is that both
A)
B)
C)
D)
use the Torah to establish law codes
stress the importance of the Eightfold Path
believe that spirits exist in nature
base social rank on a caste system
12. Which belief system requires fasting during Ramadan,
praying five times daily, and making a pilgrimage to
Mecca?
A) Judaism
C) Islam
B) Christianity
D) Hinduism
13. One way in which Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholicism,
and Protestantism are similar is that each
A)
B)
C)
D)
accepts the supreme authority of the Pope
rejects the Old Testament as part of the Bible
is a branch of Christianity
was once the official religion of the Byzantine
Empire
14. Which religion includes the Four Noble Truths, the
Eightfold Path, and nirvana?
A) Buddhism
C) Judaism
B) Hinduism
D) Christianity
The illustration shows the relationship between individuals
in a society according to the ideas of
A) Confucius
C) Mohammad
B) Moses
D) Siddhartha Gautama