MIS 401 Quiz Study-Guide

 

NOTE___This study guide is designed to provide a baseline of preparation for each quiz. The student should prepare for other questions about important topics as well.

 

Quiz #1

  • World population.
  • Definition of religion (exactly—word for word) p. 21, par 4.
  • Five stages of religious development according to the Evolutionary Model of the origins of religion.
  • Nine key features of original monotheism from Gen 4.

 

Quiz #2

 

  • Year of beginning of First Commonwealth of Israel.
  • Year of beginning of Second Commonwealth of Israel.
  • Year of the end of the Second Commonwealth of Israel.
  • Major event that separates First and Second Commonwealth of Israel.
  • Are OT Judaism and Rabbinic Judaism basically the same?
  • Three main branches of Rabbinic Judaism and relative membership size.
  • Primary, secondary and third level of written authority in Rabbinic Judaism.

 

Quiz #3

 

·         Five Pillars of Islam.

·         Six essential beliefs of Islam.

·         Primary, secondary and third level of written authority in Islam.

·         Date, place and nature of Muhammad’s first vision.

·         Hijra? What does in mean. When did it occur.

·         Definitions of Shia and Sunni.

·         Differences between Shia and Sunni.

·         Kaba. What and where?

 

Quiz #4

 

·         Five Pillars of Islam.

·         Six essential beliefs of Islam.

·         Primary, secondary and third level of written authority in Islam.

·         Date, place and nature of Muhammad’s first vision.

·         Hijra? What does in mean. When did it occur.

·         Definitions of Shia and Sunni.

·         Differences between Shia and Sunni.

·         Kaba. What and where?

Quiz #5

 

·         Traditional religions and original religions.

·         Rights of passage and traditional religions.

·         Three Powers common in traditional religions.

·         African traditional religions and primitive religions.

·         Prominence of Sky God in African traditional religions.

·         Prominence of ancestors in African traditional religions.

·         Four elements held loosely in common by African traditional religions.

·         Prominence of Supreme God in Native American religions.

·         Prominence of Ancestor Spirits in Native American religions.

·         Totems: religious objects? Religious significance?

·         Difference between healer and shaman.

·         Peyote and Native American Church.

 

Quiz #6

 

·         Three basic criteria of Hindu belief.

·         Three “WAYS” of Hinduism and rough dates.

·         Main writings of each way of Hinduism.

·         Relative size of three main brances of Bhakti Hinduism.

·         Definition of brahman, atman, moksha, nirvana, maya, samsara, karma.

·         Three main Hindu Gods.

·         Trimurti.

 

Quiz #7

 

·         Three basic criteria of Hindu belief.

·         Three “WAYS” of Hinduism and rough dates.

·         Main writings of each way of Hinduism.

·         Relative size of three main brances of Bhakti Hinduism.

·         Definition of brahman, atman, moksha, nirvana, maya, samsara, karma.

·         Three main Hindu Gods.

·         Trimurti.

 

Quiz #8

 

·         Founder, geographical region, and rough born and died dates.

·         Way of enlightenment.

·         Buddha, vedas and the caste system.

·         Four Noble Truths.

·         Two main schools of Buddhism.

·         Chief sacred writing of Theravedan Buddhism.

·         Chief sacred writing of Mahayanan Buddhism.

·         Bodhisattvas.

·         Satori in Zen.

·         Sunyata in both kinds of Buddhism.

 

Quiz #9

 

·         Founder of Sikhism.

·         Scripture of Sikhism.

·         Sikhism and monotheism.

·         Sikhism, samsara and karma.

·         Bahai founder.

·         Bahai House of Justice location.

·         Who and how many Babs of Bahai.

·         Bahai’s age and distribution.

 

Quiz #10

 

·         Four religions that contribute to the fourfold synthesis of Chinese Popular Religion.

·         Daoism and activism, yes or no.

·         Is Confucianism more about ethics or theory.

·         Define Dao; and yin and yang.

·         Founder and Chief writing of Confucianism.

·         Fortune telling and CPR.

·         Three key principles of Confucianism.

·         Founder an chief writing of Daoism.

 

Quiz #11

 

·         Two key writings on the mythical history of Japan.

·         Define kami.

·         Location of most important Shinto Shrine.

·         Four religions that contribute to Japanese Sythesis.

·         Japanese emporer is descendant of …..

·         According to NAMB Belief Bulletin, what are seven New Age Assumptions or key ideas of the New Age Movement.

 

Quiz #12

 

·         Founder of Mormonism.

·         Four Standard Works of Mormonism.

·         Mormon view of God, Revelation, Christ, Salvation.

·         Founder of Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.

·         Jehovah’s Witnesses view of God, Christ, Salvation.