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All are true about Witchcraft except _____

Innate psychic ability

Acquired psychic ability

Brings about harmful effects

All are true

Answer

Correct Answer: Acquired psychic ability

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Religions whose spiritual messages apply to all of humanity refers to _____

Ideal Religion

True Religion

Universalistic Religion

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Universalistic Religion

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_____ is a religious belief that associates a particular group with a symbolic and spiritual connection with particular natural species, objects, or other phenomena.

Totemism

Animism

Sorcery

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Totemism

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A mythical ancestor, usually a plant or an animal, that symbolizes a particular group is known as Totem.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Theocracy is a society in which people rule because of their worldly wealth and power, not because of their place in the moral and sacred order.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Tabu is the Polynesian term for _____ of specific behaviors.

Hiding

Supporting

Prohibiting

Both b and c

Answer

Correct Answer: Prohibiting

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A magical strategy, often using various objects, that is believed to bring about _____ results.

Beneficial

Harmful

Neutral

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Shaman are _____ religious specialists who are believed to be linked with supernatural beings and powers.

Full time

Part time

Only one time

Any of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Part time

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Secularization is the _____ in the influence of religion in a society.

Incline

Decline

Equality

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Decline

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Repetitive behaviors that communicate sacred symbols to members of a society refer to _____

Norm

Culture

Ritual

Both a and c

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and c

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Rituals associated with the life cycle and the movement of people between different age-status levels refer to _____

Rite of Power

Rite of Divine

Rite of Legitimation

Rite of Passage

Answer

Correct Answer: Rite of Passage

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Rituals that reinforce the divine authority of a ruler is known as_____

Rite of Power

Rite of Divine

Rite of Legitimation

Rite of Passage

Answer

Correct Answer: Rite of Legitimation

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Priestess is a full-time, _____ religious specialist.

Informally trained

Formally trained

Female

Both b and c

Answer

Correct Answer: Both b and c

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Priest is a full-time, _____ specialist.

Formally trained

Male religious

Male and female religious

Both a and b

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Myth is assumed knowledge about _____

Universe

Natural world

Supernatural world

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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An art form that is based on the organization of sounds in combination and in temporal relationships to produce audible works for performance in various communities is known as_____

Theme

Music

Notes

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Music

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Mana is a Polynesian term referring to _____ significant powers.

Natural

Original

Supernatural

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Supernatural

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Ecclesiastical Religion refers to religious traditions that develop in state societies and combine _____ authority.

Governmental

Cultural

Religious

Both a and c

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and c

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Art is a diverse range of activities and skills and the products of those activities that are used as expressions and representations of human_____

Emotions

Intellect

Creativity

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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A psychological disposition to project and attribute human characteristics to _____ phenomena.

Natural

Human

Non human

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Non human

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The belief that the world is populated by spiritual beings such as ghosts, souls, and demons is known as_____

Animism

Totemism

Both

None

Answer

Correct Answer: Animism

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If going to college is considered a rite of passage, the commencement ceremony would mark the beginning of which phase?

Separation

Marginality

Aggregation

Structure

Answer

Correct Answer: Aggregation

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In universalistic religions, the gods are typically disinterested in the everyday moral decisions of living humans.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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The anthropological study of religion is focused on determining the truth or falsity of religious beliefs.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Cosmic religions are those which are intimately associated with ______.

Distant galaxies

Nature

The ingestion of hallucinogens

Social structure

Answer

Correct Answer: Nature

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According to cognitive anthropologists and evolutionary psychologists, religion is ______.

A survival from an earlier time in our human history

Likely to be replaced by a scientific worldview

The product of natural selection

Maladaptive in the modern era

Answer

Correct Answer: The product of natural selection

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According to E.B. Tylor, ______ is the earliest religious tradition.

Monotheism

Polytheism

Deism

Animism

Answer

Correct Answer: Animism

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Which mode of religiosity is deeply emotional and results from an intense personal experience that an individual has with his or her religious tradition.

Doctrinal mode

Dogmatic mode

Ecstatic mode

Imagistic mode

Answer

Correct Answer: Imagistic mode

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______ consist(s) of people’s assumed knowledge about the universe, the natural and supernatural worlds, and humanity’s place in these worlds.

Science

Literature

Humanities

Myths

Answer

Correct Answer: Myths

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Art and music allow humans to do which of the following?

Create and infinite number of novel combinations from a limited set of symbols

Extend sensory and imaginary experience into the future and back into the past

Invent new symbolic expressions

Transmit cultural knowledge across generations

Answer

Correct Answer: Extend sensory and imaginary experience into the future and back into the past

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Religious traditions that integrate both political and religious functions are known as ______.

Animistic religions

Ecstatic religions

Political religions

Ecclesiastical religions

Answer

Correct Answer: Ecclesiastical religions

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