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1. The ___________________ were the first major european slave-traders and enslavers in africa.

French

Portuguese

English

Italians

Answer

Correct Answer: Portuguese

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2. A(n) ________ organization is highly specialized and rigidly departmentalized.

Organic

Fundamental

Learning

Mechanistic

Answer

Correct Answer: Mechanistic

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3. Unlike merchant wholesalers, ___________ never actually own the goods they help to distribute.

Rack jobbers

Retailers

Cash-and-carry wholesalers

Agents and brokers

Answer

Correct Answer: Agents and brokers

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4. A(n) ________ organization consolidates decision making in the hands of a few people.

A group of companies

The different parts of the organization

Vertical

Horizontal

Answer

Correct Answer: Vertical

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5. In the heian period, phoenixes were associated with the ________ .

Contact

Empress

Period

Imperial

Answer

Correct Answer: Empress

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6. The biblical description of creation is___________________ and by the power of gods spoken word.

Ex nihilo (from nothing).

Downward

Outward

Inward

Answer

Correct Answer: Ex nihilo (from nothing).

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7. The book of acts traces the growth of the church in ____________ concentric circles.

Four

Three

Six

Five

Seven

Answer

Correct Answer: Three

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8. The book of acts is filled with gospel preaching, including sermons by peter, __________, and paul.

Stephen

Peter

Paul

James

Answer

Correct Answer: Stephen

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9. President packer said it is through our ____ that we learn most of what we know about this world

King David, Laman, Cain, Nehor

Sarah, Jesus, Nephi, Abraham

After his experience with the Lord

Intellect

Answer

Correct Answer: Intellect

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10. Judaism, like christianity and islam, traces its roots to _____.

Moses

Isaac

David

Abraham

Answer

Correct Answer: Abraham

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11. Indigenous spirituality may be described as __________.

Essentially closed

Sharply distinguishing between the sacred and the secular

Indescribable

A lifeway that ideally pervades all moments

Answer

Correct Answer: A lifeway that ideally pervades all moments

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12. ____ is an important influence in japanese corporate governance structures.

Individualism

Competition

Innovation

Consensu

Answer

Correct Answer: Consensu

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13. A dotaku would have been found in the ________ .

Jomon period

Yayoi period

Early granaries

Tomb period

Answer

Correct Answer: Yayoi period

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14. The oldest of the known vedic scriptures is the __________.

Shakta

Kali

Rig Veda

Great Veda

Answer

Correct Answer: Rig Veda

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15. Taken literally, _____ is an extraordinary gift from god.

Charisma

Evangelism

Ecclesia

A sect

Answer

Correct Answer: Charisma

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16. In patriarchal institutionalized religions, women have been __________.

Most often at the center of religious rituals

Totally absent from the religion itself

Relegated to the fringes of religious organizations

Equal participants with men in the religion

Answer

Correct Answer: Relegated to the fringes of religious organizations

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17. An allegory is an effective kind of religious narrative because it __________.

Relegated to the fringes of religious organizations

Uses symbolic language to convey an abstract idea.

Both of these

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Uses symbolic language to convey an abstract idea.

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18. Being a ___________, paul appealed the charges against him to caesar and was sent to rome.

Roman citizen

Non Roman citizen

Non of above

Answer

Correct Answer: Roman citizen

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19. The supreme court upheld _____.

Exempting people with religious objections from military service

Disregarding a law that said schoolchildren must be vaccinated

A law requiring businesses to be closed on Sundays in some areas

Violating the law or others’ safety for religious reasons

Answer

Correct Answer: A law requiring businesses to be closed on Sundays in some areas

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20. A movement calling for the return of Jews to Palestine and the creation of a Jewish state is called Zionism.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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21. Ordinary objects believed to have magical qualities connecting humans with the divine are called _____.

Totem

Raleigh

Trinx

Paradigm

Answer

Correct Answer: Totem

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22. A rise in worldly thinkings like science and a decline in the influence of religion is called _____.

Secularization

Religion

Filipinization

Globalization

Answer

Correct Answer: Secularization

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23. A religious organization splintered off from an established church to restore perceived true beliefs believed to have lost is called a ____.

Sect

Religion

Sect

Church

Answer

Correct Answer: Sect

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24. _____ is a term that is set apart from the ordinary; the sphere endowed with spiritual meaning.

Sacred

Profane

Secular

Divine

Answer

Correct Answer: Sacred

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25. Routinized acts are typically performed in collective ceremonies and hold shared meaning is called _____.

Ritual

Sacred

Sect

Religion

Answer

Correct Answer: Ritual

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26. The linkage of religious convictions with beliefs about a nation’s or ethnic group’s social and political destiny is called religious______.

Nationalism

Rationalism

Patriotism

Internationalism

Answer

Correct Answer: Nationalism

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27. An approach to the sociology of religion that suggests that religions can be understood as organizations in competition with one another for followers is called Religious economy.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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28. A system of common beliefs and rituals centered on sacred things that unites believers and provides a sense of meaning and purpose is called _____.

Religion

Science

Spirituality

Culture

Answer

Correct Answer: Religion

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29. A sphere of routine, everyday life is called _____.

Profane

Sacred

Secular

Mundane

Answer

Correct Answer: Profane

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30. The belief that there are different gods representing various categories of natural forces is called _____.

Monotheism

Polythiestic

Athiestic

Paganist

Answer

Correct Answer: Polythiestic

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31. Belief in the existence of divine spiritual forces rather than a god or gods is called _____.

Nontheistic

Atheistic

Monotheisitc

Polythiestic

Answer

Correct Answer: Nontheistic

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32. New spiritual groups or communities that occupy a peripheral place in a country’s dominant religious landscape is a term known as New religious movements.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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33. Belief in a single all-knowing, all-powerful God is called _____.

Monotheism

Polyheism

Atheism

Paganism

Answer

Correct Answer: Monotheism

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34. A Megachurch is a church with over 2,000 weekly attendees.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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35. Evangelicalism is a belief in spiritual _____.

Rebirth

Death

Biirth

Immortality

Answer

Correct Answer: Rebirth

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36. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” is a clause in ____ amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

First

2nd

3rd

4th

Answer

Correct Answer: First

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37. A church that is formally allied with the state and is the official religion of the society is called a _____.

Ecclesia

Denomination

Synagoga

Albaz

Answer

Correct Answer: Ecclesia

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38. A church that is not formally allied with the state is called _____.

Denomination

Sect

Religion

Branch

Answer

Correct Answer: Denomination

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39. A religious organization that is thoroughly unconventional with regard to the larger society is called a_____.

Cult

Sect

Gang

Religion

Answer

Correct Answer: Cult

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40. A set of sacred beliefs and practices that connect the nation-state to transcendence and become part of how a society sees itself is called _____.

Civil religion

Chirstianity

Islam

Judaism

Answer

Correct Answer: Civil religion

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41. Church is a well-established religious organization that exists in a harmonious relationship with the larger society.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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42. The belief that naturally occurring phenomena, such as mountains and animals, are possessed of indwelling spirits with supernatural powers is called _____.

Animism

Atheism

Pantheism

Paganism

Answer

Correct Answer: Animism

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