HUMSS 111 SECOND QUARTER EXAM

The Theravada tradition evokes the image of Buddhist teaching as a vehicle that can cross over the river
of suffering.

The correct answer is: False

Responsible understanding of religious traditions, practices and institutions

The correct answer is: Religious literacy

The Final prophet and Messenger of God, according to Islamic tradition.

The correct answer is: Muhammad

Religion functions in the promotion of both violence and peace.

The correct answer is: True

One assumption of the cultural studies approach is that the method is discrete.

The correct answer is: False

Karma
Answer is the ethical repercussion of every action.

The correct answer is: Karma

The Mahayana tradition evokes the image of Buddhist teaching as a vehicle that can cross over the river
of suffering.

The correct answer is: True

Culture
Answer refers to shared meanings we make from the things we encounter in our everyday
lives.

The correct answer is: Culture

Shintoism is the ancient belief system indigenous to Japan.

The correct answer is: True

Methodism was the movement emphasizing the forgiveness of and grace of loving God.

The correct answer is: True

What is the form of violence that represents the existence of prevailing or prominent social norms that
make direct violence seem natural or right?

The correct answer is: Cultural violence

This is conceptualized as a triad with three points of reference: God, Torah and Peoplehood.

The correct answer is: Judaism

The widespread genocide of Jews during the World War II.

The correct answer is: Holocaust

There is one God the Creator who communicates to people through prophets and revelation

The correct answer is: Islam

The assumption/s of cultural studies approach in understanding religion is/are

The correct answer is: Knowledge claims arise from particular historical and cultural contexts

Analects or “digested conversations”

The correct answer is: Confucianism

Christians believe that the common ancestor of humankind is Abraham and his wife Sarah.

The correct answer is: False

The presumptions of religious literacy is/are

The correct answer is: There is a difference between religious learning and understanding about religion.

Cultura
Answer are the practices and processes of making meanings with and from texts we
encounter in our everyday lives.

The correct answer is: Cultural Studies

Violenc
Answer is any act of threatening one’s life or any act causing danger and harm; can be of 3
forms: direct, structural, and cultural

The correct answer is: Violence

The Vajrayana tradition is more flexible about the orthodoxy of scriptures.

The correct answer is: False

Lao-tzu emphasized that respect for superiority is not blind obedience.

The correct answer is: False

Tao
Answer is a universal principle that underlies everything from the creation of galaxies to
the interaction of human beings.

The correct answer is: Tao

The Quran originally functioned as an oral scripture that was meant to be recited, heard and
experienced.

The correct answer is: True

Our minds and hearts house our inherent tendency towards moral goodness.

The correct answer is: Inherent Goodness of People

“Hinduness” is associated with Indian nationhood.

The correct answer is: True

Cultural studies primarily concerns in the following except

The correct answer is: Understanding about ritual practices and what scriptures say

Which of the following definitions pertain to Cultural Studies?

The correct answer is: the practices and processes of making meanings with and from texts we
encounter in our everyday lives

The Son of God, according to Christian tradition.

The correct answer is: Jesus

A central theme of Taoism is that of non-mind.

The correct answer is: False

In Arabic, the word islam means submission.

The correct answer is: True

Monasticism was the movement emphasizing the forgiveness of and grace of loving God.

The correct answer is: False

If rulers follow the Dao then their states will be well ordered and in natural harmony.
The correct answer is: Minimal governing

The Creation goes through cycles of existence and dissolution.

The correct answer is: Hinduism

Peace
Answer is not merely the absence of war but also freedom from disturbing thoughts or
emotions

answer is: Peace

Veda
Answer is the sacred text of Hinduism, according to Hindu tradition.

The correct answer is: Veda

A religious literate person needs to understand the following except

The correct answer is: the truth about God and the ways to be saved

Religiou
Answer is the responsible understanding of religious beliefs, practices, traditions and
institutions.

The correct answer is: Religious Literacy

The idea of “many and the One” with which worship of diverse manifests One Ultimate

The correct answer is: Hinduism

The central and essential function of religion

The correct answer is: Spirituality

It has two major streams of tradition namely Theravada and Mahayana

The correct answer is: Buddhism

Its common themes are ritual conduct, humanity, filial obedience and good governing

The correct answer is: Confucianism

The Rabbinic texts include ritual sacrifices with offerings made to a wide array of deities.

The correct answer is: False

The Dao De Jing repeatedly refers to the Tao as the father of everything.
The correct answer is: False

The belief in many gods.

The correct answer is: Polytheism

Theology is the academic study of religious beliefs, behaviors and institutions.

The correct answer is: False

All things eventually decay and return to their ultimate source within the Dao.

The correct answer is: Return

Judaism is conceptualized as a triad with three points of reference namely:

The correct answer is: God, Torah, Peoplehood

Jews believe that the common ancestor of humankind is Abraham and his wife Sarah.

The correct answer is: True

The movement in which Jews should be eliminated from the society.

The correct answer is: Anti-semitism