Anthropology 121 -. Anthropology of Religion » Spring 2023 » Unit 2 Quiz

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Question #1
While many religions include ritual, community-building, and moral guidance, many cultural structures achieve these same goals while being ____________. So, this makes the definition of religion very challenging.
A.   immoral
B.   non-religious
C.   anti-social
D.   isolating
Question #2
We use the term ______ to refer to a person who group who believes that the human mind can not fully conceive of the divine.
A.   atheist
B.   anotheist
C.   agnostic
D.   positivist
Question #3
One reason why cultural evolutionism can be problematic is that it had led to the flawed belief advocacy for ____________.
A.   redistribution of wealth
B.   biological evolution
C.   social Darwinism
Question #4
Match the social scientist to its arguments: Tylor
A.   Protestant Work Ethic
B.   Cultural Evolutionism
C.   Animatism
D.   Religion expresses moods and motivations through symbols
Question #5
Match the social scientist to its arguments: Marrett
A.   Religion expresses moods and motivations through symbols
B.   Religion comforts and offers a sense of control
C.   Protestant Work Ethic
D.   Animatism
Question #6
Match the social scientist to its arguments: Weber
A.   Protestant Work Ethic
B.   Religion expresses moods and motivations through symbols
C.   Religion encourages good behavior
D.   Religion comforts and offers a sense of control
Question #7
Match the social scientist to its arguments: Geertz
A.   Religion comforts and offers a sense of control
B.   Religion encourages good behavior
C.   Religion comforts the working class
D.   Religion expresses moods and motivations through symbols
Question #8
Match the social scientist to its arguments: Malinowski
A.   Religion comforts and offers a sense of control
B.   Religion encourages good behavior
C.   Religion comforts the working class
D.   Religion expresses moods and motivations through symbols
Question #9
Match the social scientist to its arguments: Durkheim
A.   Religion encourages good behavior
B.   Religion comforts the working class
C.   Religion expresses moods and motivations through symbols
D.   Religion comforts and offers a sense of control
Question #10
Match the social scientist to its arguments: Marx and Engels
A.   Religion comforts and offers a sense of control
B.   Religion comforts the working class
C.   Religion encourages good behavior
D.   Religion expresses moods and motivations through symbols
Question #11
Cultural Evolutionism
A.   The theoretical approach that argues that human cultures adapt and change over time.
B.   The belief in spirit beings.
C.   The belief that the human mind cannot conceive of the divine.
D.   A cultural structure that typically includes magical belief, ritual, morality, and the building of community
Question #12
Animism
A.   A cultural structure that typically includes magical belief, ritual, morality, and the building of community
B.   The belief in spirit beings.
C.   The belief that the human mind cannot conceive of the divine.
D.   The survival, in some form, of the human soul after death.
Question #13
Agnostic
A.   A cultural structure that typically includes magical belief, ritual, morality, and the building of community
B.   The belief that the human mind cannot conceive of the divine.
C.   The survival, in some form, of the human soul after death.
D.   Theoretical approach that argues that human religion spreads along trade routes.
Question #14
Religion
A.   The survival, in some form, of the human soul after death.
B.   Theoretical approach that argues that human religion spreads along trade routes.
C.   The development of religion inspired by the power of nature
D.   A cultural structure that typically includes magical belief, ritual, morality, and the building of community
Question #15
Transmigration
A.   Polynesian/Melanesian word for supernatural force found in nature.
B.   Theoretical approach that argues that human religion spreads along trade routes.
C.   The survival, in some form, of the human soul after death.
D.   The development of religion inspired by the power of nature
Question #16
Diffusionism
A.   Polynesian/Melanesian word for supernatural force found in nature.
B.   A major world religion that includes Catholism and Protestantism.
C.   Theoretical approach that argues that human religion spreads along trade routes.
D.   The development of religion inspired by the power of nature
Question #17
Animatism
A.   A major world religion that includes Catholism and Protestantism.
B.   Polynesian/Melanesian word for supernatural force found in nature.
C.   The belief that the human mind cannot conceive of the divine.
D.   The development of religion inspired by the power of nature
Question #18
Mana
A.   The theoretical approach that argues that human cultures adapt and change over time.
B.   The belief in spirit beings.
C.   Polynesian/Melanesian word for supernatural force found in nature.
D.   A major world religion that includes Catholism and Protestantism.
Question #19
Christianity
A.   A cultural structure that typically includes magical belief, ritual, morality, and the building of community
B.   The belief that the human mind cannot conceive of the divine.
C.   A major world religion that includes Catholism and Protestantism.
D.   The belief in spirit beings.
Question #20
R. R. Marrett argued that most human cultures believe in some kind of ________ force that flows through the world.
A.   supernatural
B.   natural
C.   unlucky
D.   energetic
Question #21
Marx and Engels' research was deeply influenced by the ________ of the time.              
A.   cancel culture
B.   scriptures
C.   internet
D.   anthropology
Question #22
Geertz argues that, when religion is presented as fact, it causes people to believe that their faith is ________ .
A.   limited
B.   problematic
C.   uniquely theirs
Question #23
Durkheim argued that religion is a _______ .
A.   power abuse
B.   false consciousness
C.   social fact

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