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Chapter 4: Ritual and Rites of Passage Quiz
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There are only a few religions in the world today.
False
True
Powers or phenomena that are not subject to the laws of nature are called
ritual
religion
supernatural
rite of passage
Religion is considered a cultural universal.
False
True
Features that unite the definition of religion include:
belief in a cosmic order
supported by symbols and symbolic behavior
is widely shared in a society
all are correct
For non-Western societies there is often no special term or concept of religion.
False
True
Rituals
prevent or create transformations
are symbolic
reflect ideologies
all are correct
Rituals that ensure a transformation from one life stage are calledto another life stage
taboo
animism
supernaturals
rites of passage
Sarah Tenoi is
a Diné woman who had a Kinaalda cermeony
a Penetcostal land diver
a woman who underwent the bullet ant ceremony
a Masai woman working to transform the ritual of female circumcision
The idea that the natural world is endowed with souls or consciousness is called
animism
rite of passage
luck
ritual
Rituals that mark the transition from childhood to adulthood are called
coming-of-age ceremonies
animism
hunting magic
taboos
The intense feeling of togetherness and ecstatic excitement that accompanies ritual is called
animatism
collective efforvescence
ritual
kinaalda
Bruce Hood showed that
most people will refuse to wear a serial killer's sweater, even if they outwardly do not believe in magic
people want to buy Marilyn Monroe's dress
speaking in tongues changes brain chemistry
the earliest evidence for supernatural belief goes back to the Paleolithic
James Frazer coined the term __________________ to refer to magic based on “like produces like”
principle of contagion
cultural relativity
collective efforvescence
sympathetic magic
Some of the earliest evidence for supernatural belief is
Stonehenge
Pleistocene cave paintings possibly depicting sympathetic magic
written religious texts
the Pyramids of Giza
Belief in supreme deities is called
theism
animatism
sympathetic magic
animism
Archaeologist and priest Abbe Henri Breuil suggested that ancient paintings of animals on the walls of European caves were a form of
sympathetic hunting magic
fertility magic
clan warfare
primitive writing
In Sulawesi, Indonesia, a person isn’t considered dead until
a death certificate is issued
their brain stops functioning
the ceremonial rite of passage for the dead has been conducted
their heart stops
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