Aboriginal and Early Religions Review

Unit 1: Test 3


  1. What is moksha?
    A. salvation from cycle of rebirth
    B. law of cause and effect
    C. process of self deprivation
    D. holy ritual of fasting until death




  2. What is the significance of the Morning Dance?
    A. allows Aboriginals to pay homage to trees
    B. prayer in morning
    C. dance of self sacrifice
    D. feast and celebration of distributing wealth




  3. Which religion has no founder?

    A. Zoroastrianism
    B. Taoism
    C. Confucianism
    D. Shinto



  4. What does ahimsa mean?



  5. Shinto is a monotheistic religion.



  6. What is the symbol of Shinto?



  7. The yin-yang symbolizes the balance of good and evil in Taoism.



  8. How student pay the teacher Confucius?


    A. servant
    B. 2 pieces of bacon
    C. cook a meal
    D. 1 week of writing passages



  9. What is the Aboriginal ritual of dancing around a cottonwood tree and sticking spears into flesh?

    A. Morning Dance
    B. Vision Quest
    C. Dakhma
    D. Sun Dance



  10. The process of self deprivation of food, clothing and other pleasures is called:

    A. ahimsa
    B. animism
    C. ascenticism
    D. avestan