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Indigenous religions have oral rather than written traditions because its members are illiterate. – False Yahweh demands animal sacrifices and offerings from one's crops. – True Most religions deal with those events in life that we cannot manipulate or solve on our own. – True All indigenous religions can be described as being small scale because they have few members. – False The Yoruban term for earth is aye or aiye. – True The god who brought sixteen people to earth was – Orisha-nla According to the Sumerians, some babies are born with defects so that those who were born 'whole' would thank the gods. – False For indigenous religions the main goal of its members is to become a deified ancestor. – False The Hebrews/Israelites were first introduced to Yahweh by Moses. – True With archaic religions, we now have some religions that are not tribal or national. – False Entrance into Kigal is based on whether you were properly buried. – True All religions have a history of syncretism because all religions are social. – True Moses and Muhammad can be classified as shamans. – True Hammurabi received law codes from the sun god, Nergal. – False Match the following characteristic with its religions. • Inclusvist: Jainism, Archaic Religions, Indigenous Religions • Pluralist: Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Shintoism • Exclusivist: Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam A fetish is an object that one is forbidden to touch or an action that is morally questionable. – False The Latin word for religion, "religio" means both "awe" and "reconnect". – True Eventually people in the underworld of the Mesopotamians will die. – True According to the Book of Deuteronomy, Yahweh was appointed the god of the Israelites by the god El Elyon. – True The husband of Ereshkigal was Dumuzi. – False Some indigenous religions are actually international. - True Yahweh made human beings in his likeness and that of the other gods (Elohim). – True Match the following gods, terms, descriptions. • Nirrti: Enki's ribs • Dilmun: Location of the first human beings. • Enki: Fresh water

• Enlil: Power behind the throne of the city-kings. • Anu: Sky god • Nergal: Underworld of the dead The word "taboo" actually refers to any object or person that has spiritual powers. – True When Inanna descended into the underworld, she was killed by her sister. – True Religion is not 'sui generis,' that is, not completely unique according to Gill. – False A universal characteristic of all religions is that they have a concept of evil and a solution to the problem of evil. – False Ancestors are not very important in the religious traditions of the Yoruba. – False Unlike other academic fields, the academic study of religion can ignore the laws of nature. – False As an academic scholar, your own religious values and beliefs should not determine one's research. – True According to Gill, there are five specific requirements for someone to become an academic scholar of religions. – False According to Wiebe, one of the initial motivations for studying religions was – about salvation. Fetishes are characteristic of indigenous and archaic religions only. – False Isaac's tribal god was known as the "Fear". – True A religion that worships only one god but recognizes that existence of other gods is called kathenotheism. – False By tradition all obas trace their origins to the city of Ife. – True Il Ife is the primary city of the Yoruba. – True

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