Ambilineal vs. Double Descent System Quiz
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What is the belief system that considers a supernatural force or power existing in persons, human beings, animals, and inanimate objects?

  • Totemism
  • Animatism (correct)
  • Polytheism
  • Monotheism

    • In the evolutionary theory of religion, what is argued to be the final stage of the evolution of religion?

  • Animism
  • Polytheism
  • Monotheism (correct)
  • Animatism

    • Which belief system involves the belief in a number of gods and powerful deities?

  • Animatism
  • Polytheism (correct)
  • Monotheism
  • Totemism

    • According to Durkheim, what does each clan worship in totemism?

    <p>Totem</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which group considers their chiefs to be possessed by a supernatural power?

    <p>Animatism believers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is totem according to the text?

    <p>A sacred symbol for a group or clan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which belief system is characterized by the belief in the existence of only one God?

    <p>Monotheism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Many traditional groups believing in animatism consider their chiefs to be possessed by a supernatural power.' This statement aligns with which belief system?

    <p>Animatism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    From which belief system did the evolution of religion lead to polytheism?

    <p>Animatism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes totemism from other belief systems?

    <p>Worshipping an object as a sacred symbol for a group or clan</p> Signup and view all the answers

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