Mr. Powers Sikhism Edited

True or False: Sikh communities are rarely found outside India

False

True or False: Sikhism has acquired a reputation for being a militant religion

True

True or False:The ten historical Gurus of Sikhism were divine incarnations of God.

False

True or False: Guru Nanak sat on a special seat while teaching in his community.

True

True or False:To this day only a small minority of Sikhs belong to the Khalsa.

False

True or False: The poet Kabir contributed to the Adi Granth.

True

True or False: Sikhism did not adopt the concept of samsara from Hinduism.

False

True or False: Like Hindus, Sikhs are opposed to eating meat.

False

True or False: Guru Nanak rejected much of the traditional religious life of Hinduism and Islam.

True

True or False: The primary purpose of the Five Ks in the Khalsa initiation ceremony is to strengthen Sikh identity.

True

True or False: The Sikh commitment to justice is secondary to its militant aspect.

False

Sikhism tries to reconcile the differences between

a. Hinduism and Buddhism

b. Hinduism and Jainism

c. Hinduism and Islam

d. Buddhism and Jainism

c. Hinduism and Islam

Sikhism is

a. polytheistic

b. monotheistic

c. dualistic

d. monistic

b. monotheistic

Over the centuries Sikhs have occasionally engaged in violent confrontations with

a. Muslims

b. Hindus

c. Christians

d. both a and b

d. both a and b

4. Sikhism's most important sacred text is called the

a. Adi Granth

b. Guru Granth Sahib

c. Khalsa

d. both a and b

d. both a and b

5. Shortly after Guru Nanak received God's revelation, he

a. became a hermit

b. traveled widely

c. died

d. got married and started a family

b. traveled widely

6. Which of the following was NOT one of the effects of Guru Arjan's leadership in Sikhism?

a. Sikhism took on a military dimension.

b. Sikhism became more political.

c. Arjan installed the Adi Granth as Guru.

d. Arjan provided Sikhs with a geographical center.

c. Arjan installed the Adi Granth as Guru.

7. Sikhism teaches that the ultimate purpose of life is to

a. serve others

b. attain complete union with God

c. enjoy life to the fullest

d. detach oneself from all desire

b. attain complete union with God

8. Sikh theology maintains that God

a. is totally transcendent

b. is impersonal and unapproachable

c. dwells within creation

d. both a and b

c. dwells within creation

9. Haumai

a. is the human inclination to be self-centered

b. is the human inclination to be God-centered

c. increases the distance between individuals and God

d. both a and c

d. both a and c

10. To symbolize the Sikh community's unity, worship in the gurdwara generally ends with

a. a hymn and a prayer

b. a sharing of a wheat and honey cake

c. a ritual dance

d. a reading from the Adi Granth

b. a sharing of a wheat and honey cake

The literal meaning of the word sikh

learner

A special building for Sikh worship that is the central structure of any Sikh comunity

gurdwara

The township where the Guru Nanak and his followers formed the first Sikh community and whose name means "abode of the creator"

Kartarpur

The Guru who compiled the Adi Granath and constructed the Temple of God

Arian

The Guru who was revered as the greatest Guru after Nanak, and who instituted the Khalsa and installed the Adi Granth as Guru

Gobind Singh

Literally "first book"

Adi Granath

An order within Sikhism, also called the Pure Ones

Khalsa

A name that Sikhs sometimes use for God

Guru

Indwelling

immanent

The divine order of the universe

hukam

Adi Granth

The _____ is the sacred text of Sikhism.

humans

Sikhism teaches that God reveals the divine will to ______.

gurdwara

Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, provided the model for the _______, which is the central structure of any Sikh community.

Khalsa

Guru Gobind Singh founded the _______, an order based on loyalty to do which most Sikhs belong

Adi Granth

Installed as the next guru by Guru Gobind Singh

dwells within creation and that it is possible to come to know God through his creation

Sikhs believe that God is immanent; this means that God __________.

haumai

Sikhism regards the primary shortcoming of the human condition as _______, the inclination to be self-centered and egotistic

the desire to live in accordance with the will of God

Sikhs believe that the quest for salvation....between human self-centeredness and __________.

uncut hair

the most important of the five K's

worship, work, and chartiy

The three guiding principles of Sikh life are __________.

uncut hair

Kesh

a steel bracelet

Kara

a wooden comb

Kanga

cotton underwear

Kaccha

steel sword

Kirpan