Inter-Religious Influence, Adaptation & Dialogue is one of 9 topics in the Grade 11 Religion Studies CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. Missionary religions are traditions that:
Actively and deliberately seek to spread their beliefs to new adherents, often across cultural and geographic boundaries
Have never spread beyond their exact point of origin
Refuse to accept any new adherents under any circumstances
Only exist in written form with no organised outreach
Answer: Actively and deliberately seek to spread their beliefs to new adherents, often across cultural and geographic boundaries — Missionary religions actively and deliberately seek to spread their beliefs to new adherents, often across cultural and geographic boundaries, typically through organised outreach and teaching.
Easy
2. Which of the following is commonly cited in this lesson as a non-missionary religion?
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
Answer: Judaism — Judaism, along with African Traditional Religion and Hinduism, is commonly cited as a non-missionary religion, since religious identity in these traditions is often closely tied to a specific people, ethnicity or birth into the community.
Medium
3. Name the religion, discussed in this lesson, that developed drawing on both Hindu and Islamic influences in the Indian subcontinent.
Answer: Sikhism — Sikhism developed drawing on both Hindu and Islamic influences in the Indian subcontinent, offered in this lesson as a strong example of mutual influence between religious traditions.
