THE FINAL EXAM ESSAY PROMPTS
All Information for the Final Exam
DIRECTIONS:
Remember that you need to be online when you click on the links to the research articles below. Also, you need to be logged-in to the MiraCosta Library web site, so that the articles open for you. Although several of the articles below are not found on MiraCosta web sites, many of the articles below are provided through the MiraCosta Library server database.
NOTE: If you have trouble accessing the MC Library Log-in page, go to these links:
The Log-in Page for MiraCosta Library Resources:
http://infotrac.galegroup.com.prox.miracosta.edu/itweb/ocea63505?db=WHIC
ALTERNATE SITE (If You Are Having Trouble with the Above Site):
The MiraCosta Library Main Page: http://library.miracosta.edu/homepage
Remember that you need to click on the underlined links while holding down the “CONTROL” key, on your computer keyboard.
FINAL EXAM ESSAY PROMPT 4:
Religion (Around the World)
– Judaism
– Christianity
– Hinduism
– Buddhism
– Islam
– Shinto
– Animism
Choose three out of the seven topic areas listed above, and then read all of the articles listed for those sections, below. Then, be prepared to write an essay which addresses all of the following:
1.) What unique features do you see in each of the religions you chose?
2.) How did each of those religions develop and what was the impact each of those upon the societies in which they developed?
3.) What differences do you see between the religions you have chosen: both in doctrine and in ritual/practice?
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Be sure to read each of the articles that are provided below for the areas that you have chosen, and also be sure to read the entire articles (Note: You may need to click on “Read More,” “View More,” or something similar).
Judaism:
http://ic.galegroup.com.prox.miracosta.edu/ic/whic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=WHIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=GALE|00000000MXFT&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE|CX3045301227
Christianity:
http://ic.galegroup.com.prox.miracosta.edu/ic/whic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=WHIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=GALE|00000000MXEF&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE|CX3424500567
Hinduism:
http://ic.galegroup.com.prox.miracosta.edu/ic/whic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=WHIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=GALE|00000000MXF9&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE|CX3424501351
Buddhism:
http://ic.galegroup.com.prox.miracosta.edu/ic/whic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=WHIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=GALE|00000000MXHM&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE|CX3446800267
Islam:
http://ic.galegroup.com.prox.miracosta.edu/ic/whic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=WHIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=GALE|00000000MXFL&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE|CX3424501549
Shinto (Japan):
http://ic.galegroup.com.prox.miracosta.edu/ic/whic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=WHIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&zid=&action=e&catId=GALE|AAA000056015&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE|BT2350085368
Animism (Various cultures throughout the world):
http://ic.galegroup.com.prox.miracosta.edu/ic/whic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=WHIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE|CX3407700583