4.2.5.4 Social groups and religious and spiritual movements Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 2

The 20 questions

1. Which demographic group consistently shows higher levels of religiosity and church attendance in Britain?

   • Young men
   • Teenagers
   • Women
   • Unemployed men

2. What Weberian concept explains why marginal groups are drawn to religions promising rewards in the afterlife?

   • Secularisation theory
   • Protestant ethic
   • Theodicy of disprivilege
   • Theodicy of privilege

3. Which religion is the largest among British residents of Pakistani and Bangladeshi heritage?

   • Sikhism
   • Islam
   • Hinduism
   • Christianity

4. Which concept describes minority ethnic groups using religion to preserve their cultural identity against hostility?

   • Cultural defence
   • Secularisation
   • Desacralisation
   • Cultural transition

5. Which demographic in Britain is most likely to report being 'spiritual but not religious'?

   • Retirees
   • Younger adults
   • Elderly women
   • Older adults

6. What process describes individuals constructing personal spiritual beliefs rather than following fixed traditions?

   • Secularisation
   • Privatisation
   • Institutionalisation
   • Individualisation

7. Which concept describes migrants using religion to adjust and integrate into a new host society?

   • Secularisation
   • Cultural transition
   • Disenchantment
   • Cultural defence

8. Which Christian movement has seen significant growth among Black Caribbean and African populations in Britain?

   • Catholicism
   • Methodism
   • Pentecostalism
   • Quakerism

9. What term describes social groups mobilising politically around their shared religious interests and identity?

   • Identity politics
   • Secularisation
   • Privatisation
   • Disenchantment

10. Which age group in Britain statistically records the lowest levels of regular church attendance?

    • Young adults
    • Middle-aged adults
    • Older adults
    • Pensioners

11. According to Ernst Troeltsch, which religious organisation primarily attracts upper and middle-class members?

    • Churches
    • Denominations
    • Cults
    • Sects

12. According to sociologists, which factor contributes most to higher rates of religiosity among women?

    • Gender socialisation
    • Biological determinism
    • State compulsion
    • Higher incomes

13. Which term describes the decline of religious belief across successive generations in modern Britain?

    • Cultural defence
    • Religious revival
    • Religious orientation
    • Generational secularisation

14. Which sociological term measures the personal importance of religion to an individual, regardless of attendance?

    • Religiosity
    • Denominationalism
    • Institutionalisation
    • Secularisation

15. Which sociological perspective emphasises that individuals actively choose beliefs rather than being determined by background?

    • Marxism
    • Postmodernism
    • Positivism
    • Functionalism

16. Which concept explains that religious belief is shaped by an individual's social position and lived experiences?

    • Biological determinism
    • Absolute truth
    • Social context
    • Genetic predisposition

17. What is a primary reason minority ethnic groups form distinct religious congregations in Britain?

    • Cultural preservation
    • Mandatory worship
    • State tax exemptions
    • Legal compulsion

18. What term describes identifying with a faith through family traditions and attending only key life events?

    • Believing without belonging
    • Monasticism
    • Cultural religion
    • Vicarious religion

19. Which factor is most associated with higher religious participation among older adults in the UK?

    • Social support networks
    • Decreased free time
    • Mandatory attendance
    • High financial cost

20. Which event is most likely to prompt an adult to change their religious affiliation?

    • Annual salary review
    • Routine tax assessment
    • Major life transition
    • Political election

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