Pew Research: What the Public Knows - In Pictures, Maps, Graphs and Symbols

Identifying Religious Symbols

The question about religious symbols was modeled on one asked previously in Oct. 2011. In the current survey, four symbols were shown and respondents were asked to identify the one associated with Judaism: 87% correctly selected the Star of David.

In Oct. 2011, respondents were shown the same group of symbols and asked to identify the symbol associated with Islam. Just 42% answered correctly (Crescent and Star, #2 in the graphic.) About a third (34%) incorrectly chose Om, the symbol associated with Hinduism. (For more, see What the Public Knows – In Words and Pictures, Nov. 7, 2011.) map of syria

In the current quiz, the map identification question about Syria also was modeled on a question in the 2011 survey: 50% correctly identified Syria as the country highlighted on a map of the Middle East from a list of four countries (Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt were the others). In Oct. 2011, Israel was the country highlighted on a map; 57% correctly identified it from a list that had the same alternatives as the current survey.

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