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DSST Introduction To World Religions

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1. During their centuries of conquest - Muslim rulers...
Allowed subject peoples to practice their own religions
Achieved enlightenment
Religious conduct; commercial transactions; political actions; private life
Roman Catholicism

2. Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses to protest the...

3. Christian fundamentalism began in the late nineteenth century...
What Allah said to Muhammad
Things like ambition - wealth - and power keep people from their real purpose in life
The dominant theme of Taoism
In response to the works of scientists and philosophers like Darwin and Marx

4. The Council of Trent was called by the Catholic Church to...
Orthodox
Collections of sayings and actions of Muhammad
Reassert Church doctrine as a result of the Protestant Reformation
Shinto; Shinto was - and remains - a specifically Japanese religion.

5. The term 'kosher' refers to...
The teachings of Buddha - or religious truth.
Good government could become oppressive if it interfered too much in people's lives
Jewish dietary laws
'Chuang Tzu'

6. What is not a true description of the Talmud?
Confer special grace on the gravely ill person
To redeem humankind from sin
Commemorate the Angel Gabriel's appearance to Muhammad; have one's sins forgiven; become more aware of how a person acts in life
The Talmud is the word of Yahweh

7. A major cause of the schism between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Churches was the...
Ordinary people could easily understand and practice Islam; The practices of Islam are easy to understand and to practice even by the poorest and uneducated.
Judaism
Primacy of the pope in determining matters of Christian doctrine. The Eastern Church believed that authority in matters of faith rested more with the Bible and church councils than with the pope.
The recognition of Jesus as the messiah of Israel and the savior of all peoples

8. The purposes of Ramadan are to...

9. What is a major difference between Episcopalians and Lutherans?
Jesus is the son of God
Episcopalians believe in scripture as interpreted by tradition - whereas Lutherans believe that scripture alone is the sole authority on which their faith is based.
Nonviolence
Has no set list of beliefs that followers must accept

10. Confucianism could be considered a philosophy rather than a religion because it...
Does not include worship of spirits or divine beings
Just social action; Confucius taught the importance of acting justly in all social interactions.
Roman Catholics
Torah; The Torah scroll is kept in the ark and read from during services

11. Torah
Has no set list of beliefs that followers must accept
Rely on both the Bible and Church traditions as sources of truth
Both the Pentateuch and all oral and written teachings of Judaism
Allowed subject peoples to practice their own religions

12. One reason that early Christians began to separate from Judaism was...
Venerate and fear ancestors - Have healers; Are localized; Hinduism does not share any of these characteristics. The only trait that African religions have in common with Hinduism is that Hinduism and African religions are polytheistic.
The Christian belief that Jesus was the messiah
Jesus is actually present in the bread and wine in communion
Does not include worship of spirits or divine beings

13. What is the most important holy day in the Christian calendar?

14. The position of caliph evolved so that caliphs...
Roman Catholicism
Were political rulers; The caliphs were considered successors to Muhammad - but after the first four - caliphs were political - rather than both political and religious - leaders
Shinto
Founder

15. Wahhabism
Ended the practice of indulgences
Eating pork
A conservative movement within Islam
Offered a spiritual approach to life

16. What would be considered an Abrahamaic religion?
Prayer five times a day
Dowries were given to brides - not their fathers; Women gained property and inheritance rights; Mistreatment of wives in marriage was forbidden
Jesus is actually present in the bread and wine in communion
Judaism; Christianity; Islam

17. Missionary work was never important to what religion?
Compassion
Shinto; Shinto was - and remains - a specifically Japanese religion.
Is a righteous God who demands moral and ethical behavior from people
The Islamic concept of the community of Muslim believers

18. In the Roman Catholic Church - the feast of the Epiphany broadly commemorates...
It taught people to accept the status quo
The recognition of Jesus as the messiah of Israel and the savior of all peoples
Right Views
Confucianism

19. What will you NOT see in an orthodox synagogue?
Rabbis - like priests - lead ritual sacrifice during the liturgy.
Buddha's compassion for living things
Description of certain ideas in terms of their opposites - such as good and evil and yin and yang
Men and women sitting together

20. What religions justify capital punishment for major offenses?
Eating pork
Female - nurturing - and passive
Islam; Christianity; Judaism; Zoroastrianism
Muhammad forbade idol worship; the lack of mosques' ornamentation was a result of Muhammad's ban on idols out of fear that his followers could fall back into polytheism.

21. Release from the cycle of birth - death - and rebirth in Hinduism.
The father of the gods in the Greek pantheon.
Moksha
Abraham
The caste system

22. African religions are unlike Hinduism in which ways?
Meditation - Nonviolence - Self-Denial
Judaism - Christianity - and Islam
Venerate and fear ancestors - Have healers; Are localized; Hinduism does not share any of these characteristics. The only trait that African religions have in common with Hinduism is that Hinduism and African religions are polytheistic.
Buddha's compassion for living things

23. Mosques do not have representations of Allah or any living things because...

24. The goal of liberation theology is to...
Roman Catholicism
A path to release the mind from distractions
Improve the lives of the poor through political activism
The ultimate goal of Christians

25. Gnosticism's influence on Christianity can be seen in Christianity's...
Buddhism; Confucianism; Taoism
Desire is the cause of all suffering; The Eightfold Path; All life is suffering; The only way to end suffering is to end desire
Emphasis on the goodness of the spirit over the evilness of the flesh.
Nonviolence

26. Twelvers believe...
Pacifism
David
Connect with Brahman
That the last imam will return and with him - Judgment Day

27. In Judaism - Yahweh...
Religious practice of ancient Egyptians
Is a righteous God who demands moral and ethical behavior from people
The sun goddess - believed to be the direct ancestor of the Japanese emperor - and a very important deity in Shinto.
Judaism; Christianity; Islam

28. Maimonides and Thomas Aquinas both attempted to...

29. The basis for the split in Islam into Sunni and Shi'a was...
Relied on by the faithful of the Pure Land sect to Buddhism to enter the Land of Bliss
Doctrine of papal infallibility
Political. The basis for the split was a disagreement over who would succeed Muhammad after his death.
Angels - heaven - and hell

30. Confucius believed that inferiors owed what to their superiors?
Developed over time; he doctrine of papal supremacy was first declared by Pope Damasus I who reigned in the 4th century. He based his declaration on Jesus' words - 'Thou are Peter and upon this rock I shall build my church.'
Hindus; part of the epic 'Mahabharata'
Loyalty
Venerate and fear ancestors - Have healers; Are localized; Hinduism does not share any of these characteristics. The only trait that African religions have in common with Hinduism is that Hinduism and African religions are polytheistic.

31. The natural world is an integrated whole.
Householder
Its meaning differs among the various Christian religions; various religions have different interpretations of how original sin affects human nature.
An accurate explanation of Taoist teachings
God's goodness can heal illness as well as sin

32. Religion that does not include fasting.
A central principle of Hinduism is reincarnation
Jesus
The split into Sunni and Shi'a branches of Islam
Zoroastrianism

33. What statement accurately describes Jewish worship?
Rabbis - like priests - lead ritual sacrifice during the liturgy.
Vedanta; The Vedanta system holds that all the world - including humans - is an illusion
Shinto; Shinto was - and remains - a specifically Japanese religion.
Had been denied an annulment of his marriage

34. The Eastern Orthodox rites differ from Roman Catholicism in their...
Loyalty
Celebrates the birth of Krishna - the incarnation of the god Vishnu - the protector and preserver.
Lack of hierarchical structure; Unlike the Roman Catholic Church that has the pope at its head - Eastern Orthodox churches are ruled by a network of patriarchs.
Judaism; Christianity; Islam

35. The most accurate description of yoga to Hindus is...
A path to release the mind from distractions
Written religious teachings; Indigenous religious practices are preliterate - so there were no written religious teachings - although modern anthropologists and similar researchers have written them down for various cultures.
Abraham
Right Views

36. What man taught that humans are innately evil and must be closely controlled?
In response to the works of scientists and philosophers like Darwin and Marx
Offered a spiritual approach to life
Xun-zi
Law of Manu (describes the caste system and the duties of each caste).

37. The purpose of the sweat-lodge ceremony is to...
God's goodness can heal illness as well as sin
Luther denied the infallibility of the pope.
Marriage for the clergy
Purify the body and mind.

38. Taoism and Buddhism are similar in that both teach that...
Invasion of the Holy Land by the Crusaders
There is a connection between all things that exist
Things like ambition - wealth - and power keep people from their real purpose in life
Islam; Christianity; Judaism; Zoroastrianism

39. Shamans serve as...
Eating pork
Orthodox
Orthodox branch; Orthodox Jews conform most closely to the tenets of Judaism as revealed by God. They are not concerned with adapting Judaism to the world outside of the Jewish community.
Guides to the spirit world. Shamans functioned - and still function - in religions based on nature and spirit worship.

40. What division of Judaism follows the teachings of a rebbe?
Yom Kippur; Yom Kippur is the holiest and most solemn day in the Jewish calendar.
Hasidic Jews
Buddha's compassion for living things
Both branches of Buddhism believe that Gautama Buddha is one of many Buddhas; Theravada Buddhists see Gautama as a saint and great teacher and Mahayana Buddhists see him as a savior who helps others to enlightenment.

41. Changes Reform Jews and the Protestant Reformation have in common.
The growing materialism of Islam around the 800s
The replacement of a traditional language with a vernacular language.
Economics and social concerns of African Americans within an Islamic framework
Religion includes a belief in the supernatural or divine - a set of practices - and a code of ethics.

42. According to the doctrine of transubstantiation in the Roman Catholic Church...
Jesus is actually present in the bread and wine in communion
Sencond Vatican Council
Shinto
A messiah

43. Which religions hold similar general beliefs about heaven and hell?
Achieved enlightenment
Judaism - Christianity - and Islam
Islam; Christianity; Judaism; Zoroastrianism
Possession of wealth and power

44. Release from the cycle of birth - death - and rebirth is...
Just social action; Confucius taught the importance of acting justly in all social interactions.
Moksha
Covenant; The Covenant between Yahweh and Abraham is the foundation on which Judaism is based.
Ahura Mazda

45. Dualism (in religious terms)
Description of certain ideas in terms of their opposites - such as good and evil and yin and yang
Orthodox
An imperceptible presence in the universe
Offered a spiritual approach to life

46. Sikhism was founded as a reaction against...
It has aspects of African religions as well as Islam; Voodoo has elements of Roman Catholicism - not Islam - mixed with traditional African religions.
Recognize when a boy and a girl are considered adults in Judaism.
It was absorbed into Hinduism. Over time - Hinduism adopted some of the concepts of Buddhism and Buddha became one of many Hindu gods.
Islam and Hinduism; Nanak - who founded Sikhism in northern India in the late 15th and early 16th centuries - was born a Hindu and studied Islam - but could not find spiritual peace in either.

47. Unlike most Protestant denominations - Roman Catholics...
Tantras of Tibetan Buddhism
Rely on both the Bible and Church traditions as sources of truth
Salvation came as a gift from God
Economics and social concerns of African Americans within an Islamic framework

48. A definition of religion would include what elements?
The dominant theme of Taoism
Jews; This is the promise that Yahweh made to Abraham
Ritual; A code of moral conduct; An afterlife
Political. The basis for the split was a disagreement over who would succeed Muhammad after his death.

49. Which of the following Buddhist sects is credited with instilling the idea of nationalism among the Japanese?
Emphasis on the goodness of the spirit over the evilness of the flesh.
Nichiren
Ruler; The ruler as the superior
Law of Manu (describes the caste system and the duties of each caste).

50. The grace of Buddha Amitbha.
Islam
Celebrates the birth of Krishna - the incarnation of the god Vishnu - the protector and preserver.
Relied on by the faithful of the Pure Land sect to Buddhism to enter the Land of Bliss
Reconcile Aristotle's work with their religions.