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DSST Introduction To World Religions

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1. What statement accurately describes the Hasidic movement?
It emphasizes the joyous and ecstatic nature of Judaism
An imperceptible presence in the universe
Disappeared after the Assyrians captured Israel
Yom Kippur; Yom Kippur is the holiest and most solemn day in the Jewish calendar.

2. What was not a result of the Council of Trent - which was convened during what is known as the Counter-Reformation?
Judaism - Christianity - and Islam
Ended the practice of indulgences
Description of certain ideas in terms of their opposites - such as good and evil and yin and yang
Jewish mysticism

3. What is not a true description of the Talmud?
The Talmud is the word of Yahweh
Protestant doctorine but Catholic ritual
Its meaning differs among the various Christian religions; various religions have different interpretations of how original sin affects human nature.
Helps others to find nirvana

4. The person who was most responsible for the spread of Buddhism outside India was...
Hinduism
Guides to the spirit world. Shamans functioned - and still function - in religions based on nature and spirit worship.
Asoka; Asoka - a ruler of the Maurya dynasty in India in the third century B.C.E. - converted to Buddhism and sent missionaries to convert the people of his huge empire. As a result - Buddhism is the predominant religion of Asia.
Modern Iraq; A theocracy is a government in which the power and authority comes either because the ruler is considered a god (Egypt under the pharaohs) or a representative of God on earth (John Calvin's Geneva and Massachusetts Bay).

5. Unlike most Protestant denominations - Roman Catholics...
Five Pillars.
Rely on both the Bible and Church traditions as sources of truth
Judaism
Islam

6. The 'Bhagavad Gita' is important to...

7. Zeus
Who would appoint bishops
The father of the gods in the Greek pantheon.
Meditation - Nonviolence - Self-Denial
David

8. The Eastern Orthodox rites differ from Roman Catholicism in their...
Episcopalianism
Set out a number of principles that are central to Hinduism; The Upanishads are a collection of advice from Hindu sages. Among the topics covered are reincarnation - creation - and the relationship between individual souls and Ultimate Reality.
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.
Returning to Allah what is his

9. What was not a teaching of Muhammad?
The Christian belief that Jesus was the messiah
Is as much a cultural designation as a religious one
Forced conversion of non-Muslims; Muhammad preached tolerance for other religions - but did impose a tax on nonbelievers.
Hindus; part of the epic 'Mahabharata'

10. What is an accurate description of Martin Luther's teachings?
Economics and social concerns of African Americans within an Islamic framework
Sephardim
Episcopalianism
Luther denied the infallibility of the pope.

11. The Church of England/Anglican Church was a compromise that resulted in...
Protestant doctorine but Catholic ritual
A central principle of Hinduism is reincarnation
An accurate explanation of Taoist teachings
Transubstantiation

12. Traditional African religions DO NOT include...
Description of certain ideas in terms of their opposites - such as good and evil and yin and yang
Officials were worried that Buddhism's popularity would affect people's loyalty to the government
Enter the state of nirvana - or enlightenment
A vision quest

13. Amaterasu
The sun goddess - believed to be the direct ancestor of the Japanese emperor - and a very important deity in Shinto.
Hindus; part of the epic 'Mahabharata'
A Taoist endeavors to live a simple life. Taoism teaches inaction as the highest principle of being.
Any gods

14. Release from the cycle of birth - death - and rebirth is...
Religion includes a belief in the supernatural or divine - a set of practices - and a code of ethics.
All people are created equal; The Baha'i movement preaches equality of the sexes - the importance of education - an end to prejudice - and the value of leading a good life.
Economics and social concerns of African Americans within an Islamic framework
Moksha

15. The best description of an arahat in Theravada Buddhism is one who has...
Baghdad; Baghdad was an important center of Islamic power during the caliphates.
Angels - heaven - and hell
Achieved enlightenment
Five Pillars

16. Seeking converts is NOT an important element of...
Jewish dietary laws
Moses
Judaism
Provides many people a counterweight to changing social mores

17. King Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church because he...
Baghdad; Baghdad was an important center of Islamic power during the caliphates.
Had been denied an annulment of his marriage
Nichiren
Offered a spiritual approach to life

18. Which religion is the largest in the world?
Purify the body and mind.
Set out a number of principles that are central to Hinduism; The Upanishads are a collection of advice from Hindu sages. Among the topics covered are reincarnation - creation - and the relationship between individual souls and Ultimate Reality.
Only those times when he invokes the authority of 'ex cathedra'; 'Ex cathedra' is the authority of the pope based on his position as teacher and pastor of Christians. When the pope speaks 'ex cathedra' on a doctrine of faith and morals - he is kept f
Christianity

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

20. Islam and Christianity share a belief in...
Angels - heaven - and hell
Description of certain ideas in terms of their opposites - such as good and evil and yin and yang
Judaism; Judaism is a religion and Zionism is a political movement begun in 1896 to establish a Jewish state in what the Jews consider the 'promised land.'
A path to release the mind from distractions

21. What statement is true about the modern Hindu caste system?
Had been denied an annulment of his marriage
The concepts of purity and pollution remain the basis for the caste system.
Judaism - Christianity - and Islam
Reassert Church doctrine as a result of the Protestant Reformation

22. The defining characteristics of the Society of Friends (Quakers) are humanitarianism - inner peace - and...
Torah; The Torah scroll is kept in the ark and read from during services
Humaneness
Pacifism
Prayer five times a day

23. What belief systems are neither monotheistic nor polytheistic?
Covenant; The Covenant between Yahweh and Abraham is the foundation on which Judaism is based.
Buddhism; Confucianism; Taoism
Allowed subject peoples to practice their own religions
Shinto

24. In founding the Nation of Islam - Wallace Fard focused on...
Female and male; Yin represents the female principle and earth. It is passive and dark. Yang represents the male principle and heaven. It is action - heat - and light. Together - they represent harmony.
Its members pray together without priests and with little ritual
In response to the works of scientists and philosophers like Darwin and Marx
Economics and social concerns of African Americans within an Islamic framework

25. To connect with the Tao - Chuang Tzu advises people to...
A Taoist endeavors to live a simple life. Taoism teaches inaction as the highest principle of being.
Reassert Church doctrine as a result of the Protestant Reformation
Empty their minds of all thoughts and desires
The Islamic concept of the community of Muslim believers

26. 'Jen' in Confucianism is the...

27. A difference between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism is...

28. What is NOT a practice of the Eastern Orthodox rites?
Mayan religion
Marriage for the clergy
An afterlife; Jews believe that there is an afterlife - but it does not have the physical description that Christian and Islamic heaven and hell have. Jews focus on living a good life according to God's laws rather than on punishment and reward after
The representation of an eternal Buddha; one of many Buddhas

29. What accurately describes the Qur'an?
Emphasized obedience to God's law
The Trinity
It is the revealed word of God; Muslims believe that God revealed his message to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel.
Roman Catholics

30. The four stages in Hinduism are student - seeker - ascetic - and...
Reconcile Aristotle's work with their religions.
Submission
Householder
The ultimate goal of Christians

31. The Jews who were expelled from Spain and Portugal in the 15th century were known as...
Immersing adults in water
Trash hauler
Dowries were given to brides - not their fathers; Women gained property and inheritance rights; Mistreatment of wives in marriage was forbidden
Sephardim

32. One reason that early Christians began to separate from Judaism was...
Jewish mysticism
The Christian belief that Jesus was the messiah
Easter; Easter fulfills Jesus' promise to his followers that he will overcome death as those who believe in him will
Reassert Church doctrine as a result of the Protestant Reformation

33. The position of caliph evolved so that caliphs...
Thomas Aquinas
It taught people to accept the status quo
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
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.

34. Example of the animistic theory of religion; based on worship of the spirits - known as kami - of natural objects - such as stones and trees.
Shinto
In response to the works of scientists and philosophers like Darwin and Marx
No schools that teach religion to their followers
The Talmud is the word of Yahweh

35. What is taboo for Jews?
The concepts of purity and pollution remain the basis for the caste system.
Xun-zi
Eating pork
Rejection of the caste system

36. Buddhism declined in India until...
Ramadan
'Chuang Tzu'
It was absorbed into Hinduism. Over time - Hinduism adopted some of the concepts of Buddhism and Buddha became one of many Hindu gods.
Jews; This is the promise that Yahweh made to Abraham

37. The only religion that requires miracles in order for a person to be named a saint is...
Ramadan
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.
Roman Catholicism
Is as much a cultural designation as a religious one

38. The Diaspora is the term given to the...
Vedanta; The Vedanta system holds that all the world - including humans - is an illusion
Movement of Jews to areas outside Palestine beginning in the eighth century B.C.E.
Right understanding - Right speech - Right livelihood; The steps of the Eightfold Path are right views - right thoughts - right speech - right action - right livelihood - right effort - right mindfulness - and right concentration.
It is the revealed word of God; Muslims believe that God revealed his message to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel.

39. The Apostles Creed - Nicene Creed - and Athanasian Creed do NOT what in common?
Economics and social concerns of African Americans within an Islamic framework
All Protestant denominations accept all three of the creeds
The struggle within a Muslim to live a good life
No schools that teach religion to their followers

40. Release from the cycle of birth - death - and rebirth in Hinduism.
Shinto
It is the revealed word of God; Muslims believe that God revealed his message to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel.
Moksha
Emphasized obedience to God's law

41. The Prophetic Movement brought God's word to...
Reconcile Aristotle's work with their religions.
Jews
Reassert Church doctrine as a result of the Protestant Reformation
Emphasized obedience to God's law

42. What quality would best express the Confucian principle of jen?
Eating pork
Transubstantiation
Humaneness
Islam; Christianity; Judaism; Zoroastrianism

43. The Messiah according to Judaism will NOT...

44. Missionary work was never important to what religion?
Asoka; Asoka - a ruler of the Maurya dynasty in India in the third century B.C.E. - converted to Buddhism and sent missionaries to convert the people of his huge empire. As a result - Buddhism is the predominant religion of Asia.
Shinto; Shinto was - and remains - a specifically Japanese religion.
Ahura Mazda
Men and women sitting together

45. Buddhism's 'middle path' is best explained as a way of life that...
Is neither a life of pleasure nor one of self-denial
Men and women sitting together
Hinduism
Jews

46. The modern evangelical movement in the United States has been successful primarily because it...
Meditation - Nonviolence - Self-Denial
Orthodox
Provides many people a counterweight to changing social mores
Purim

47. Taoism and Buddhism are similar in that both teach that...
The recognition of Jesus as the messiah of Israel and the savior of all peoples
Is neither a life of pleasure nor one of self-denial
Episcopal
Things like ambition - wealth - and power keep people from their real purpose in life

48. A major reason for Guru Nanak's founding of Sikhism was his...
Jesus
It was absorbed into Hinduism. Over time - Hinduism adopted some of the concepts of Buddhism and Buddha became one of many Hindu gods.
Rejection of the caste system
Who would appoint bishops

49. According to Confucianism - what is the most important virtue a ruler can possess?
Jainism
Ruler; The ruler as the superior
Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations; Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations
Benevolence

50. Which religions hold similar general beliefs about heaven and hell?
Orthodox
Movement of Jews to areas outside Palestine beginning in the eighth century B.C.E.
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 - and Islam