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1. What religion believes in Purgatory?
Roman Catholicism
Sencond Vatican Council
Communion
Martin Luther


2. What is found in an ark in a synagogue?
Reliance on magic
The Exodus
Torah; The Torah scroll is kept in the ark and read from during services
Tantras of Tibetan Buddhism


3. In which denomination may a woman be ordained as either a priest or minister?
Householder
Episcopal
Marriage for the clergy
It emphasizes the joyous and ecstatic nature of Judaism


4. What religions justify capital punishment for major offenses?
Islam; Christianity; Judaism; Zoroastrianism
Jews; This is the promise that Yahweh made to Abraham
Eased kosher restrictions;
Nonviolence


5. Calling Hinduism polytheistic simplifies the religion because...
Relied on by the faithful of the Pure Land sect to Buddhism to enter the Land of Bliss
Christians' belief in an immortal soul; Native Americans in general believe that if people forget the dead - over time their souls will cease to exist.
Roman Catholicism
Hindus believe that each deity is a representation of some aspect of Brahman


6. Confucianism could be considered a philosophy rather than a religion because it...
Forced conversion of non-Muslims; Muhammad preached tolerance for other religions - but did impose a tax on nonbelievers.
The struggle within a Muslim to live a good life
Does not include worship of spirits or divine beings
Torah; The Torah scroll is kept in the ark and read from during services


7. Ka'bah
The most sacred to Muslims
Anglicans; Thomas Cranmer - who was the first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury and a leader of the English Protestant Reformation - wrote the 'Book of Common Prayer -' which remains the official liturgy of the Anglican communion of churches.
While delaying their own entrance into nirvana
Improve the lives of the poor through political activism


8. Which Christian denomination believes in purgatory?
Things like ambition - wealth - and power keep people from their real purpose in life
To show their humility before Allah
Rite of passage
Roman Catholicism


9. An important force for Christian unity in the twentieth century was...
The growing materialism of Islam around the 800s
Female - nurturing - and passive
Ecumenism.
Fourth Commandment; The Fourth Commandment - Honor thy Father and thy Mother - applies not only to relationships within the family unit - but to the relationship between civil authority and members of the civil society.


10. Who attempted to reconcile Aristotelian logic with the existence of God?
Religion includes a belief in the supernatural or divine - a set of practices - and a code of ethics.
Thomas Aquinas
The Exodus
Orthodox


11. Jihad refers to...
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).
It emphasizes the joyous and ecstatic nature of Judaism
Religion includes a belief in the supernatural or divine - a set of practices - and a code of ethics.
The struggle within a Muslim to live a good life


12. What are aspects of Buddhism's Four Noble Truths?
Desire is the cause of all suffering; The Eightfold Path; All life is suffering; The only way to end suffering is to end desire
Five Pillars.
Is of little importance in achieving nirvana; Ritual sacrifice plays a minor role in Theravada Buddhism.
Dowries were given to brides - not their fathers; Women gained property and inheritance rights; Mistreatment of wives in marriage was forbidden


13. A major difference between Tibetan Buddhism and other Buddhist sects is Tibetan Buddhism's...
Destruction of the second Temple and the end of Palestine in 70 C.E.
Allowed subject peoples to practice their own religions
Moses
Reliance on magic


14. Changes Reform Jews and the Protestant Reformation have in common.
It has aspects of African religions as well as Islam; Voodoo has elements of Roman Catholicism - not Islam - mixed with traditional African religions.
The replacement of a traditional language with a vernacular language.
The teachings of Buddha - or religious truth.
Because he did not write down his teachings


15. What statements are true about Pentecostal churches?

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16. Members of the Pure Land sect of Buddhism believe that the Land of Bliss...
Used in Zen Buddhism to help a believer reach sudden insight.
Female - nurturing - and passive
Can be entered by living a good life and reciting the name of Amitabha
Communion


17. Whereas original Confucian teachings dealt with the social order - Taoism...
Offered a spiritual approach to life
Native American religions.
Circumcision; The ceremony of circumcision - known as brit - marks the entrance of a male child into Judaism.
The caste system.


18. For Catholics - the central act of worship is...
The mass
Things like ambition - wealth - and power keep people from their real purpose in life
Rejection of the caste system
Prayer five times a day


19. Islam and Christianity share a belief in...
Luther denied the infallibility of the pope.
Angels - heaven - and hell
A compilation of ancient Jewish oral law and rabbinical teachings
The growing materialism of Islam around the 800s


20. What is not elements of indigenous religious practices...
Hasidic Jews
Political. The basis for the split was a disagreement over who would succeed Muhammad after his death.
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.
Rite of passage


21. Twelvers believe...
Covenant; The Covenant between Yahweh and Abraham is the foundation on which Judaism is based.
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).
Monasticism
That the last imam will return and with him - Judgment Day


22. The purpose of the sweat-lodge ceremony is to...
Hindus; part of the epic 'Mahabharata'
Political. The basis for the split was a disagreement over who would succeed Muhammad after his death.
It is the revealed word of God; Muslims believe that God revealed his message to Muhammad through the angel Gabriel.
Purify the body and mind.


23. An aspect of Buddhism that is less popular in the Western world is...
Belief that God will save the world from its sins by sending a messiah
Pacifism
Monasticism
It has aspects of African religions as well as Islam; Voodoo has elements of Roman Catholicism - not Islam - mixed with traditional African religions.


24. Amaterasu
Its meaning differs among the various Christian religions; various religions have different interpretations of how original sin affects human nature.
Just social action; Confucius taught the importance of acting justly in all social interactions.
The Talmud is the word of Yahweh
The sun goddess - believed to be the direct ancestor of the Japanese emperor - and a very important deity in Shinto.


25. To say the Shahadah is to...

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26. What is a true statement about Sikhism?
Its members pray together without priests and with little ritual
The concepts of purity and pollution remain the basis for the caste system.
Indigenous religions of South America
Monasticism


27. While all religions pray - what is NOT a category of prayer?
The Christian belief that Jesus was the messiah
Compassion
The Exodus
No schools that teach religion to their followers


28. The supremacy of the pope as the head of the Roman Catholic Church...

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29. Who wrote the 'City of God' and greatly influenced the early development of Christian theology?

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30. Mariology refers to devotion to the Virgin Mary in...
Returning to Allah what is his
Roman Catholicism; Roman Catholics have a special devotion to the Virgin Mary that is a major difference with other Christian denominations.
Judaism
A path to release the mind from distractions


31. What is an accurate description of Taoism's view of government?

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32. Council called to modernize the Roman Catholic Church.
Both the Pentateuch and all oral and written teachings of Judaism
Doctrine of papal infallibility
Sencond Vatican Council
Right Views


33. The goal of liberation theology is to...
Improve the lives of the poor through political activism
'Chuang Tzu'
A better birth in the next cycle of rebirth - life - and death
In a final Judgment Day; Both Muslims and Christians believe that there will be a Judgment Day when the dead will be raised up.


34. Satan explains the presence of evil in which of the following religions?
Judaism; Islam
Reverence toward family and tradition
Both the Pentateuch and all oral and written teachings of Judaism
A central principle of Hinduism is reincarnation


35. What is NOT a teaching of Islam?
Filial piety
Nichiren
Fasting during the day for one month each year
Meng-zi reinforced Confucius's teaching that people were innately good - whereas Xun-zi taught that people were innately evil.


36. The Jews who were expelled from Spain and Portugal in the 15th century were known as...
Sephardim
The Christian belief that Jesus was the messiah
Any gods
Jews


37. What was NOT a concern of Taoism?
Possession of wealth and power
It describes Allah as a strict - distant - and unresponsive god
Jews
Political. The basis for the split was a disagreement over who would succeed Muhammad after his death.


38. In addition to Muhammad - Muslims consider as prophets Abraham - Moses - and...
Thomas Aquinas
Sudden illumination; The Renzai - or Intuitive - school of Zen Buddhism believes that rational thought will not bring illumination. One must think anti-rationally and go behind reason before enlightenment will come - and then it will come suddenly in
Islam; Christianity; Judaism; Zoroastrianism
Jesus


39. The modern evangelical movement in the United States has been successful primarily because it...
Provides many people a counterweight to changing social mores
Improve the lives of the poor through political activism
Shinto; The Japanese government set up national shrines - mandated the teaching of Shinto in schools - and used State Shinto to further its military aims. It was banned after World War II.
Circumcision; The ceremony of circumcision - known as brit - marks the entrance of a male child into Judaism.


40. 'Umma'
The Islamic concept of the community of Muslim believers
A compilation of ancient Jewish oral law and rabbinical teachings
It removes the stain of original sin
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.


41. What statement most accurately describes the doctrine of original sin?
Its meaning differs among the various Christian religions; various religions have different interpretations of how original sin affects human nature.
A messiah
Magic
Shinto


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

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

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44. The ecumenical movement has resulted in changes within...
Roman Catholicism
Jesus
Judaism
Sephardim


45. What was not a teaching of Muhammad?
Invasion of the Holy Land by the Crusaders
Forced conversion of non-Muslims; Muhammad preached tolerance for other religions - but did impose a tax on nonbelievers.
Returning to Allah what is his
Religious conduct; commercial transactions; political actions; private life


46. What is NOT considered a theocracy?

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47. A Buddhist who is proud would not be practicing which principle of the Eight-Fold Path?
Right Views
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.
Thomas Aquinas
Upanishads


48. Harmony
The dominant theme of Taoism
Used in Zen Buddhism to help a believer reach sudden insight.
The split into Sunni and Shi'a branches of Islam
Ruler; The ruler as the superior


49. Judaism is unique in that it...
Hinduism
Right Views
Is as much a cultural designation as a religious one
Covenant; The Covenant between Yahweh and Abraham is the foundation on which Judaism is based.


50. The Protestant Reformation began with...
Ahura Mazda
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.
Desire is the cause of all suffering; The Eightfold Path; All life is suffering; The only way to end suffering is to end desire
Martin Luther