DSST Introduction To World Religions

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1. How is the belief in God - by whatever name - similar in Christianity - Islam - and Judaism?
Nonviolence
The first week of mourning after a death
God is the creator of the world; All three religions believe that God is the creator of the world - and is all knowing - all powerful - and all present.
Celebrates Muhammad's birthday


2. Ka'bah
Respect that one person shows another; 'Li' is defined as correct behavior - or etiquette - between individuals.
Torah; The Torah scroll is kept in the ark and read from during services
The most sacred to Muslims
Founder


3. Who is the most traditionally observant Jew?
Hindus; part of the epic 'Mahabharata'
Orthodox
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.
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.


4. The delivery of the Jews from Persia is celebrated during...
Purim
The caste system is both religious and social in nature.
Right Views
A person who is not sure whether there is a supreme being or not


5. Sufism is characterized by...
Rejection of the caste system
In a final Judgment Day; Both Muslims and Christians believe that there will be a Judgment Day when the dead will be raised up.
Experiencing a feeling of oneness with Allah; Sufism is a mystical movement within Islam that is characterized by asceticism.
Zoroastrianism.


6. Jihad refers to...
Is a righteous God who demands moral and ethical behavior from people
Movement of Jews to areas outside Palestine beginning in the eighth century B.C.E.
Commemorate the Angel Gabriel's appearance to Muhammad; have one's sins forgiven; become more aware of how a person acts in life
The struggle within a Muslim to live a good life


7. The Church of England/Anglican Church was a compromise that resulted in...
Roman Catholics
Protestant doctorine but Catholic ritual
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.
It was absorbed into Hinduism. Over time - Hinduism adopted some of the concepts of Buddhism and Buddha became one of many Hindu gods.


8. To say the Shahadah is to...

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9. An aspect of Buddhism that is less popular in the Western world is...
Moses
The ultimate goal of Christians
Description of certain ideas in terms of their opposites - such as good and evil and yin and yang
Monasticism


10. A bodhisattva...
Neolithic Revolution; The Neolithic Revolution marks the change from hunting and gathering to settled farming as a way of life. Groups developed religions to appeal to the deities in nature for help.
Helps others to find nirvana
Jews
The replacement of a traditional language with a vernacular language.


11. The word 'Islam' means...
Submission
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.'
The role of its clergy; Shi'a has a clerical hierarchy.
French Protestants who followed the teachings of John Calvin


12. Huguenots
French Protestants who followed the teachings of John Calvin
Good government could become oppressive if it interfered too much in people's lives
The growing materialism of Islam around the 800s
The first collection of Jewish laws


13. The defining characteristics of the Society of Friends (Quakers) are humanitarianism - inner peace - and...
Purify the body and mind.
Pacifism
Abraham
Indigenous religions of South America


14. Which system of Hindu philosophy believes that only Brahman is real?
Invasion of the Holy Land by the Crusaders
Vedanta; The Vedanta system holds that all the world - including humans - is an illusion
Confucianism
Ended the practice of indulgences


15. The Feast of Purim celebrates...
The Exodus
Things like ambition - wealth - and power keep people from their real purpose in life
Religious practice of ancient Egyptians
A Taoist endeavors to live a simple life. Taoism teaches inaction as the highest principle of being.


16. According to the doctrine of transubstantiation in the Roman Catholic Church...
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.'
Religious practice of ancient Egyptians
Jesus is actually present in the bread and wine in communion
Filial piety


17. The grace of Buddha Amitbha.
Orthodox
Church's selling of indulgences
Marriage for the clergy
Relied on by the faithful of the Pure Land sect to Buddhism to enter the Land of Bliss


18. What is not a reason fundamentalist movements in any religion usually develop?
Five Pillars.
Confer special grace on the gravely ill person
Jesus is the son of God
The desire to convert nonbelievers and spread the religion


19. For Catholics - the central act of worship is...
Possession of wealth and power
Roman Catholicism
The dominant theme of Taoism
The mass


20. A rite of passage in Judaism is...
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.'
Circumcision; The ceremony of circumcision - known as brit - marks the entrance of a male child into Judaism.
Nichiren
Disappeared after the Assyrians captured Israel


21. The dogma of papal infallibility refers to...

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22. Is Monasticism found in Islam?
Episcopalianism
No
Commemorate the Angel Gabriel's appearance to Muhammad; have one's sins forgiven; become more aware of how a person acts in life
Fasting during the day for one month each year


23. Meditation is NOT an important part of the practice of...
Commemorate the Angel Gabriel's appearance to Muhammad; have one's sins forgiven; become more aware of how a person acts in life
Submission
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.
Indigenous religions of South America


24. In which denomination may a woman be ordained as either a priest or minister?
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
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.
Episcopal


25. Monism (belief that all things
The Talmud is the word of Yahweh
The most sacred to Muslims
Reliance on magic
Native American religions.


26. Gain salvation.
The ultimate goal of Christians
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
Judaism
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.


27. Voodoo is an example of...
Can be entered by living a good life and reciting the name of Amitabha
Magic
Judaism; Christianity; Islam
Religion includes a belief in the supernatural or divine - a set of practices - and a code of ethics.


28. Confucian concept of 'li'

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29. During their centuries of conquest - Muslim rulers...
Allowed subject peoples to practice their own religions
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.
Religious practice of ancient Egyptians
All Protestant denominations accept all three of the creeds


30. The Kabbalah is similar to the material found in the...
Tantras of Tibetan Buddhism
The Islamic concept of the community of Muslim believers
The role of its clergy; Shi'a has a clerical hierarchy.
David


31. A common theme of the world's religions is that...
Its meaning differs among the various Christian religions; various religions have different interpretations of how original sin affects human nature.
There is a connection between all things that exist
A group's identification with an animal - which is a totem
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.


32. The first Christians believed that...
Chanukah; symbolizes the miracle of a day's cup of oil lasting for eight days.
God is the creator of the world; All three religions believe that God is the creator of the world - and is all knowing - all powerful - and all present.
Salvation came as a gift from God
Thomas Aquinas


33. The major issue between popes and rulers during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance was...
Ramadan
Rite of passage
Who would appoint bishops
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.


34. A definition of religion would include what elements?
Ritual; A code of moral conduct; An afterlife
Judaism
He attempted to reconcile Judaism and Aristotelian philosophy; Like Thomas Aquinas in the Roman Catholic Church - Maimonides attempted to reconcile Aristotle's philosophy with his own belief system and caused a similar controvers.
Forced conversion of non-Muslims; Muhammad preached tolerance for other religions - but did impose a tax on nonbelievers.


35. Charitable giving is important to Muslims because...
Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations; Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations
It acknowledges that everything belongs to Allah ultimately.
The most sacred to Muslims
Connect with Brahman


36. What is NOT a teaching of Islam?
Hinduism
Baal Shem Tov
Fasting during the day for one month each year
An imperceptible presence in the universe


37. What statement best describes the early development of Christianity?
The early followers of Jesus still considered themselves Jews.
Myths explain the natural world and the reasons for the religious beliefs and customs of a group
God is the creator of the world; All three religions believe that God is the creator of the world - and is all knowing - all powerful - and all present.
Ecumenism.


38. The Christian Science movement believes that...

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39. 'Shivah' - in Judaism
Celebrates Muhammad's birthday
Baal Shem Tov
Baal Shem Tov
The first week of mourning after a death


40. According to the Jewish Bible - Judaism began with Yahweh's promise to...
Abraham
Hindus believe that each deity is a representation of some aspect of Brahman
The Christian belief that Jesus was the messiah
Hinduism


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

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42. The Jews who were expelled from Spain and Portugal in the 15th century were known as...
Humaneness
Zoroastrianism
Ruler; The ruler as the superior
Sephardim


43. Mawlid al-Nabi

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44. Conflict over teachings within Hinduism resulted in the development of Buddhism - Sikhism - and...
Sephardim
Prayer five times a day
Improve the lives of the poor through political activism
Jainism


45. The two most important works of Taoism are the 'Tao Te Ching' and the...

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46. Release from the cycle of birth - death - and rebirth is...
Hindus believe that each deity is a representation of some aspect of Brahman
Moksha
Yahweh's covenant with Abraham. In the covenant - Yahweh declared that the descendants of Abraham would have a special relationship with him.
Reassert Church doctrine as a result of the Protestant Reformation


47. What was a central element of Confucianism as Confucius taught it?
Because he did not write down his teachings
Shinto
Just social action; Confucius taught the importance of acting justly in all social interactions.
French Protestants who followed the teachings of John Calvin


48. What religion believes in Purgatory?
It is considered a holy river
Roman Catholicism
The split into Sunni and Shi'a branches of Islam
Reverence toward family and tradition


49. Janmashtami
Judaism
Preserving Greek and Roman civilization and learning in general; Monks in monasteries and nuns in convents kept learning alive through their copying of Greek and Roman writings and by teaching.
The split into Sunni and Shi'a branches of Islam
Celebrates the birth of Krishna - the incarnation of the god Vishnu - the protector and preserver.


50. In Judaism - Yahweh...
The replacement of a traditional language with a vernacular language.
Is a righteous God who demands moral and ethical behavior from people
The holy scripture of Nichiren Buddhism
Both the Pentateuch and all oral and written teachings of Judaism