DSST Introduction To World Religions

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1. The Hasidic movement was founded by...
Dowries were given to brides - not their fathers; Women gained property and inheritance rights; Mistreatment of wives in marriage was forbidden
A group's identification with an animal - which is a totem
That the government should support religion; They believe in separation of Church and State
Baal Shem Tov


2. What is not a characteristic of Calvinism?
Sign of Yahweh's presence among the Jews
Salvation is achieved through faith and good works
Five Pillars
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.


3. In Taoism - yin is...
Possession of wealth and power
Martin Luther
Female - nurturing - and passive
Monasticism


4. What is a major difference between Episcopalians and Lutherans?
Who would appoint bishops
Episcopalians believe in scripture as interpreted by tradition - whereas Lutherans believe that scripture alone is the sole authority on which their faith is based.
Jesus is the son of God
French Protestants who followed the teachings of John Calvin


5. Members of the Pure Land sect of Buddhism believe that the Land of Bliss...
Rely on both the Bible and Church traditions as sources of truth
Can be entered by living a good life and reciting the name of Amitabha
No schools that teach religion to their followers
Luther denied the infallibility of the pope.


6. The Jewish Day of Atonement is...
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.
To redeem humankind from sin
The caste system.
Yom Kippur; Yom Kippur is the holiest and most solemn day in the Jewish calendar.


7. What is not a true description of the Talmud?
Moksha
The Talmud is the word of Yahweh
That the last imam will return and with him - Judgment Day
Judaism


8. The Baha'i movement believes that...

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9. The natural world is an integrated whole.
Rely on both the Bible and Church traditions as sources of truth
An accurate explanation of Taoist teachings
Experiencing a feeling of oneness with Allah; Sufism is a mystical movement within Islam that is characterized by asceticism.
Nonviolence


10. Islam - Judaism - and Christianity all share what?
Magic
Because he did not write down his teachings
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.
Belief that God will save the world from its sins by sending a messiah


11. Mennonites do NOT believe...
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.
That the government should support religion; They believe in separation of Church and State
An emphasis on monasticism; an emphasis on the compassion of Buddha; the transformation of Siddharta Gautama into an Ultimate Being - one of many Buddhas; the belief that the 'Great Vehicle' has room to transport all souls to nirvana
Celebrates Muhammad's birthday


12. What is not elements of indigenous religious practices...
Thomas Aquinas
That the government should support religion; They believe in separation of Church and State
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.
The Christian belief that Jesus was the messiah


13. The major issue between popes and rulers during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance was...
Transubstantiation
No schools that teach religion to their followers
Judaism - Christianity - and Islam
Who would appoint bishops


14. The purpose of the sweat-lodge ceremony is to...
Yom Kippur; Yom Kippur is the holiest and most solemn day in the Jewish calendar.
Roman Catholicism
Purify the body and mind.
A distraction from seeking salvation; For these sects - any attachment is a distraction and must be renounced


15. King Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church because he...
Female - nurturing - and passive
Buddhism; Confucianism; Taoism
A vision quest
Had been denied an annulment of his marriage


16. Taoism and Buddhism are similar in that both teach that...
Things like ambition - wealth - and power keep people from their real purpose in life
A better birth in the next cycle of rebirth - life - and death
Roman Catholicism
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.


17. What is NOT true about voodoo?
Moksha
It has aspects of African religions as well as Islam; Voodoo has elements of Roman Catholicism - not Islam - mixed with traditional African religions.
David
Disappeared after the Assyrians captured Israel


18. What was not a result of the Council of Trent - which was convened during what is known as the Counter-Reformation?
Rabbis - like priests - lead ritual sacrifice during the liturgy.
Ended the practice of indulgences
Moses
Is of little importance in achieving nirvana; Ritual sacrifice plays a minor role in Theravada Buddhism.


19. Charitable giving is important to Muslims because...
The caste system.
Jainism
It acknowledges that everything belongs to Allah ultimately.
Zoroastrianism.


20. Jihad refers to...
Men and women sitting together
Things like ambition - wealth - and power keep people from their real purpose in life
The struggle within a Muslim to live a good life
A better birth in the next cycle of rebirth - life - and death


21. Theravada Buddhism does not emphasize...

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22. What quality would best express the Confucian principle of jen?
Saudi Arabia; The Wahhabi movement is a conservative movement within Islam and controls Saudi Arabia through its connection to the ruling family.
Humaneness
Disappeared after the Assyrians captured Israel
Political. The basis for the split was a disagreement over who would succeed Muhammad after his death.


23. A Buddhist who is proud would not be practicing which principle of the Eight-Fold Path?
The father of the gods in the Greek pantheon.
Right Views
Eased kosher restrictions;
Recognize when a boy and a girl are considered adults in Judaism.


24. Ahura Mazda is the one and only true God of...
God's mercy and love shown in the life - death - and resurrection of Jesus
Judaism; Islam; Traditional African religions
Zoroastrianism.
It describes Allah as a strict - distant - and unresponsive god


25. The Feast of Purim celebrates...
The Exodus
Roman Catholicism
Sencond Vatican Council
A compilation of ancient Jewish oral law and rabbinical teachings


26. How is the belief in God - by whatever name - similar in Christianity - Islam - and Judaism?
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
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.
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.
Orthodox


27. Ancestor worship was an important part of...
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
Mayan religion
Thomas Aquinas
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.


28. The purpose of the Catholic sacrament of Anointing the Sick is to...
Filial piety
Commemorate the Angel Gabriel's appearance to Muhammad; have one's sins forgiven; become more aware of how a person acts in life
Guides to the spirit world. Shamans functioned - and still function - in religions based on nature and spirit worship.
Confer special grace on the gravely ill person


29. Seeking converts is NOT an important element of...
Judaism
Judaism - Christianity - and Islam
Myths explain the natural world and the reasons for the religious beliefs and customs of a group
Five Pillars


30. The Five Pillars are the basic belief system of...
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.
Islam
Reconcile Aristotle's work with their religions.
Augustine; Among Augustine's contributions to Christian thought are the doctrine of original sin and the description of 'caritas -' or Christian love - the love of God and the love of one another.


31. According to the doctrine of transubstantiation in the Roman Catholic Church...
Jesus is the son of God
Jesus is actually present in the bread and wine in communion
The most sacred to Muslims
That Jesus was both human and divine; Arius taught that Jesus was not equal with God the Father and eternal. The Emperor Constantine called the Council of Nicea to deal with the issue - which was dividing the early Church.


32. What statement is true about the modern Hindu caste system?
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.
Economics and social concerns of African Americans within an Islamic framework
The concepts of purity and pollution remain the basis for the caste system.
After the Assyrians destroyed Israel; The Jewish Diaspora began after the destruction of the kingdom of Israel by the Assyrians in the 8th century B.C.E.


33. The foundation of Judaism is the...
Fasting during the day for one month each year
Covenant; The Covenant between Yahweh and Abraham is the foundation on which Judaism is based.
French Protestants who followed the teachings of John Calvin
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.


34. Dualism (in religious terms)
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
Description of certain ideas in terms of their opposites - such as good and evil and yin and yang
Belief that God will save the world from its sins by sending a messiah
Communion


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

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36. What events in human history resulted in the development of religions based on natural elements - such as soil fertility - the seasons - and rainfall?
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.
Icons
The Christian belief that Jesus was the messiah
Torah; The Torah scroll is kept in the ark and read from during services


37. The Council of Trent was called by the Catholic Church to...
Who would appoint bishops
Law of Manu (describes the caste system and the duties of each caste).
Chanukah; symbolizes the miracle of a day's cup of oil lasting for eight days.
Reassert Church doctrine as a result of the Protestant Reformation


38. The predominant culture in India is...
Returning to Allah what is his
Meng-zi reinforced Confucius's teaching that people were innately good - whereas Xun-zi taught that people were innately evil.
No
Hindu


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

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40. What was adopted as the state religion in Japan in the Meiji Restoration of 1868?
Good government could become oppressive if it interfered too much in people's lives
Buddha's compassion for living things
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.
Sephardim


41. The word 'Islam' means...
Roman Catholicism
Sephardim
Submission
Immersing adults in water


42. The clover leaf is a good way to illustrate the mystery of...
The Trinity
To show their humility before Allah
Baal Shem Tov
Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations; Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations


43. 'Shivah' - in Judaism
The first week of mourning after a death
The Trinity
Five Pillars.
An accurate explanation of Taoist teachings


44. While all religions pray - what is NOT a category of prayer?
Officials were worried that Buddhism's popularity would affect people's loyalty to the government
Compassion
Filial piety
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.'


45. How do Mahayana Buddhists and Theravada Buddhists view Gautama?
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.
Augustine; Among Augustine's contributions to Christian thought are the doctrine of original sin and the description of 'caritas -' or Christian love - the love of God and the love of one another.
Hasidic Jews
Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations; Exposure to Western culture and the growing secularization of Muslim nations


46. While Westerners may think of yoga as exercise - Hindus consider Yoga primarily as a way to...
Moses
Connect with Brahman
Moksha
The Hindu Festival of lights.


47. What division of Judaism follows the teachings of a rebbe?
Circumcision; The ceremony of circumcision - known as brit - marks the entrance of a male child into Judaism.
Rejection of the caste system
Hasidic Jews
Economics and social concerns of African Americans within an Islamic framework


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

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49. Release from the cycle of birth - death - and rebirth is...
Prayer five times a day
Doctrine of papal infallibility
Moksha
Ruler; The ruler as the superior


50. Talmud
Christians; Jews; Muslims
A compilation of ancient Jewish oral law and rabbinical teachings
Celebrates Muhammad's birthday
Movement of Jews to areas outside Palestine beginning in the eighth century B.C.E.