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DSST Introduction To World Religions

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The four stages in Hinduism are student - seeker - ascetic - and...
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.
Monasticism
Episcopalians believe in scripture as interpreted by tradition - whereas Lutherans believe that scripture alone is the sole authority on which their faith is based.
Householder

2. Wahhabism
A conservative movement within Islam
David
Saudi Arabia; The Wahhabi movement is a conservative movement within Islam and controls Saudi Arabia through its connection to the ruling family.
Vedanta; The Vedanta system holds that all the world - including humans - is an illusion

3. Almsgiving is one of the...
Communion
Filial piety
Five Pillars
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.

4. The person who was most responsible for the spread of Buddhism outside India was...
The first week of mourning after a death
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.
The caste system
Roman Catholicism

5. What was a central element of Confucianism as Confucius taught it?
Just social action; Confucius taught the importance of acting justly in all social interactions.
The replacement of a traditional language with a vernacular language.
It taught people to accept the status quo
The Hindu Festival of lights.

6. Who attempted to reconcile Aristotelian logic with the existence of God?
Shinto; Shinto was - and remains - a specifically Japanese religion.
Thomas Aquinas
Baal Shem Tov
Icons

7. Muslims believe that almsgiving is...
Returning to Allah what is his
The Trinity
Ended the practice of indulgences
Right Views

8. One sect of Zen Buddhism believes that enlightenment comes through...
In a final Judgment Day; Both Muslims and Christians believe that there will be a Judgment Day when the dead will be raised up.
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
The split into Sunni and Shi'a branches of Islam
Communion

9. In Taoism - the source of all things is...
An imperceptible presence in the universe
French Protestants who followed the teachings of John Calvin
It describes Allah as a strict - distant - and unresponsive god
Loyalty

10. 'Kami' is the name of the spirits of people - places - and nature in which religion?
Shinto
The Exodus
Confer special grace on the gravely ill person
The desire to convert nonbelievers and spread the religion

11. Ancestor veneration is NOT part of the following religion.
It is considered a holy river
The father of the gods in the Greek pantheon.
Roman Catholicism
Hinduism

12. Charitable giving is important to Muslims because...
It acknowledges that everything belongs to Allah ultimately.
Purify the body and mind.
Right Views
Destruction of the second Temple and the end of Palestine in 70 C.E.

13. The Vedanta system of Hinduism is based on the...
Abraham
A central principle of Hinduism is reincarnation
Five Pillars
Upanishads

14. Shamans serve as...
Guides to the spirit world. Shamans functioned - and still function - in religions based on nature and spirit worship.
Humaneness
Connect with Brahman
Yom Kippur; Yom Kippur is the holiest and most solemn day in the Jewish calendar.

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

16. Members of the Pure Land sect of Buddhism believe that the Land of Bliss...
Can be entered by living a good life and reciting the name of Amitabha
It has aspects of African religions as well as Islam; Voodoo has elements of Roman Catholicism - not Islam - mixed with traditional African religions.
There is a connection between all things that exist
Jewish mysticism

17. Gain salvation.
Baghdad; Baghdad was an important center of Islamic power during the caliphates.
The ultimate goal of Christians
Its meaning differs among the various Christian religions; various religions have different interpretations of how original sin affects human nature.
Circumcision; The ceremony of circumcision - known as brit - marks the entrance of a male child into Judaism.

18. According to Christian theology - Jesus was killed...
Is of little importance in achieving nirvana; Ritual sacrifice plays a minor role in Theravada Buddhism.
Returning to Allah what is his
While delaying their own entrance into nirvana
To redeem humankind from sin

19. Monasticism in the West during the Middle Ages is credited with...
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.
Rite of passage
Yahweh's covenant with Abraham. In the covenant - Yahweh declared that the descendants of Abraham would have a special relationship with him.
A vision quest

20. Christian fundamentalism began in the late nineteenth century...
Good government could become oppressive if it interfered too much in people's lives
In response to the works of scientists and philosophers like Darwin and Marx
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.
Celebrates Muhammad's birthday

21. Agnostic
Chanukah; symbolizes the miracle of a day's cup of oil lasting for eight days.
Shinto
Baghdad; Baghdad was an important center of Islamic power during the caliphates.
A person who is not sure whether there is a supreme being or not

22. What statement accurately describes the Hasidic movement?
It emphasizes the joyous and ecstatic nature of Judaism
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.
Things like ambition - wealth - and power keep people from their real purpose in life
The Hindu Festival of lights.

23. The Jews' view of themselves as Yahweh's chosen people resulted from...

24. Praying the glorious mysteries of the rosary is an act of devotion of...
The recognition of Jesus as the messiah of Israel and the savior of all peoples
God's goodness can heal illness as well as sin
Roman Catholics
Jesus is actually present in the bread and wine in communion

25. Which Christian denomination believes in purgatory?
Female - nurturing - and passive
Roman Catholicism
Who would appoint bishops
Just social action; Confucius taught the importance of acting justly in all social interactions.

26. Judaism varies from Christianity and Islam in its lack of emphasis on...

27. The Hasidic movement arose from the teachings of...
Baal Shem Tov
Religion includes a belief in the supernatural or divine - a set of practices - and a code of ethics.
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.
It acknowledges that everything belongs to Allah ultimately.

28. A rite of passage in Judaism is...
Just social action; Confucius taught the importance of acting justly in all social interactions.
Upanishads
Circumcision; The ceremony of circumcision - known as brit - marks the entrance of a male child into Judaism.
Emphasized obedience to God's law

29. Changes Reform Jews and the Protestant Reformation have in common.
Connect with Brahman
The replacement of a traditional language with a vernacular language.
Magic
Any gods

30. Buddhism's 'middle path' is best explained as a way of life that...
Ramadan
Is neither a life of pleasure nor one of self-denial
Enlightenment
A person who is not sure whether there is a supreme being or not

31. The Prophetic Movement brought God's word to...
Luther denied the infallibility of the pope.
Its members pray together without priests and with little ritual
Nichiren
Jews

32. According to the doctrine of transubstantiation in the Roman Catholic Church...
Angels - heaven - and hell
Upanishads
Ignorance and desire for things of this world are the cause of suffering
Jesus is actually present in the bread and wine in communion

33. The ten lost tribes of Israel...
Roman Catholicism
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.
Disappeared after the Assyrians captured Israel
Enlightenment

34. Shari'a deals with...
Religious conduct; commercial transactions; political actions; private life
Does not include worship of spirits or divine beings
Five Pillars
The caste system

35. King Henry VIII broke with the Catholic Church because he...
Judaism; Islam; Traditional African religions
Salvation came as a gift from God
Had been denied an annulment of his marriage
In a final Judgment Day; Both Muslims and Christians believe that there will be a Judgment Day when the dead will be raised up.

36. What statement is true about the modern Hindu caste system?
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.
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.
Indigenous religions of South America
The concepts of purity and pollution remain the basis for the caste system.

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

38. In an effort to become less isolated from their non-Jewish communities - Reform Jews in the 19th century...
Eased kosher restrictions;
A person who is not sure whether there is a supreme being or not
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 most sacred to Muslims

39. How do Mahayana Buddhists and Theravada Buddhists view Gautama?
All Protestant denominations accept all three of the creeds
Religion includes a belief in the supernatural or divine - a set of practices - and a code of ethics.
Provides many people a counterweight to changing social mores
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.

40. In Judaism - Yahweh...
Moksha
Can be entered by living a good life and reciting the name of Amitabha
Chanukah; symbolizes the miracle of a day's cup of oil lasting for eight days.
Is a righteous God who demands moral and ethical behavior from people

41. Most Protestant denominations build their services around...
Communion
The ultimate goal of Christians
Neither has priests. Neither Jewish rabbis nor Muslim imans are priests; both are teachers and leaders of services - which is not the same as a priest whose role is to make sacrifices.
Submission

42. Satan explains the presence of evil in which of the following religions?
Judaism; Islam
Meng-zi reinforced Confucius's teaching that people were innately good - whereas Xun-zi taught that people were innately evil.
Is neither a life of pleasure nor one of self-denial
A person who is not sure whether there is a supreme being or not

43. The major issue between popes and rulers during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance was...
The Christian belief that Jesus was the messiah
Who would appoint bishops
Indigenous religions of South America
Possession of wealth and power

44. What belief systems are neither monotheistic nor polytheistic?
The Trinity
Sign of Yahweh's presence among the Jews
Buddhism; Confucianism; Taoism
That the government should support religion; They believe in separation of Church and State

45. The delivery of the Jews from Persia is celebrated during...
Baal Shem Tov
The caste system
Purim
In a final Judgment Day; Both Muslims and Christians believe that there will be a Judgment Day when the dead will be raised up.

46. The beginning of the caste system in Indian society can be found in the...
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
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.
Judaism - Christianity - and Islam
Law of Manu (describes the caste system and the duties of each caste).

47. While all religions pray - what is NOT a category of prayer?
Yahweh's covenant with Abraham. In the covenant - Yahweh declared that the descendants of Abraham would have a special relationship with him.
Used in Zen Buddhism to help a believer reach sudden insight.
That the last imam will return and with him - Judgment Day
Compassion

48. Amaterasu
Veneration of the saints
The sun goddess - believed to be the direct ancestor of the Japanese emperor - and a very important deity in Shinto.
The replacement of a traditional language with a vernacular language.
A vision quest

49. The Five Pillars are the basic belief system of...
A vision quest
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.'
Celebrates Muhammad's birthday
Islam

50. What was not a teaching of Muhammad?
Roman Catholicism
Forced conversion of non-Muslims; Muhammad preached tolerance for other religions - but did impose a tax on nonbelievers.
Helps others to find nirvana
Jesus is the son of God