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DSST Introduction To World Religions

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1. In the thinking of many Buddhist sects - to love any person or any thing is...
Achieved enlightenment
A distraction from seeking salvation; For these sects - any attachment is a distraction and must be renounced
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.
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.

2. A common theme of the world's religions is that...
It emphasizes the joyous and ecstatic nature of Judaism
'Chuang Tzu'
Guides to the spirit world. Shamans functioned - and still function - in religions based on nature and spirit worship.
There is a connection between all things that exist

3. Bodhisattvas help others to find enlightenment...
Judaism
The father of the gods in the Greek pantheon.
Provides many people a counterweight to changing social mores
While delaying their own entrance into nirvana

4. Huguenots
French Protestants who followed the teachings of John Calvin
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).
Things like ambition - wealth - and power keep people from their real purpose in life
Use of Latin for the Bible and for church services; One of the changes of the Reformation was the translation of the Bible into vernacular languages and their use in church services. The Roman Catholic Church continued to use Latin for church service

5. How is the belief in God - by whatever name - similar in Christianity - Islam - and Judaism?
Hinduism
Judaism - Christianity - and Islam
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.
Xun-zi

6. While all religions pray - what is NOT a category of prayer?
It was absorbed into Hinduism. Over time - Hinduism adopted some of the concepts of Buddhism and Buddha became one of many Hindu gods.
The Islamic concept of the community of Muslim believers
Compassion
Relied on by the faithful of the Pure Land sect to Buddhism to enter the Land of Bliss

7. Twelvers believe...
That the last imam will return and with him - Judgment Day
The Trinity
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
Desire is the cause of all suffering; The Eightfold Path; All life is suffering; The only way to end suffering is to end desire

8. The Ganges River is sacred to Hindus because...
It is considered a holy river
The role of its clergy; Shi'a has a clerical hierarchy.
Dowries were given to brides - not their fathers; Women gained property and inheritance rights; Mistreatment of wives in marriage was forbidden
It emphasizes the joyous and ecstatic nature of Judaism

9. The Diaspora is the term given to the...
Reconcile Aristotle's work with their religions.
Sencond Vatican Council
Movement of Jews to areas outside Palestine beginning in the eighth century B.C.E.
The Trinity

10. Council called to modernize the Roman Catholic Church.
Disappeared after the Assyrians captured Israel
What Allah said to Muhammad
The most sacred to Muslims
Sencond Vatican Council

11. Repeating the Shahadah.
Ahura Mazda
Sephardim
The First Pillar of Islam
Moksha

12. A major difference between Buddhism and Hinduism is Buddhism's rejection of...
Marriage for the clergy
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
The caste system
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

13. The natural world is an integrated whole.
An accurate explanation of Taoist teachings
It describes Allah as a strict - distant - and unresponsive god
Roman Catholicism
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

14. According to the Jewish Bible - Judaism began with Yahweh's promise to...
Episcopal
Abraham
Both the Pentateuch and all oral and written teachings of Judaism
Right Views

15. Sikhism was founded as a reaction against...
Hasidic Jews
A Taoist endeavors to live a simple life. Taoism teaches inaction as the highest principle of being.
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.
Loyalty

16. What was not a result of the Council of Trent - which was convened during what is known as the Counter-Reformation?
It acknowledges that everything belongs to Allah ultimately.
Ended the practice of indulgences
French Protestants who followed the teachings of John Calvin
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.

17. In Hinduism - ahimsa is the principle of...
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.
The first week of mourning after a death
Nonviolence
The early followers of Jesus still considered themselves Jews.

18. Talmud
A compilation of ancient Jewish oral law and rabbinical teachings
It emphasizes the joyous and ecstatic nature of Judaism
To show their humility before Allah
Can be entered by living a good life and reciting the name of Amitabha

19. What statements are true about Pentecostal churches?

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20. What is NOT considered a theocracy?

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21. The ecumenical movement has resulted in changes within...
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.
Judaism - Christianity - and Islam
Roman Catholicism
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.

22. Calling Hinduism polytheistic simplifies the religion because...
Is of little importance in achieving nirvana; Ritual sacrifice plays a minor role in Theravada Buddhism.
Baghdad; Baghdad was an important center of Islamic power during the caliphates.
Jewish mysticism
Hindus believe that each deity is a representation of some aspect of Brahman

23. The delivery of the Jews from Persia is celebrated during...
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.
Purim
It emphasizes the joyous and ecstatic nature of Judaism
Benevolence

24. What is found in an ark in a synagogue?
Bring the gift of God's grace
The replacement of a traditional language with a vernacular language.
Torah; The Torah scroll is kept in the ark and read from during services
A central principle of Hinduism is reincarnation

25. The best explanation for the government persecution of Buddhists during the Tang Dynasty in China was that...

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26. That God is all-knowing - all-powerful - all-present - and one and undivided are beliefs of both Islam and...
Eating pork
Yahweh's covenant with Abraham. In the covenant - Yahweh declared that the descendants of Abraham would have a special relationship with him.
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

27. Mahayana Buddhists believe that Gautama Buddha was not one of the following...
The representation of an eternal Buddha; one of many Buddhas
Officials were worried that Buddhism's popularity would affect people's loyalty to the government
Hinduism
Pork

28. Dualism (in religious terms)
To redeem humankind from sin
Description of certain ideas in terms of their opposites - such as good and evil and yin and yang
Any gods
Mayan religion

29. Who attempted to reconcile Aristotelian logic with the existence of God?
Roman Catholics
Thomas Aquinas
The first collection of Jewish laws
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.

30. Gnosticism's influence on Christianity can be seen in Christianity's...
Helps others to find nirvana
Emphasis on the goodness of the spirit over the evilness of the flesh.
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.
'Chuang Tzu'

31. In addition to Muhammad - Muslims consider as prophets Abraham - Moses - and...
The first week of mourning after a death
The replacement of a traditional language with a vernacular language.
Jesus
Ahura Mazda

32. Judaism is unique in that it...
Had been denied an annulment of his marriage
Salvation came as a gift from God
Is as much a cultural designation as a religious one
Fasting during the day for one month each year

33. Wahhabism
Tantras of Tibetan Buddhism
A conservative movement within Islam
Pacifism
Moksha

34. Voodoo is an example of...
Does not include worship of spirits or divine beings
Magic
The caste system
The Exodus

35. What quality would best express the Confucian principle of jen?
Humaneness
Is of little importance in achieving nirvana; Ritual sacrifice plays a minor role in Theravada Buddhism.
Bring the gift of God's grace
Both the Pentateuch and all oral and written teachings of Judaism

36. In Taoism - the source of all things is...
The desire to convert nonbelievers and spread the religion
An imperceptible presence in the universe
Quality of human-heartedness. 'Jen' may also be translated as social virtue or goodness.
Because he did not write down his teachings

37. What is not a shared characteristics of mainstream Protestant denominations?
A Taoist endeavors to live a simple life. Taoism teaches inaction as the highest principle of being.
Enter the state of nirvana - or enlightenment
Sephardim
Veneration of the saints

38. What was the main reason for the centuries-long mutual hatred between Christians and Muslims?
Invasion of the Holy Land by the Crusaders
Purim
Salvation came as a gift from God
While delaying their own entrance into nirvana

39. What is NOT a practice of the Eastern Orthodox rites?
Marriage for the clergy
It removes the stain of original sin
Christianity
Islam; Christianity; Judaism; Zoroastrianism

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

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41. In founding the Nation of Islam - Wallace Fard focused on...
The urge for spontaneity should be controlled; Taoism taught that spontaneous action that arose from being free of worldly concerns and open to the Tao - or workings of the universe - was good.
Economics and social concerns of African Americans within an Islamic framework
Female - nurturing - and passive
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

42. What belief systems are neither monotheistic nor polytheistic?
Required obedience to a set of moral behaviors
A person who is not sure whether there is a supreme being or not
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.
Buddhism; Confucianism; Taoism

43. Shari'a deals with...
Communion
Use of Latin for the Bible and for church services; One of the changes of the Reformation was the translation of the Bible into vernacular languages and their use in church services. The Roman Catholic Church continued to use Latin for church service
Upanishads
Religious conduct; commercial transactions; political actions; private life

44. Predicting the future through divination is an element of...
Vedanta; The Vedanta system holds that all the world - including humans - is an illusion
Confucianism
Forced conversion of non-Muslims; Muhammad preached tolerance for other religions - but did impose a tax on nonbelievers.
Pacifism

45. 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.
Judaism
Reliance on magic
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.

46. What was not a teaching of Muhammad?
The caste system
Forced conversion of non-Muslims; Muhammad preached tolerance for other religions - but did impose a tax on nonbelievers.
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.
Moksha

47. The best description of an arahat in Theravada Buddhism is one who has...
Judaism; Christianity; Islam
Movement of Jews to areas outside Palestine beginning in the eighth century B.C.E.
Achieved enlightenment
Chanukah; symbolizes the miracle of a day's cup of oil lasting for eight days.

48. What is not a reason fundamentalist movements in any religion usually develop?
The Christian belief that Jesus was the messiah
The desire to convert nonbelievers and spread the religion
Ritual; A code of moral conduct; An afterlife
Is as much a cultural designation as a religious one

49. The foundation of Judaism is the...
The recognition of Jesus as the messiah of Israel and the savior of all peoples
Covenant; The Covenant between Yahweh and Abraham is the foundation on which Judaism is based.
Ignorance and desire for things of this world are the cause of suffering
Episcopalianism

50. The Hare Krishna movement developed from...
Hinduism
Jesus is the son of God
Good government could become oppressive if it interfered too much in people's lives
A person who is not sure whether there is a supreme being or not