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DSST World Religions2

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1. Who was the goddess of love?
Jews
Aphrodite
Apologetics
Confession of sins is not a pillar

2. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Sunni
Jesus was the Messiah
Kharijites
Muhammad

3. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Muhammad
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
A P

4. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
Shinto
Jews outside of Israel
Jews
Hadith

5. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
Karma
A prophet
Amos
Speaking in Tongues

6. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Maktabs
Allah
Yom Kippur
Right Penance

7. What two books make up the Talmud?
The Mishna and the Gemara
The Jade Emperor
Brahmin
Confucianism

8. The Talmud is made up of the...
Amos
Creation
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Mishna and the Gemara

9. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Kharijites
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
The Jade Emperor
Ham (non kosher)

10. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
Elijah
A Ziggurat
A prophet
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

11. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
Knowledge
False Zealots were a historic Judaism group that were passionate about getting Palestine out from under Roman rule and believe that rebellion was the answer
A Ziggurat
Elisha

12. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
The Torah
Micah
Seance
Brahman

13. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Jews
Pantheism
Allah
Brahmin

14. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Artha
Student of religion - Marriage and family life - Focus on religion and other spiritual things - and being a Holy Wanderer- the Bloddline of a Buddha is not a stage
Diwali

15. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
The Jade Emperor
Pentecostals
Jews
A Shaman

16. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
Aphrodite
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Hellenists
Yom Kippur

17. What is moksha?
The release from the samsara
The Torah
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Confession of sins is not a pillar

18. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
Mullahs
The Amish
The Sociology of Religion
YI

19. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
Hellenists
Jesus was the Messiah
Right Penance
Yom Kippur

20. Who likened his struggle with the Lord to his unfaithful wife - but forgiveness prevailed?
Apologetics
Hosea
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Elijah

21. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Sufis
Mullahs
Enlightened One
Apologetics

22. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Pentecostals
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Brahma

23. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Sufis
Abraham
Zhu-Xi
Confucianism

24. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Shih Ching
Ham (non kosher)
The Sociology of Religion

25. What are the ideal stages in the Buddhist life and which is not?
Student of religion - Marriage and family life - Focus on religion and other spiritual things - and being a Holy Wanderer- the Bloddline of a Buddha is not a stage
Did not persecute non-believers
Hinduism
A way of devotion

26. Which of the following was not one of the passing sights for the Prince in Buddhism and which is?
Hades
Hadith
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights

27. What is an atman?
Yom Kippur
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
The Fisherman
the soul

28. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Hades
Brahmin
Sannygasu
Indra

29. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Jesus was the Messiah
Shih Ching
The Tanakh

30. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
Jews outside of Israel
The Fisherman
The Mishnah
Elisha

31. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
A way of devotion
Right Penance
Mullahs
Mishna and the Gemara

32. True or False- Zealots were passive
Hosea
False Zealots were a historic Judaism group that were passionate about getting Palestine out from under Roman rule and believe that rebellion was the answer
Muslims
Shiva

33. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Jews
Seance

34. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Pluto was the leader of Hades
8 folds

35. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Karma
Muhammad
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Did not persecute non-believers

36. What is the holy wanderer called?
Kharijites
Sannygasu
Amos
Nebi'im

37. Which is NOT a Four Noble Truth? Life is suffering - It is important to experience suffering - Suffering comes from attachment - It is possible to end suffering - There is a path (eight-fold) end to suffering
Not a goal
Hades
Enlightened One
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

38. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Mujtahids
Amos
World Soul
Karma

39. What are 4 of the Goals of Life in Hinduism Belief?
Baptists
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Pentecostals

40. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Brahma
A prophet
Guards for a dead body

41. The Trimurti represents what?
Mujtahids
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Maktabs
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

42. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Episcapalian
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Shiva
Brahman

43. ________are Shi'ite primary schools run by the clergy.
Yom Kippur
Brahma
Maktabs
Amos

44. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Seance
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
The Tanakh
Hadith

45. What is Jataka?

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46. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Creation
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Baptists
The Torah

47. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods
Hellenists
Sufis
Gabriel
Knowledge

48. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Brahmanas
The Jade Emperor
Yom Kippur

49. Which of the following is not written about Confucianism? Tao-te-Ching - Analects - Lun yu - Great Learning - Da Xue - Doctrine of Mean )Zhong Young) - Book of Mencius
Allah
Seance
Gautama
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism

50. Bhakti Marga is?
A way of devotion
Hosea
Gabriel
Student of religion - Marriage and family life - Focus on religion and other spiritual things - and being a Holy Wanderer- the Bloddline of a Buddha is not a stage