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DSST World Religions2

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the holy wanderer called?
Mullahs
Sannygasu
Pentecostals
Aphrodite

2. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
Elijah
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Mishna and the Gemara
Confucianism

3. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
Gabriel
Artha
A Ziggurat
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

4. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Hellenists
Hajj
Allah
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs

5. 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
The Tanakh
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
The release from the samsara
Speaking in Tongues

6. True or False- Zealots were passive
Artha
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
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Brahman

7. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Muhammad
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Allah
World Soul

8. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Mishna and the Gemara
Artha
Brahmin
Sunni

9. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Elisha
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Pentecostals
Mullahs

10. The Islamic people are called?
A Shaman
8 folds
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Muslims

11. What is moksha?
Shinto
Kharijites
The release from the samsara
The Tanakh

12. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Elisha
Guards for a dead body
Diwali
Amos

13. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
Zhu-Xi
Indra
Hajj
Sufis

14. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
The Mishnah
Abraham
Mujtahids
8 folds

15. Bhakti Marga is?
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
A way of devotion
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

16. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Baptists
Shinto
Elisha
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

17. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
The release from the samsara
Holy trinity
Mishna and the Gemara

18. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Hellenists
Enlightened One
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
A Shaman

19. What is diaspora?
Sunni
Jews outside of Israel
Mercilessness
Creation

20. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

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21. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Not a goal
Knowledge
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Mercilessness

22. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Kharijites
Speaking in Tongues
Karma

23. What is Takkanah?
Shih Ching
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

24. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
The Amish
Confession of sins is not a pillar
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Elijah

25. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Right Penance
Sannygasu
Shiva

26. What is an atman?
Zhu-Xi
Nebi'im
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
the soul

27. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
The Torah
Maktabs
Elisha
Hijrah

28. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Muhammad
The Mishnah
Brahmin
Hajj

29. The Talmud is made up of the...
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Mishna and the Gemara
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs

30. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Apologetics
Guards for a dead body
Zhu-Xi
Gabriel

31. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Apologetics
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Artha
Indra

32. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
the soul
Hadith
A prophet

33. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Jews outside of Israel
Zhu-Xi
Karma
The Fisherman

34. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Hellenists
Diwali
Jews outside of Israel
Hijrah

35. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
Mujtahids
Gautama
Zhu-Xi
Brahmanas

36. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
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
Hinduism
Mercilessness
Confession of sins is not a pillar

37. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Artha
Shih Ching
The Jade Emperor

38. What are the ideal stages in the Buddhist life and which is not?
Brahmanas
The Tanakh
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
Hinduism

39. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
the soul
The Sociology of Religion
The Mishnah
Yom Kippur

40. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Jews outside of Israel
Jews
Baptists
Sannygasu

41. What is Jataka?

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42. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Creation
Not a goal
Karma

43. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
Indra
Muslims
Artha
Episcapalian

44. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Gautama
Yom Kippur
Confucianism
8 folds

45. Which of the following was not one of the passing sights for the Prince in Buddhism and which is?
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Speaking in Tongues
Allah
Brahman

46. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
Guards for a dead body
Seance
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Shinto

47. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Yom Kippur
Confucianism

48. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Micah
Sufis
Shiva
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others

49. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
Apologetics
The Mishna and the Gemara
Did not persecute non-believers
The Jade Emperor

50. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Ham (non kosher)
Hinduism
Pantheism
A P