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DSST World Religions2

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1. What is moksha?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Karma
The release from the samsara
Yom Kippur

2. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Jews outside of Israel
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Shraddha are death rites

3. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Hellenists
Jews outside of Israel

4. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Zhu-Xi
Kharijites
Enlightened One
Guards for a dead body

5. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Apologetics
Elisha
Paul

6. What is the holy wanderer called?
Sannygasu
Mercilessness
The Sociology of Religion
Jews outside of Israel

7. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
The Jade Emperor
Sufis
Shih Ching
Abraham

8. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
The Tanakh
A P
A Ziggurat
A prophet

9. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
The Sociology of Religion
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Not a goal
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism

10. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
A P
Allah
Aphrodite
Mercilessness

11. 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
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Creation
It is the story of buddha's previous life

12. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Jews
Hades
Nebi'im
The Mishna and the Gemara

13. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Allah
Apologetics
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Ham (non kosher)

14. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Hinduism
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Allah
Apologetics

15. What is Canon?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
A P
Right Penance
Sannygasu

16. Bhakti Marga is?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Amos
Abraham
A way of devotion

17. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
Dharma - artha - and kama.
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Creation
Artha

18. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Hinduism
Shraddha are death rites
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Hades

19. The Trimurti represents what?
Aphrodite
The Tanakh
Artha
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

20. True or False- Zealots were passive
Gabriel
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
the soul
World Soul

21. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Brahmanas
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Hinduism

22. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Hajj
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
Right Penance
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others

23. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
Brahma
Indra
Ham (non kosher)
Brahmanas

24. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
The Torah
Shinto
Pentecostals
Dharma - artha - and kama.

25. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
YI
Hinduism
The Torah
Hosea

26. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Hinduism
Elijah
A Shaman
Ham (non kosher)

27. What is shomerim?
Pantheism
Hades
Guards for a dead body
Hinduism

28. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations
Brahman
Shih Ching
Seance
The release from the samsara

29. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
A prophet
Pentecostals
Seance
A Shaman

30. What does Buddha Mean?
Enlightened One
Episcapalian
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Nebi'im

31. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Episcapalian
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Speaking in Tongues
Maktabs

32. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Sunni
Mullahs
Jews
Gabriel

33. The Islamic people are called?
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Muslims
Brahmanas
Nebi'im

34. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Brahmanas
Pentecostals
A way of devotion

35. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
Artha
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
the soul
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights

36. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
The Fisherman
Indra
The Mishnah
Gautama

37. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
Brahma
Hades
Gabriel
A prophet

38. What is diaspora?
Muslims
Hijrah
Jews outside of Israel
A Ziggurat

39. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Gautama
The release from the samsara
Hades
Episcapalian

40. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
A Shaman
Nebi'im
Shih Ching
Brahmin

41. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Enlightened One
Gabriel
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures

42. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Karma
Hinduism
The Mishnah
Shinto

43. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Holy trinity
A Ziggurat
The Torah
Jews

44. What is Takkanah?
Jesus was the Messiah
The release from the samsara
Allah
It is a law that is not from the Torah

45. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
Gabriel
The Mishna and the Gemara
Yom Kippur
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism

46. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Shraddha are death rites
The Tanakh
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

47. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Aphrodite
Brahman

48. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
A prophet
The Mishnah
A P
Confession of sins is not a pillar

49. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Hades
Muslims

50. What is Jataka?

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