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DSST World Religions2
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Amos
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Sufis
2. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Gabriel
Enlightened One
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Holy trinity
3. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
Holy trinity
Creation
Allah
Artha
4. What is Takkanah?
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Diwali
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Hellenists
5. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
The release from the samsara
A P
Gabriel
World Soul
6. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Enlightened One
Jesus was the Messiah
Sunni
Confession of sins is not a pillar
7. Asoka took Budhhism very seriously - which one of the following did he NOT do : Persecute non-believers - Fourteen Rock Edicts - minor Pillar Edicts - Cave Inscriptions - Pillar Inscriptions
Did not persecute non-believers
Brahmin
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Episcapalian
8. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Sufis
Guards for a dead body
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Episcapalian
9. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Kharijites
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
The Torah
Shraddha are death rites
10. The Islamic people are called?
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
Muslims
Brahmanas
the soul
11. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Jews outside of Israel
Brahman
Abraham
Holy trinity
12. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Jews outside of Israel
Seance
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
The Tanakh
13. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
Pantheism
The Torah
The Sociology of Religion
Micah
14. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Gautama
Hijrah
the soul
Elijah
15. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
8 folds
A Ziggurat
Sunni
the soul
16. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Mullahs
The Amish
Right Penance
Muhammad
17. What is diaspora?
Hadith
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Jews outside of Israel
Sunni
18. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Enlightened One
Elisha
Knowledge
Jews
19. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
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
Did not persecute non-believers
Holy trinity
Right Penance
20. What does Buddha Mean?
Enlightened One
Pantheism
Dharma - artha - and kama.
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
21. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Brahmin
A P
Muslims
Brahmanas
22. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
Not a goal
Sunni
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Episcapalian
23. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Mujtahids
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Allah
Brahmin
24. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Elisha
YI
Hosea
Episcapalian
25. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Mishna and the Gemara
Creation
A P
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
26. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Gautama
The Amish
Maktabs
27. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Hadith
Jews outside of Israel
Hades
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
28. What are the ideal stages in the Buddhist life and which is not?
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
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
Brahmin
Yom Kippur
29. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Hinduism
the soul
Brahmanas
Zhu-Xi
30. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
Diwali
Nebi'im
The Sociology of Religion
Yom Kippur
31. The Talmud is made up of the...
Mishna and the Gemara
The Fisherman
Micah
Gabriel
32. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Mullahs
The Torah
Dharma - artha - and kama.
33. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
Gabriel
Mujtahids
Hosea
Elisha
34. What is the holy wanderer called?
Shraddha are death rites
Ham (non kosher)
Sannygasu
Indra
35. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Jews outside of Israel
Hijrah
Not a goal
Gautama
36. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
Muslims
The Sociology of Religion
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
A way of devotion
37. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
The Fisherman
Right Penance
Paul
The Jade Emperor
38. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
Mujtahids
Hadith
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Indra
39. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
Indra
Guards for a dead body
Kharijites
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
40. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Elijah
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Yom Kippur
Confession of sins is not a pillar
41. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Paul
Diwali
Seance
42. What is Canon?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Hades
Baptists
43. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
Gautama
Elijah
Hinduism
YI
44. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Guards for a dead body
Kharijites
Hadith
45. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
Enlightened One
Abraham
Right Penance
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
46. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
World Soul
Artha
Shih Ching
Pluto was the leader of Hades
47. Bhakti Marga is?
Confucianism
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Abraham
A way of devotion
48. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Zhu-Xi
Artha
Right Penance
Hijrah
49. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
Shinto
Gabriel
Did not persecute non-believers
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
50. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Apologetics
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Hadith
Yom Kippur