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DSST World Religions2

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1. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Right Penance
Mercilessness

2. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
Brahma
Shih Ching
Shraddha are death rites
A P

3. Bhakti Marga is?
A way of devotion
The Sociology of Religion
Hijrah
Karma

4. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Baptists
Zhu-Xi
Hadith
The Fisherman

5. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Nebi'im
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
The Amish
Elisha

6. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Hellenists
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
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

7. What is an atman?
Shraddha are death rites
the soul
A Ziggurat
Amos

8. What is moksha?
The release from the samsara
Guards for a dead body
World Soul
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

9. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Muhammad
Abraham
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

10. The believe in the divinity of everything
Pantheism
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Brahman
Karma

11. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Enlightened One
A P
Brahmanas
Amos

12. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
Hosea
The Amish
Aphrodite
A Shaman

13. 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 P
The Sociology of Religion
Hosea
Shih Ching

14. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
The Mishna and the Gemara
A P
Kharijites

15. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
the soul
Muslims
Diwali
Baptists

16. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
The Mishnah
A P
Apologetics
Hellenists

17. The Talmud is made up of the...
Mercilessness
The Mishnah
Did not persecute non-believers
Mishna and the Gemara

18. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Muhammad
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Brahmin
Hajj

19. What is shradah?
Sannygasu
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
A way of devotion
Shraddha are death rites

20. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
Brahmanas
Mullahs
Shih Ching
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only

21. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Gabriel
Mercilessness
Brahma
Muhammad

22. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Baptists
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Jews
Sannygasu

23. What is the Jewish Bible called?
The Fisherman
Hijrah
Holy trinity
The Tanakh

24. What are 4 of the Goals of Life in Hinduism Belief?
The Jade Emperor
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
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)

25. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Seance
Episcapalian
A Shaman
Shih Ching

26. 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
Confession of sins is not a pillar
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Mujtahids
Jews

27. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Indra
A Ziggurat
Gautama
Ham (non kosher)

28. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
Shinto
Ham (non kosher)
Mujtahids
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism

29. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Apologetics
Allah
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism

30. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Sufis
It is a law that is not from the Torah
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures

31. 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
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Sannygasu
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Hadith

32. Who was the leader of the underworld?
A Ziggurat
Pluto was the leader of Hades
The Mishna and the Gemara
Mullahs

33. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

34. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Brahmanas
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
The Torah
Amos

35. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Elijah
Hades
Sannygasu
Hijrah

36. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
The Mishnah
Indra
Zhu-Xi

37. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Pantheism
Gabriel
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

38. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
YI
Brahma
Guards for a dead body
Mullahs

39. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
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
Diwali
Brahmin

40. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
Jesus was the Messiah
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Speaking in Tongues
Mujtahids

41. What are the ideal stages in the Buddhist life and which is not?
Karma
Shiva
Guards for a dead body
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

42. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
Hijrah
A P
Shinto
Elijah

43. True or False- Zealots were passive
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
The Sociology of Religion
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

44. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
The Tanakh
Elijah
The Sociology of Religion
Hajj

45. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
Paul
Hellenists
Sufis
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only

46. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Elisha
A Shaman
Hellenists
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

47. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Allah
Shiva
Abraham
Jesus was the Messiah

48. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
World Soul
Baptists
Jews outside of Israel
Pentecostals

49. What is Takkanah?
Sufis
Holy trinity
Ham (non kosher)
It is a law that is not from the Torah

50. 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
Maktabs
Did not persecute non-believers
Episcapalian
Mullahs