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DSST World Religions2

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1. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
Mujtahids
Ham (non kosher)
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Baptists

2. True or False- Zealots were passive
Gabriel
Brahma
Nebi'im
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

3. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
The Amish
Elisha
Shinto
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

4. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
The Jade Emperor
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
The Tanakh
Confucianism

5. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
Kharijites
It is the story of buddha's previous life
The Fisherman
Sufis

6. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Apologetics
Sunni
Allah
Mujtahids

7. What is Canon?
World Soul
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Shraddha are death rites
It is a law that is not from the Torah

8. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Jews
The Jade Emperor
Brahman
Creation

9. Who was the goddess of love?
Mullahs
Aphrodite
Sannygasu
YI

10. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
Episcapalian
Mercilessness
Speaking in Tongues
Baptists

11. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Jews
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Confession of sins is not a pillar

12. What is Jataka?

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13. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
Aphrodite
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Right Penance
A Ziggurat

14. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
The Mishnah
Hadith
A Ziggurat
Pluto was the leader of Hades

15. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Yom Kippur
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Hadith
Kharijites

16. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
The Fisherman
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Pentecostals
Paul

17. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Muhammad
Micah
Guards for a dead body
Seance

18. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Mercilessness
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
Amos
Creation

19. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
Sunni
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Maktabs
Diwali

20. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Hinduism
Episcapalian
The Tanakh
Artha

21. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
The Amish
Karma
The Mishna and the Gemara
Indra

22. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
A way of devotion
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Elisha
Mullahs

23. What is a bodhisattva?
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

24. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism

25. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Knowledge
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Confucianism
Zhu-Xi

26. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
The Tanakh
Ham (non kosher)
Karma
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

27. 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 importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
A P
The Amish
Hijrah

28. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Guards for a dead body
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Sufis
Hinduism

29. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Not a goal
Hijrah
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

30. The believe in the divinity of everything
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Pantheism
Hosea
The Mishnah

31. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Karma
Sunni
Seance

32. What is the holy wanderer called?
Sannygasu
the soul
Abraham
Artha

33. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Pentecostals
Shiva
Allah
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures

34. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Hinduism
The Sociology of Religion

35. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
Pantheism
Aphrodite
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
The Jade Emperor

36. The Trimurti represents what?
Creation
Paul
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
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

37. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
Right Penance
Seance
A Ziggurat
Sunni

38. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Jews
Maktabs

39. Bhakti Marga is?
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
A way of devotion
World Soul
YI

40. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Did not persecute non-believers
Pentecostals
A Shaman
Abraham

41. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Episcapalian
Shiva
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Mullahs

42. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Nebi'im
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
The release from the samsara
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

43. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Micah
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Enlightened One
A Shaman

44. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
The Fisherman
Mullahs
Holy trinity
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

45. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Jews outside of Israel
A Shaman
Seance

46. What is an atman?
Elisha
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Mercilessness
the soul

47. What is shradah?
Aphrodite
Jesus was the Messiah
Shraddha are death rites
Pantheism

48. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Hinduism
Hades
Guards for a dead body
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only

49. What is moksha?
Not a goal
The release from the samsara
Kharijites
Creation

50. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
Brahmin
Apologetics
Mercilessness
Muslims