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DSST World Religions2

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1. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
The Torah
Artha
A Shaman
Seance

2. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
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
Elisha
Ham (non kosher)

3. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
Kharijites
The Amish
Pentecostals
The Jade Emperor

4. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Not a goal
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Confucianism

5. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
The Mishna and the Gemara
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Karma
The Jade Emperor

6. Bhakti Marga is?
Brahma
A way of devotion
the soul
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights

7. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Gautama
The Tanakh
Diwali
Mujtahids

8. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Sufis
Jews outside of Israel
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
The Jade Emperor

9. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
The release from the samsara
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

10. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
Hijrah
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Muslims
A P

11. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
the soul
Hades
Pentecostals
Brahman

12. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
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
Paul
The Jade Emperor
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence

13. What is Jataka?

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14. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
The Sociology of Religion
8 folds
Artha
Creation

15. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Shraddha are death rites
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Gautama
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs

16. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Apologetics
Mullahs
Hellenists
Karma

17. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Nebi'im
Brahman
It is the story of buddha's previous life
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

18. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
Sufis
Hadith
Pantheism
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

19. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Seance
Hades
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

20. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Amos
Jews
Micah

21. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Hinduism
Did not persecute non-believers
Artha
Baptists

22. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Jews outside of Israel
Karma
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Hinduism

23. What is shomerim?
Guards for a dead body
Maktabs
A Shaman
Kharijites

24. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Ham (non kosher)
Shiva
Kharijites
It is the story of buddha's previous life

25. Which religion believes the cow is a holy creature?
Shih Ching
The Sociology of Religion
Hinduism
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights

26. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
A prophet
Abraham
Aphrodite
The Jade Emperor

27. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Seance
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Allah
Micah

28. What is shradah?
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Guards for a dead body
Shraddha are death rites
Confession of sins is not a pillar

29. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
Shraddha are death rites
Mishna and the Gemara
The Mishna and the Gemara
Speaking in Tongues

30. What is Canon?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Brahmanas
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Mercilessness

31. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
Amos
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Mujtahids
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)

32. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

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33. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Apologetics
Brahmanas
Mercilessness
Maktabs

34. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
8 folds
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Holy trinity
Diwali

35. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
Confucianism
Nebi'im
Knowledge
Apologetics

36. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Right Penance
Hajj
Zhu-Xi

37. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
The Fisherman
Brahman
Diwali
Micah

38. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Hadith
Indra
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
A P

39. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
Creation
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
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
Shinto

40. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
The Mishnah
Hijrah
Mishna and the Gemara
Hajj

41. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Brahmanas
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Sufis
Sunni

42. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Hosea
Mujtahids
A Shaman
Gautama

43. What are 4 of the Goals of Life in Hinduism Belief?
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Knowledge
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
It is a law that is not from the Torah

44. The believe in the divinity of everything
A Shaman
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Pantheism

45. What does Buddha Mean?
Karma
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Nebi'im
Enlightened One

46. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Diwali
Knowledge
Sannygasu
Pluto was the leader of Hades

47. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
Baptists
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Ham (non kosher)
The Fisherman

48. What is diaspora?
The Torah
Hades
Jews outside of Israel
The Mishnah

49. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
A prophet
Hinduism
Sufis
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

50. True or False- Zealots were passive
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
Nebi'im
Elisha
Brahman