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DSST World Religions2

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1. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
The Mishnah
Creation
Hellenists
Knowledge

2. The believe in the divinity of everything
The Fisherman
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Pantheism
Hajj

3. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Elijah
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Gabriel

4. The Islamic people are called?
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Brahmanas
Muslims
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

5. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Hajj
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
Confucianism
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

6. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Right Penance
The Mishnah
Yom Kippur
Shiva

7. The Trimurti represents what?
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Guards for a dead body
World Soul
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

8. True or False- Zealots were passive
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Abraham
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

9. What is shomerim?
Maktabs
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Guards for a dead body
Mishna and the Gemara

10. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Hellenists
Micah
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Shiva

11. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
A Shaman
Baptists
Mercilessness
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

12. What is shradah?
Hinduism
Hades
Shraddha are death rites
Paul

13. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Shih Ching
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
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
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism

14. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Hellenists
Hinduism
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)

15. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Mullahs
World Soul
Hades
Yom Kippur

16. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
The Amish
Diwali
Sufis
Sannygasu

17. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Apologetics
Kharijites
Jesus was the Messiah
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs

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

19. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
The Fisherman
Indra
The Torah
Episcapalian

20. What is a bodhisattva?
Kharijites
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Pentecostals
the soul

21. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Sunni
It is the story of buddha's previous life
The Fisherman
The Mishnah

22. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Karma
Nebi'im
Diwali
Muslims

23. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
Brahma
The Mishnah
Brahmin
Enlightened One

24. ________are Shi'ite primary schools run by the clergy.
Maktabs
Pentecostals
Jews outside of Israel
Mujtahids

25. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Brahmin
Confucianism
Hadith
Mercilessness

26. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Brahman
Gautama
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Zhu-Xi

27. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Brahmanas
Apologetics
Enlightened One
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

28. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
The Tanakh
Hinduism
Sunni
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs

29. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Jesus was the Messiah
Sufis
Holy trinity

30. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Creation
Yom Kippur
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Hajj

31. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Jews outside of Israel
Karma
Pentecostals
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

32. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Micah
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Shiva
Apologetics

33. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
Paul
Yom Kippur
Seance
Pantheism

34. What is the center believe of the Christian denomination?
The release from the samsara
Maktabs
Jesus was the Messiah
Knowledge

35. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
Sannygasu
A P
Hades
Hosea

36. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
Shih Ching
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Maktabs
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence

37. Bhakti Marga is?
A Ziggurat
A way of devotion
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Muhammad

38. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
8 folds
Jews outside of Israel
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
Jews

39. 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
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Did not persecute non-believers

40. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Allah
Micah
Gabriel

41. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
Micah
Yom Kippur
The Sociology of Religion
Speaking in Tongues

42. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
Hellenists
Creation
Shinto
Mujtahids

43. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
Did not persecute non-believers
Sannygasu
Sunni
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

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

45. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Baptists
Confucianism
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

46. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
World Soul
Sufis
Micah
Hadith

47. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Did not persecute non-believers
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Jews
Not a goal

48. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Shih Ching
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Elisha
Jews outside of Israel

49. Who was the goddess of love?
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Brahma
Aphrodite
Hijrah

50. What is Jataka?

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