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1. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
The Sociology of Religion
The Fisherman
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others

2. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Mujtahids
the soul
The Mishnah
Mullahs

3. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
The Amish
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Sannygasu
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

4. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
Diwali
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

5. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Dharma - artha - and kama.
World Soul
Kharijites

6. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
Paul
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 Amish
Dharma - artha - and kama.

7. What are the ideal stages in the Buddhist life and which is not?
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
Karma
Creation
Dharma - artha - and kama.

8. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Hajj
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Holy trinity
Guards for a dead body

9. What is a bodhisattva?
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
The Mishna and the Gemara
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Episcapalian

10. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Pentecostals
Shih Ching
Did not persecute non-believers
Not a goal

11. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
A prophet
Indra
Sunni

12. What two books make up the Talmud?
Hosea
The Mishna and the Gemara
Mishna and the Gemara
Sunni

13. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Apologetics
World Soul
Kharijites

14. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
the soul
Hadith
The Mishnah
Amos

15. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Karma
Hinduism
Hellenists
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures

16. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Zhu-Xi
Shiva
Not a goal
Ham (non kosher)

17. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Confucianism
The Tanakh
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

18. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
Artha
Elijah
Micah
Did not persecute non-believers

19. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
The Jade Emperor
Mishna and the Gemara
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Right Penance

20. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
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 canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Pentecostals
Mercilessness

21. ________are Shi'ite primary schools run by the clergy.
Aphrodite
Brahman
Maktabs
Diwali

22. What is moksha?
The Jade Emperor
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Hinduism
The release from the samsara

23. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Speaking in Tongues
Pentecostals
Amos
Brahman

24. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Gabriel
Hinduism
Seance
the soul

25. 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
Hellenists
Allah
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
It is a law that is not from the Torah

26. The Talmud is made up of the...
Mishna and the Gemara
Muhammad
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Nebi'im

27. 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
Gabriel
Brahmin
Did not persecute non-believers
The Mishna and the Gemara

28. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
YI
Jesus was the Messiah
The release from the samsara
Brahma

29. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Muhammad
Not a goal
Shraddha are death rites
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

30. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
Apologetics
Hinduism
A Ziggurat
Karma

31. Bhakti Marga is?
A way of devotion
Did not persecute non-believers
Yom Kippur
Nebi'im

32. What is Canon?
Did not persecute non-believers
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Hijrah
Baptists

33. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
Ham (non kosher)
A prophet
A P
The Sociology of Religion

34. What is the holy wanderer called?
A Shaman
Sannygasu
Jews
A Ziggurat

35. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Aphrodite
Elijah
Pantheism
Shinto

36. What is shomerim?
Elijah
Guards for a dead body
YI
Zhu-Xi

37. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Micah
Holy trinity
YI
Did not persecute non-believers

38. What is Jataka?

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39. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Speaking in Tongues
Sufis
Did not persecute non-believers
Confession of sins is not a pillar

40. What are 4 of the Goals of Life in Hinduism Belief?
Dharma - artha - and kama.
The Sociology of Religion
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

41. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Hadith
Hijrah
Jews outside of Israel
Speaking in Tongues

42. What is shradah?
Did not persecute non-believers
Paul
Shraddha are death rites
Not a goal

43. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
Shih Ching
Enlightened One
Brahmin
Brahmanas

44. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
YI
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Hajj
The Sociology of Religion

45. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
The Amish
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Brahman
Creation

46. Which religion believes the cow is a holy creature?
Hinduism
Jews outside of Israel
Maktabs
World Soul

47. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Yom Kippur
Hijrah
The release from the samsara
Zhu-Xi

48. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Brahmanas
Creation

49. What is Takkanah?
Brahmanas
Brahman
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Muhammad

50. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
A P
Enlightened One
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures

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