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DSST World Religions2
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1. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Nebi'im
Mishna and the Gemara
Elisha
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
2. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Ham (non kosher)
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Brahma
Aphrodite
3. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Confucianism
Hades
4. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
Speaking in Tongues
Shiva
Micah
Knowledge
5. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Jews outside of Israel
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
A P
6. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Hinduism
The Fisherman
Apologetics
7. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
Hinduism
The Mishna and the Gemara
World Soul
Indra
8. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Hajj
Seance
Paul
Elijah
9. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Confucianism
Elijah
Amos
10. Which of the following was not one of the passing sights for the Prince in Buddhism and which is?
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Guards for a dead body
Amos
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
11. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Shih Ching
Brahma
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Zhu-Xi
12. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
A way of devotion
Hades
Yom Kippur
Brahmanas
13. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Elijah
A Shaman
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
14. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Maktabs
Amos
Muslims
Jews
15. What is a bodhisattva?
Artha
Paul
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
The Amish
16. 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
Paul
Did not persecute non-believers
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
17. What is an atman?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Hades
the soul
Karma
18. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
Hinduism
Mishna and the Gemara
The Torah
Enlightened One
19. What are the ideal stages in the Buddhist life and which is not?
Mullahs
The Amish
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
20. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
Gautama
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Pentecostals
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
21. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Sannygasu
Pentecostals
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
Abraham
22. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Elisha
Hajj
Holy trinity
The Fisherman
23. The Islamic people are called?
Hades
Muslims
It is a law that is not from the Torah
The release from the samsara
24. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
Shiva
Knowledge
World Soul
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
25. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
The Mishnah
Abraham
Maktabs
World Soul
26. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
8 folds
Hinduism
Apologetics
The Mishnah
27. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Sannygasu
Amos
Creation
Episcapalian
28. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Shiva
Confession of sins is not a pillar
The Mishnah
Sunni
29. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Muslims
Karma
8 folds
The Mishnah
30. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Not a goal
Diwali
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
31. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Micah
Jesus was the Messiah
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
The Tanakh
32. What is shomerim?
Indra
Guards for a dead body
The Mishna and the Gemara
Shraddha are death rites
33. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
Creation
Hellenists
Pentecostals
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
34. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
A prophet
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Shiva
35. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
Elijah
The Tanakh
It is a law that is not from the Torah
The Jade Emperor
36. The believe in the divinity of everything
Pantheism
Did not persecute non-believers
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Shiva
37. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
The Amish
Kharijites
Mujtahids
Micah
38. Who was the goddess of love?
Paul
Aphrodite
Mishna and the Gemara
Zhu-Xi
39. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
A Shaman
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Did not persecute non-believers
Brahman
40. What is Canon?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Did not persecute non-believers
Brahmanas
Gabriel
41. True or False- Zealots were passive
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Abraham
Not a goal
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
42. What two books make up the Talmud?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Gautama
The Mishna and the Gemara
Speaking in Tongues
43. What is Jataka?
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44. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
The Sociology of Religion
Abraham
Elisha
Brahmanas
45. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Enlightened One
Muhammad
Elijah
Brahmanas
46. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
The Fisherman
Hijrah
Jews
Amos
47. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Gabriel
The Tanakh
A P
48. What does Buddha Mean?
Zhu-Xi
Jesus was the Messiah
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Enlightened One
49. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
A Shaman
Shinto
Aphrodite
50. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
Holy trinity
Mullahs
YI
Confucianism