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DSST World Religions2
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1. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
Yom Kippur
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Jews
Dharma - artha - and kama.
2. The Talmud is made up of the...
A P
Brahma
Mishna and the Gemara
Shinto
3. True or False- Zealots were passive
Knowledge
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Sufis
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
4. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
Hellenists
Knowledge
Indra
Sufis
5. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
The Jade Emperor
Pantheism
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Jews
6. What is shradah?
Pantheism
Brahmin
Shraddha are death rites
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
7. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Zhu-Xi
A prophet
Karma
8. What does Buddha Mean?
Mullahs
Nebi'im
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Enlightened One
9. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Jesus was the Messiah
Sufis
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Hinduism
10. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Hinduism
Pentecostals
Not a goal
Diwali
11. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Muslims
Brahmin
Amos
A Ziggurat
12. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Jews
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Mujtahids
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
13. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
Pantheism
8 folds
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Sannygasu
14. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
Pentecostals
YI
Brahman
Ham (non kosher)
15. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
A Ziggurat
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Ham (non kosher)
Holy trinity
16. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations
Hinduism
Not a goal
Seance
Right Penance
17. What is Jataka?
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18. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Brahma
Apologetics
Did not persecute non-believers
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
19. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
A Ziggurat
Maktabs
Zhu-Xi
Elijah
20. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Sufis
Maktabs
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Karma
21. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
A Ziggurat
Speaking in Tongues
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Brahma
22. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Muhammad
Karma
A way of devotion
Abraham
23. What is the center believe of the Christian denomination?
Jesus was the Messiah
Sannygasu
Right Penance
Ham (non kosher)
24. The Islamic people are called?
Muslims
Hadith
Mishna and the Gemara
The Mishna and the Gemara
25. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Right Penance
Apologetics
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
26. What is Canon?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Maktabs
Hinduism
Sunni
27. The _____ is the writing of the prophets
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28. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Shinto
Brahma
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
The Mishnah
29. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Gabriel
Apologetics
30. What is an atman?
the soul
Gabriel
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
31. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Nebi'im
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
The Tanakh
Hijrah
32. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Apologetics
Shinto
8 folds
33. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Episcapalian
Did not persecute non-believers
Creation
Indra
34. What is the holy wanderer called?
Sannygasu
The Tanakh
Ham (non kosher)
Mujtahids
35. What is moksha?
Hosea
A Ziggurat
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
The release from the samsara
36. 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
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
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Confucianism
World Soul
37. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Paul
Shraddha are death rites
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Not a goal
38. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Brahman
Enlightened One
YI
Holy trinity
39. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Shinto
Hinduism
Hijrah
Muhammad
40. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
Pantheism
The Fisherman
Artha
Hadith
41. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
the soul
Brahmanas
Artha
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
42. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
A P
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Paul
43. Who likened his struggle with the Lord to his unfaithful wife - but forgiveness prevailed?
Hosea
Karma
Apologetics
Kharijites
44. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
Enlightened One
Brahmanas
Brahmin
The Torah
45. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
The Torah
Baptists
Amos
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
46. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Zhu-Xi
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Shiva
47. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Jews outside of Israel
Diwali
Confucianism
48. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Mishna and the Gemara
Elijah
Allah
Mercilessness
49. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Kharijites
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
Sunni
Confucianism
50. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
Muhammad
Micah
World Soul
Mullahs