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DSST World Religions2

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1. True or False- Zealots were passive
Hosea
Mishna and the Gemara
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
Pluto was the leader of Hades

2. Which of the following was not one of the passing sights for the Prince in Buddhism and which is?
The Torah
A Shaman
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Right Penance

3. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Muhammad
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
Knowledge

4. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Not a goal
Hinduism
Speaking in Tongues
Shih Ching

5. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
The Mishna and the Gemara
Creation
Hinduism
Baptists

6. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Mujtahids
The Mishnah
Artha
The Amish

7. What is shomerim?
Micah
Guards for a dead body
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

8. Which religion believes the cow is a holy creature?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Muhammad
Guards for a dead body
Hinduism

9. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Shinto
Hades
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Elijah

10. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Zhu-Xi
Karma
Brahma

11. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Elijah
Yom Kippur
Hinduism
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

12. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
The Tanakh
Hades
Hellenists
Gabriel

13. What are the ideal stages in the Buddhist life and which is not?
Muslims
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
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

14. The believe in the divinity of everything
Paul
Pantheism
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Creation

15. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Hellenists
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
the soul

16. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
Nebi'im
Brahmanas
The release from the samsara
Indra

17. What is an atman?
Shraddha are death rites
The Amish
the soul
Zhu-Xi

18. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Shih Ching
Abraham
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

19. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
Aphrodite
A P
Shih Ching
Brahman

20. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
The release from the samsara
Apologetics
Mullahs
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)

21. What does Buddha Mean?
The Jade Emperor
Karma
Enlightened One
A Ziggurat

22. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Elisha
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Episcapalian

23. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
Shraddha are death rites
Speaking in Tongues
Kharijites
The Jade Emperor

24. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Shraddha are death rites
Amos
The Amish
Hades

25. Which is NOT a Four Noble Truth? Life is suffering - It is important to experience suffering - Suffering comes from attachment - It is possible to end suffering - There is a path (eight-fold) end to suffering
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Apologetics
Knowledge
Dharma - artha - and kama.

26. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
Hinduism
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Paul
Guards for a dead body

27. 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
Shinto
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Paul

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

29. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
The Fisherman
Brahmin
Micah
Hinduism

30. The Trimurti represents what?
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
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
Kharijites

31. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations
Seance
Hajj
Gautama
Indra

32. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Jesus was the Messiah
The Sociology of Religion

33. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
A way of devotion
Ham (non kosher)
the soul
Mercilessness

34. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Elijah
Hinduism
Pentecostals
Did not persecute non-believers

35. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
World Soul
Enlightened One
Shinto
A prophet

36. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Shiva
The Jade Emperor
Paul
The Fisherman

37. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Hinduism
Guards for a dead body
Sunni
Confession of sins is not a pillar

38. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Brahmin
Hijrah
Artha
Allah

39. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
A way of devotion
Pentecostals
Baptists
Kharijites

40. The Talmud is made up of the...
Hellenists
8 folds
Mishna and the Gemara
Pentecostals

41. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Artha
YI
A P

42. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
Pantheism
The Sociology of Religion
Zhu-Xi
Micah

43. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
8 folds
Hadith
Mullahs
Apologetics

44. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Abraham
Seance
Indra
Elijah

45. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Gautama
A way of devotion
Maktabs
Hosea

46. What is a bodhisattva?
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
Shraddha are death rites
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
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

47. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Right Penance
Creation
Paul
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

48. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Elijah
Sufis
Sunni
Hinduism

49. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
The release from the samsara
Yom Kippur
Diwali
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

50. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Jews
Allah
Sunni
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence