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DSST World Religions2
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1. What is a bodhisattva?
The Mishnah
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Hellenists
2. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Ham (non kosher)
Zhu-Xi
Knowledge
Gabriel
3. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Jesus was the Messiah
Holy trinity
Mullahs
Hajj
4. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Pluto was the leader of Hades
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
Sufis
Mullahs
5. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
Hadith
YI
Confucianism
A P
6. What is diaspora?
Right Penance
Jews outside of Israel
Elijah
Baptists
7. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
Amos
Sufis
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Kharijites
8. What are 4 of the Goals of Life in Hinduism Belief?
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Hinduism
Hades
Baptists
9. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Jews
A Ziggurat
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Hajj
10. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
Shraddha are death rites
Karma
Artha
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
11. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Shiva
Confucianism
Abraham
Apologetics
12. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Elisha
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
The Tanakh
Sannygasu
13. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Elisha
Elijah
Muhammad
Baptists
14. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Mullahs
Nebi'im
The Jade Emperor
15. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Mercilessness
Sannygasu
Hinduism
Shih Ching
16. 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
Brahmanas
Pentecostals
Seance
17. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
Kharijites
Diwali
Episcapalian
Nebi'im
18. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Zhu-Xi
The Tanakh
The Mishnah
Hellenists
19. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Hadith
Right Penance
Muhammad
Hades
20. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Karma
The Mishnah
Brahman
Enlightened One
21. Which of the following was not one of the passing sights for the Prince in Buddhism and which is?
Gabriel
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Pentecostals
Micah
22. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Elisha
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Amos
23. What is Canon?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Artha
Mishna and the Gemara
Kharijites
24. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
The Torah
It is the story of buddha's previous life
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Speaking in Tongues
25. 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
A Shaman
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Did not persecute non-believers
26. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Brahmanas
Right Penance
A P
27. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Creation
The Mishna and the Gemara
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
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. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Pantheism
Micah
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Episcapalian
29. What is Jataka?
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30. The Talmud is made up of the...
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Mishna and the Gemara
Ham (non kosher)
Gabriel
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
Hinduism
Micah
Seance
Nebi'im
32. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
Guards for a dead body
Pantheism
The Torah
A prophet
33. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
Ham (non kosher)
Mullahs
Zhu-Xi
Brahma
34. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Micah
Mullahs
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
35. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
Jews outside of Israel
Elijah
Holy trinity
Yom Kippur
36. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Hadith
Elijah
Hijrah
Diwali
37. What does Buddha Mean?
Enlightened One
8 folds
Brahman
Brahma
38. What two books make up the Talmud?
Jesus was the Messiah
Episcapalian
The Mishna and the Gemara
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
39. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Pantheism
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Micah
40. The Islamic people are called?
Paul
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
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
Muslims
41. What is Takkanah?
Ham (non kosher)
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Confucianism
A prophet
42. What is shomerim?
Muhammad
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Guards for a dead body
Hellenists
43. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
Elijah
Shinto
The Amish
Artha
44. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
A Shaman
Mujtahids
Hijrah
45. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Speaking in Tongues
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Muhammad
46. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
Indra
Episcapalian
Brahmin
Seance
47. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Hades
Mujtahids
Gautama
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
48. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Apologetics
Speaking in Tongues
Amos
Hajj
49. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Mullahs
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Hijrah
Amos
50. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Hijrah
Elisha
Confession of sins is not a pillar
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