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DSST World Religions2

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1. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Confucianism
Pantheism
Shiva
the soul

2. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Apologetics
Hinduism
Indra
Pluto was the leader of Hades

3. The believe in the divinity of everything
Pantheism
Baptists
Amos
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

4. What is Takkanah?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Baptists
Speaking in Tongues
Mujtahids

5. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
Indra
A P
Jews outside of Israel
Amos

6. What is a bodhisattva?
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
The Jade Emperor
Did not persecute non-believers

7. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Nebi'im
Mercilessness
Yom Kippur
Apologetics

8. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
A way of devotion
Indra
the soul
Episcapalian

9. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
Shinto
Amos
Did not persecute non-believers
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)

10. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
Knowledge
Elisha
A Shaman
A way of devotion

11. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Brahmanas
Aphrodite
Hajj

12. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Brahma
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Hadith
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

13. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Pentecostals
Mujtahids
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

14. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
A way of devotion
Shraddha are death rites
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Hijrah

15. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Sunni
Knowledge
Muhammad
Baptists

16. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Jesus was the Messiah
YI
Baptists
Confession of sins is not a pillar

17. The Islamic people are called?
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
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Muslims

18. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
The Amish
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Hosea
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others

19. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
Right Penance
It is the story of buddha's previous life
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
Hinduism

20. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Confucianism
Mercilessness
Not a goal
Shinto

21. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
The Tanakh
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Jesus was the Messiah

22. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Allah
Jews outside of Israel
Elijah
A Shaman

23. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Right Penance

24. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
Hinduism
The Fisherman
Brahmin
Gabriel

25. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
A P
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Artha
Jesus was the Messiah

26. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Speaking in Tongues
Muslims
Elisha
A Ziggurat

27. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Pentecostals
Confucianism
Brahmanas
Creation

28. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
The Jade Emperor
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Shiva
Maktabs

29. What is diaspora?
The Fisherman
The Jade Emperor
Creation
Jews outside of Israel

30. 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
Apologetics
Paul
Mullahs

31. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Yom Kippur
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

32. What does Buddha Mean?
Sannygasu
Hinduism
Enlightened One
Ham (non kosher)

33. What is shradah?
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Shraddha are death rites
Hinduism
The release from the samsara

34. True or False- Zealots were passive
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Brahmin
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

35. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Paul
Mullahs
Nebi'im
Ham (non kosher)

36. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
YI
Mujtahids
Not a goal

37. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
Yom Kippur
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Episcapalian
A prophet

38. 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
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
the soul
Mullahs
Elijah

39. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
A prophet
Sufis
The Mishnah
Dharma - artha - and kama.

40. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Zhu-Xi
Hinduism
Shraddha are death rites
Episcapalian

41. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Creation
the soul
Mujtahids
Confucianism

42. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
The Torah
Mujtahids
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

43. What is an atman?
A prophet
the soul
Brahmanas
The Amish

44. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Paul
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Mullahs
Mishna and the Gemara

45. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
Shih Ching
Did not persecute non-believers
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
The Amish

46. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Enlightened One
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Hijrah
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only

47. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
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
Holy trinity
Jesus was the Messiah
Brahman

48. What is moksha?
The release from the samsara
Zhu-Xi
Aphrodite
It is a law that is not from the Torah

49. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Micah
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Hosea
Karma

50. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Artha
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Paul