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DSST World Religions2

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1. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Hijrah
The Fisherman
Hinduism
Diwali

2. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
A Shaman
Shraddha are death rites
Jews outside of Israel
Baptists

3. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Hijrah
World Soul
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

4. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Gabriel
Brahmanas
Kharijites

5. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
Mujtahids
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
YI
Indra

6. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
A way of devotion
Hellenists
Ham (non kosher)
Abraham

7. What is moksha?
Pluto was the leader of Hades
The release from the samsara
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only

8. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
The Mishna and the Gemara
Hinduism
Indra
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism

9. Bhakti Marga is?
A way of devotion
The Sociology of Religion
YI
Guards for a dead body

10. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Gabriel
A Ziggurat
Confucianism
The Mishnah

11. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
Did not persecute non-believers
Pentecostals
YI
World Soul

12. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
8 folds
The Jade Emperor
Mullahs
Shinto

13. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
Mujtahids
Sunni
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
A prophet

14. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
A Shaman
Elijah
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Zhu-Xi

15. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Elijah
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
The Sociology of Religion
Abraham

16. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
The Fisherman
World Soul
A prophet
Gautama

17. The Talmud is made up of the...
Did not persecute non-believers
Amos
Mishna and the Gemara
It is a law that is not from the Torah

18. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Speaking in Tongues
Pentecostals
Sunni

19. What is the holy wanderer called?
Sannygasu
Hijrah
The release from the samsara
Brahmanas

20. True or False- Zealots were passive
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
Elijah
Indra
The Mishna and the Gemara

21. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Gabriel
Not a goal
Yom Kippur
Indra

22. What is Jataka?

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23. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
The release from the samsara
Maktabs
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
A way of devotion

24. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Seance
Muslims
Hosea
Brahmanas

25. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Sunni
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
The Mishnah
Mullahs

26. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Not a goal
A way of devotion
Mullahs

27. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Episcapalian

28. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Brahmanas
Mullahs
Ham (non kosher)
The Sociology of Religion

29. What is a bodhisattva?
Jesus was the Messiah
The Amish
Zhu-Xi
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others

30. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Hellenists
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
Brahma

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
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Artha
Shiva
Seance

32. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Jews
the soul
Pantheism
Hinduism

33. Which of the following was not one of the passing sights for the Prince in Buddhism and which is?
Confucianism
Allah
Jesus was the Messiah
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights

34. What is shomerim?
Brahma
Guards for a dead body
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Sannygasu

35. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
Hades
Aphrodite
Yom Kippur
Pentecostals

36. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
The Mishnah
The Mishna and the Gemara
Brahma
Hajj

37. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
Sannygasu
Knowledge
Indra
Shih Ching

38. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
Brahman
Sannygasu
The Sociology of Religion
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

39. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Hadith
Hajj
Maktabs
Aphrodite

40. What is an atman?
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Nebi'im
the soul
Paul

41. The Islamic people are called?
Aphrodite
Muslims
Shraddha are death rites
Knowledge

42. 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
Muslims
Enlightened One
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Elijah

43. 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
Zhu-Xi
Abraham
Hosea

44. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Karma
Holy trinity
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights

45. 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
Sufis
Did not persecute non-believers
Shinto

46. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods
Hadith
Kharijites
Hellenists
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

47. Who was the goddess of love?
Aphrodite
Yom Kippur
The Fisherman
Shih Ching

48. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
Nebi'im
Kharijites
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Mishna and the Gemara

49. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Hijrah
Aphrodite
Baptists
Sufis

50. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
A way of devotion
A Ziggurat
Artha

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