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DSST World Religions2

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1. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Nebi'im
Shinto
Jews outside of Israel

2. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
the soul
The Jade Emperor
Artha
Holy trinity

3. What is Canon?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Speaking in Tongues
Yom Kippur

4. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Shiva
Mishna and the Gemara
Mercilessness

5. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Creation
Jews outside of Israel
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
The Fisherman

6. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
Confucianism
A Ziggurat
Diwali
Seance

7. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Sunni
The Mishna and the Gemara
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Gabriel

8. 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 Fisherman
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
The Jade Emperor
YI

9. What is diaspora?
Pentecostals
Jews outside of Israel
Hosea
YI

10. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
A Shaman
Speaking in Tongues
The release from the samsara
Hajj

11. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
The Fisherman
Zhu-Xi
The Torah
Paul

12. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
Artha
Mujtahids
Allah
Shinto

13. 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
Did not persecute non-believers
Gabriel
Hadith
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

14. What does Buddha Mean?
Speaking in Tongues
Pentecostals
Enlightened One
Shih Ching

15. The Trimurti represents what?
The Mishnah
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Shraddha are death rites
Sunni

16. The Talmud is made up of the...
The Fisherman
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Mishna and the Gemara
Sannygasu

17. Which religion believes the cow is a holy creature?
Muslims
Sunni
Hinduism
Ham (non kosher)

18. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Mishna and the Gemara
Gautama
Muhammad

19. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Muhammad
YI
A way of devotion

20. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Not a goal
Right Penance
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Amos

21. What is the center believe of the Christian denomination?
The Fisherman
Elijah
Jesus was the Messiah
Creation

22. What is shomerim?
Guards for a dead body
Aphrodite
Jews
Sunni

23. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Micah
Sunni
Jews
Hajj

24. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Episcapalian
Elisha
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Indra

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

26. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Indra
Micah
Jesus was the Messiah

27. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Mercilessness
Jews
The Torah
Karma

28. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Knowledge
A P
The Amish

29. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
The Mishna and the Gemara
Shraddha are death rites
Hades

30. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
The Sociology of Religion
A Ziggurat
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Micah

31. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Jews
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Muhammad
The Sociology of Religion

32. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
Aphrodite
Shih Ching
Not a goal
Yom Kippur

33. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
Episcapalian
Knowledge
Gabriel
Speaking in Tongues

34. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Did not persecute non-believers
Mullahs
the soul
Pentecostals

35. What is the holy wanderer called?
Hinduism
Kharijites
Allah
Sannygasu

36. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
Artha
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
Diwali
Confucianism

37. True or False- Zealots were passive
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
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
The Torah
Baptists

38. What is an atman?
Sufis
Zhu-Xi
Gautama
the soul

39. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Amos
Gautama
Sunni
Brahman

40. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Abraham
Sannygasu
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

41. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Artha
Seance
Dharma - artha - and kama.

42. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Shinto
Zhu-Xi
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Mujtahids

43. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Karma
Brahman
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
The Jade Emperor

44. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Episcapalian
The Torah
Maktabs
Pluto was the leader of Hades

45. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Did not persecute non-believers
Seance
Jews outside of Israel
Sufis

46. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

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47. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
Jews outside of Israel
Indra
Mercilessness
The Mishna and the Gemara

48. What are the ideal stages in the Buddhist life and which is not?
Yom Kippur
Shinto
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
Confucianism

49. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
The Fisherman
Shiva
Jesus was the Messiah
Seance

50. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
Jews
Maktabs
World Soul
Brahmin

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