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DSST World Religions2

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1. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Allah
World Soul
The Mishnah
The Torah

2. Which religion believes the cow is a holy creature?
Sunni
Hades
Hinduism
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

3. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods
The Amish
the soul
Hellenists
Mullahs

4. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
The Torah
Kharijites
Abraham
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

5. What is Canon?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Confession of sins is not a pillar
The Sociology of Religion
Muhammad

6. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Muslims
Indra
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Brahmanas

7. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
Guards for a dead body
The Mishna and the Gemara
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
World Soul

8. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Not a goal
Paul
Brahmanas
Shih Ching

9. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Holy trinity
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Mullahs
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

10. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Karma
Artha
Ham (non kosher)

11. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Shraddha are death rites
World Soul
Creation
Confession of sins is not a pillar

12. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations
Allah
Paul
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Seance

13. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
The release from the samsara
Brahmanas
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
A way of devotion

14. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
the soul
Brahmanas
Micah
Muhammad

15. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
Artha
A P
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Guards for a dead body

16. What is shradah?
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Shraddha are death rites
A way of devotion

17. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Baptists
Seance
The Amish

18. 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
World Soul
Did not persecute non-believers
Hellenists
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

19. The Islamic people are called?
The Amish
Kharijites
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Muslims

20. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
Hijrah
Right Penance
Jews outside of Israel
The Mishna and the Gemara

21. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Shiva
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
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
Creation

22. 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
A Ziggurat
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Episcapalian

23. What does Buddha Mean?
Enlightened One
Hinduism
Nebi'im
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

24. 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
World Soul
Jews
Artha
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

25. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Hajj
Episcapalian
Gabriel
Ham (non kosher)

26. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Diwali
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
The release from the samsara

27. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Karma
Elijah
Confucianism
Shiva

28. The Trimurti represents what?
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Right Penance
The Amish
Brahmanas

29. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Gautama
Pantheism
Holy trinity
Sufis

30. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Jesus was the Messiah
Shih Ching

31. What two books make up the Talmud?
Muslims
A prophet
Shinto
The Mishna and the Gemara

32. What is Jataka?

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33. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Kharijites
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
the soul
The Tanakh

34. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Ham (non kosher)
The Torah
A Shaman

35. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Holy trinity
Not a goal
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

36. What is moksha?
YI
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
The release from the samsara
Brahma

37. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Artha
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Brahmin

38. The believe in the divinity of everything
Hajj
Pantheism
Indra
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. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
A prophet
Sunni
8 folds

40. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Muhammad
Sufis
Sunni
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

41. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
The Sociology of Religion
YI
Hinduism
Baptists

42. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Speaking in Tongues
Seance
Confucianism
Nebi'im

43. What are 4 of the Goals of Life in Hinduism Belief?
the soul
Gabriel
Holy trinity
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

44. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Muslims
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Brahman
YI

45. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
Shinto
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Abraham
Allah

46. What is Takkanah?
Maktabs
The Mishna and the Gemara
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Shraddha are death rites

47. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Mercilessness
Confession of sins is not a pillar
World Soul

48. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
Maktabs
Kharijites
The Jade Emperor
World Soul

49. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
Mishna and the Gemara
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Speaking in Tongues
It is the story of buddha's previous life

50. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Maktabs
Hades