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DSST World Religions2

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1. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Pentecostals
A P
Jews outside of Israel
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism

2. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
A P
the soul
Indra
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

3. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Shiva
Speaking in Tongues
Jews

4. The Talmud is made up of the...
Mishna and the Gemara
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
A Shaman
Sufis

5. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Abraham
the soul
Guards for a dead body
Mullahs

6. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Hijrah
YI
Brahman
The release from the samsara

7. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
The Mishna and the Gemara
Shiva
A P
Indra

8. What is Jataka?

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9. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Apologetics
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

10. What is Takkanah?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
A Ziggurat
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Shih Ching

11. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Seance
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
The release from the samsara
Shinto

12. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Karma
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Episcapalian
Hinduism

13. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Ham (non kosher)
Baptists
Confucianism

14. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Not a goal
Paul

15. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
Indra
Confession of sins is not a pillar
A prophet
Jesus was the Messiah

16. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Did not persecute non-believers
A Shaman
The release from the samsara
Confession of sins is not a pillar

17. What is the holy wanderer called?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Sannygasu
Muslims
Seance

18. What is the center believe of the Christian denomination?
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Jesus was the Messiah
Elisha

19. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
The Jade Emperor
Hinduism
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Creation

20. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Elisha
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
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

21. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Muhammad
Hinduism
Mishna and the Gemara
Kharijites

22. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Hosea
Mercilessness
8 folds
The Mishnah

23. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
A Ziggurat
Mishna and the Gemara
Elisha
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others

24. The Trimurti represents what?
A P
Baptists
Confucianism
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

25. Who was the goddess of love?
Nebi'im
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
Enlightened One
Aphrodite

26. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
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
Zhu-Xi
Brahma

27. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods
Hellenists
A Shaman
Muhammad
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

28. 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
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Mercilessness
Zhu-Xi
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism

29. True or False- Zealots were passive
Shih Ching
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
Pentecostals
A way of devotion

30. What is shradah?
Gautama
Hosea
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Shraddha are death rites

31. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Zhu-Xi
Did not persecute non-believers
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Speaking in Tongues

32. 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 Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Did not persecute non-believers
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Hadith

33. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
The Mishna and the Gemara
Indra
Guards for a dead body
Confucianism

34. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
The Torah
Jews
A way of devotion
Elijah

35. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
Muhammad
YI
Brahma
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

36. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
Knowledge
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
The Torah

37. 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
Mullahs
Did not persecute non-believers
It is a law that is not from the Torah
The Mishna and the Gemara

38. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Artha
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Confucianism
Mujtahids

39. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
A way of devotion
Zhu-Xi
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Gautama

40. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Artha
8 folds
Gautama
Mercilessness

41. 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
Shraddha are death rites
Shih Ching
It is the story of buddha's previous life

42. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Elijah
The Tanakh
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
The release from the samsara

43. Bhakti Marga is?
A way of devotion
Right Penance
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Jews

44. The Islamic people are called?
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Ham (non kosher)
Brahman
Muslims

45. ________are Shi'ite primary schools run by the clergy.
Maktabs
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Artha
Confession of sins is not a pillar

46. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
The Tanakh
YI
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Ham (non kosher)

47. What is a bodhisattva?
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
The Torah
Pantheism
Artha

48. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Apologetics
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

49. What is diaspora?
Jews outside of Israel
Shinto
Brahma
Ham (non kosher)

50. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
Shinto
Knowledge
Brahmin
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed