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DSST World Religions2

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1. What is shomerim?
Guards for a dead body
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Kharijites
Dharma - artha - and kama.

2. What is the Jewish Bible called?
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
The Tanakh
Hades

3. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
A P
Seance
Hellenists

4. Who was the goddess of love?
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Aphrodite
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Diwali

5. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Abraham
Shiva
Hellenists
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism

6. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
8 folds
Creation
Hades
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others

7. Bhakti Marga is?
The Sociology of Religion
A way of devotion
Hosea
Shraddha are death rites

8. True or False- Zealots were passive
Apologetics
Shiva
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
World Soul

9. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Kharijites
Shraddha are death rites
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Hadith

10. What is an atman?
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
the soul
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Yom Kippur

11. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Hades
The Fisherman
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Jews

12. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
The Amish
A Ziggurat
Confucianism
Micah

13. The believe in the divinity of everything
Diwali
Ham (non kosher)
Apologetics
Pantheism

14. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
Paul
Zhu-Xi
The Torah
It is the story of buddha's previous life

15. ________are Shi'ite primary schools run by the clergy.
The Jade Emperor
Maktabs
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
It is a law that is not from the Torah

16. 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
A prophet
Knowledge
Shinto
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

17. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Elijah
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Not a goal

18. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Shinto
Elijah
Zhu-Xi
Sunni

19. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
the soul
Artha

20. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Right Penance
Mujtahids
The Mishnah

21. The Trimurti represents what?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Hosea
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

22. Which religion believes the cow is a holy creature?
Brahman
Hinduism
Indra
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)

23. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
The Sociology of Religion
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
the soul

24. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
A Ziggurat
Zhu-Xi
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Artha

25. The Islamic people are called?
The Amish
Muslims
Indra
World Soul

26. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
The release from the samsara
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Mujtahids
The Fisherman

27. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Hijrah
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
Elijah
Confession of sins is not a pillar

28. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Sunni
Nebi'im
Elisha
Shraddha are death rites

29. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations
Amos
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Seance
Knowledge

30. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
Mishna and the Gemara
Aphrodite
Enlightened One
Shinto

31. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Not a goal
Pentecostals
The Torah
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only

32. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Mishna and the Gemara
Allah
Baptists
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism

33. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Mercilessness
Sunni
Indra
Guards for a dead body

34. What are the ideal stages in the Buddhist life and which is not?
Sannygasu
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
Shih Ching
Hosea

35. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Kharijites
Zhu-Xi
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Jews

36. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
The Jade Emperor
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Amos
Kharijites

37. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Baptists
Muhammad
Allah

38. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
Micah
Apologetics
Gautama
Confession of sins is not a pillar

39. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
Amos
Gautama
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Brahma

40. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Holy trinity
Mullahs
Hades
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others

41. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
The Mishnah
Diwali
Paul

42. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Karma
Hadith

43. The Talmud is made up of the...
Kharijites
Mishna and the Gemara
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Mujtahids

44. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Brahmanas
Shraddha are death rites
Hadith
Hades

45. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
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
Not a goal
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

46. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Zhu-Xi
Shraddha are death rites
Elisha
Sufis

47. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Episcapalian
Confucianism
Pantheism
Holy trinity

48. 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
Apologetics
Right Penance
Abraham
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism

49. What are 4 of the Goals of Life in Hinduism Belief?
A Shaman
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Brahmanas

50. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Nebi'im
Jews outside of Israel
Micah
Mujtahids

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