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DSST World Religions2

Subjects : dsst, culture
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover






2. The Islamic people are called?






3. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech






4. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.






5. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?






6. The believe in the divinity of everything






7. True or False- Zealots were passive






8. What does Buddha Mean?






9. In Judiasm who speaks for God?






10. Who was the leader of the underworld?






11. Another word for Islamic Mystics






12. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?






13. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)






14. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith






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






16. What is the literature that describes the covenant?






17. The Trimurti represents what?






18. What is Takkanah?






19. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?






20. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations






21. Bhakti Marga is?






22. What is a bodhisattva?






23. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?






24. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti






25. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?






26. The Talmud is made up of the...






27. Who was considered the first Buddha?






28. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.






29. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society






30. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?






31. In Judaism what is the Covenant?






32. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?






33. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?






34. Who encouraged a violent revolution?






35. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?






36. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?






37. What two books make up the Talmud?






38. What is Jataka?


39. What gods make up The Trimuriti?






40. 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






41. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________






42. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.






43. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?






44. What is the holy wanderer called?






45. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?






46. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?






47. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods






48. What is shradah?






49. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________






50. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)