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DSST World Religions2
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1. What is Canon?
Paul
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Hosea
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
2. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Mercilessness
Hades
Shih Ching
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
3. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods
Hellenists
Seance
The Amish
YI
4. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Abraham
Amos
The Fisherman
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
5. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Muslims
Elijah
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
6. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
The Fisherman
Hosea
Gautama
Brahmanas
7. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Yom Kippur
Pentecostals
Abraham
8. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Jews
Kharijites
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
9. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
Speaking in Tongues
A P
Right Penance
A Shaman
10. What is Takkanah?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Kharijites
11. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Mujtahids
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
12. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
The Mishnah
Right Penance
Shih Ching
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
13. What is the Jewish Bible called?
The Tanakh
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Guards for a dead body
The Amish
14. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Episcapalian
Right Penance
Hadith
Micah
15. What is diaspora?
Jews outside of Israel
Diwali
It is the story of buddha's previous life
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
16. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Apologetics
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Diwali
17. The Talmud is made up of the...
the soul
Shinto
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Mishna and the Gemara
18. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
World Soul
Amos
Guards for a dead body
Sufis
19. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Jews
Brahmin
A Shaman
The Fisherman
20. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Brahma
World Soul
Brahman
Amos
21. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
Paul
Enlightened One
Jesus was the Messiah
A P
22. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
Mujtahids
Jews outside of Israel
The Mishnah
Hajj
23. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Hadith
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Allah
Brahmanas
24. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Ham (non kosher)
Did not persecute non-believers
The Fisherman
Allah
25. True or False- Zealots were passive
Zhu-Xi
Sunni
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
Hijrah
26. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
Did not persecute non-believers
The Fisherman
Hijrah
It is the story of buddha's previous life
27. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Creation
Sufis
Amos
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
28. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Brahmin
Did not persecute non-believers
Kharijites
Maktabs
29. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
8 folds
Brahma
Apologetics
The Amish
30. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Maktabs
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Gabriel
The Jade Emperor
31. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Baptists
Apologetics
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
32. 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
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Allah
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Hinduism
33. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Sunni
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
34. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
The Torah
Gabriel
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Muhammad
35. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Brahmanas
Allah
Ham (non kosher)
Gautama
36. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
the soul
YI
The Mishna and the Gemara
Brahmin
37. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
World Soul
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
A P
38. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Brahmin
Seance
Jews outside of Israel
39. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Holy trinity
Mujtahids
Sannygasu
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
40. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Gautama
The Mishna and the Gemara
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Hadith
41. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
Maktabs
Zhu-Xi
Brahmin
YI
42. 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 importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Elisha
Yom Kippur
Sannygasu
43. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Creation
The Mishna and the Gemara
Mercilessness
The release from the samsara
44. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Knowledge
Hajj
Baptists
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
45. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Gabriel
The Mishnah
Hellenists
The Fisherman
46. Which of the following was not one of the passing sights for the Prince in Buddhism and which is?
Apologetics
Sufis
Creation
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
47. What two books make up the Talmud?
The Mishna and the Gemara
Abraham
Not a goal
Mishna and the Gemara
48. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Artha
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Mujtahids
Abraham
49. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
YI
The Sociology of Religion
Micah
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
50. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
The Fisherman
The Amish
Hijrah
Did not persecute non-believers