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DSST World Religions2

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

2. The Islamic people are called?
The release from the samsara
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Muslims
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others

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

4. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Pantheism
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Micah
Dharma - artha - and kama.

5. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Muhammad
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
The Torah

6. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
Mullahs
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Shraddha are death rites
Brahmin

7. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Sufis
The Tanakh
A P
Jews outside of Israel

8. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
Pentecostals
Sannygasu
It is a law that is not from the Torah
The Amish

9. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Kharijites
Shinto
Dharma - artha - and kama.

10. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
A Shaman
Hajj
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Brahman

11. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
Hijrah
Gautama
Mujtahids
The Torah

12. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Hosea
Hellenists
Zhu-Xi
Apologetics

13. What is Jataka?

14. 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
Did not persecute non-believers
World Soul
The Tanakh
Micah

15. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
The release from the samsara
Hades

16. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
World Soul
Sufis
Micah
Pluto was the leader of Hades

17. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
the soul
A prophet
Not a goal
It is a law that is not from the Torah

18. 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
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 Fisherman
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights

19. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
The Mishnah
Mishna and the Gemara
Mercilessness
Jesus was the Messiah

20. What are 4 of the Goals of Life in Hinduism Belief?
Shraddha are death rites
Shiva
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
A P

21. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
Guards for a dead body
Mullahs
Brahman
8 folds

22. What is shomerim?
Guards for a dead body
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures

23. What is a bodhisattva?
Karma
Hinduism
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Mishna and the Gemara

24. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Micah
Abraham
Zhu-Xi
The Mishna and the Gemara

25. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Gautama
The Fisherman
Kharijites
Shinto

26. Who was the goddess of love?
Mullahs
Aphrodite
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Apologetics

27. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
Brahma
Nebi'im
the soul
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

28. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Maktabs
Diwali
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Creation

29. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Mullahs
A way of devotion
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Hosea

30. Which religion believes the cow is a holy creature?
8 folds
Mullahs
Aphrodite
Hinduism

31. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Did not persecute non-believers
A way of devotion
Not a goal
Elijah

32. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Muhammad
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
The Tanakh
Apologetics

33. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
The Fisherman
Jesus was the Messiah
A way of devotion
It is a law that is not from the Torah

34. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Jews
Hajj
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

35. The believe in the divinity of everything
Pantheism
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Ham (non kosher)
Gabriel

36. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Pantheism
Indra
Holy trinity
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs

37. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Brahmanas
Indra
A prophet
The Jade Emperor

38. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
It is the story of buddha's previous life
The release from the samsara
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Muhammad

39. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
YI
A Ziggurat
Jews outside of Israel
Episcapalian

40. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
Yom Kippur
Diwali
World Soul
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

41. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Hinduism
Shraddha are death rites
Diwali
Kharijites

42. Who was the leader of the underworld?
The Torah
Indra
Hades
Pluto was the leader of Hades

43. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
8 folds
Gabriel
A Ziggurat
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

44. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Shiva
Diwali
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Maktabs

45. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Muslims
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
Artha

46. The Trimurti represents what?
The Mishnah
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Nebi'im
Elisha

47. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Sunni
Shih Ching

48. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

49. What are the ideal stages in the Buddhist life and which is not?
The Torah
Holy trinity
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
Kharijites

50. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Baptists
A Shaman
Elijah
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs