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DSST World Religions2

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1. ________are Shi'ite primary schools run by the clergy.
Aphrodite
A prophet
Maktabs
Speaking in Tongues

2. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Knowledge
Gabriel
Amos

3. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Jews
Brahman
Hajj
Creation

4. What two books make up the Talmud?
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
The Mishna and the Gemara
A Shaman
Ham (non kosher)

5. What are 4 of the Goals of Life in Hinduism Belief?
Micah
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
Brahman
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

6. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
Allah
Aphrodite
YI
The Tanakh

7. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
Brahmin
Holy trinity
Brahma
Nebi'im

8. What is the holy wanderer called?
Brahmanas
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Sannygasu

9. What is diaspora?
Brahma
Indra
Jews outside of Israel
Diwali

10. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
Hijrah
Shih Ching
Baptists
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence

11. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Apologetics
Jesus was the Messiah
Kharijites
Brahma

12. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Pantheism
Brahmin
Mullahs
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence

13. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Micah
Elijah
The Tanakh
Episcapalian

14. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
Shiva
A Shaman
Brahma
Seance

15. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Hinduism
Brahmanas
Right Penance
Guards for a dead body

16. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Aphrodite
Allah
Elijah
Hellenists

17. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Indra
YI
World Soul
Hadith

18. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
Pantheism
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Speaking in Tongues
A Ziggurat

19. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Paul
the soul
A way of devotion
Hijrah

20. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Jews outside of Israel
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Gabriel
Shraddha are death rites

21. Bhakti Marga is?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Holy trinity
A way of devotion
Jews

22. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Hinduism
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Hellenists

23. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
The release from the samsara
The Sociology of Religion
Hadith
Kharijites

24. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Hinduism
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Hadith
Muhammad

25. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Hades
Gabriel
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Elisha

26. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Karma
Apologetics
It is the story of buddha's previous life
A Shaman

27. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
Mujtahids
Diwali
Maktabs
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only

28. What is an atman?
Ham (non kosher)
Hajj
Pantheism
the soul

29. 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
Hades
Nebi'im
Diwali

30. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Brahman
Hadith
Zhu-Xi
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)

31. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
8 folds
The Tanakh
Zhu-Xi
The Fisherman

32. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Karma
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Brahman

33. True or False- Zealots were passive
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
8 folds
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
Hadith

34. The Trimurti represents what?
Zhu-Xi
Yom Kippur
Did not persecute non-believers
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

35. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Did not persecute non-believers
Creation
World Soul

36. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Seance
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

37. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Shih Ching
Confucianism
Hellenists
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

38. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
Amos
The Sociology of Religion
Confucianism
8 folds

39. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Brahmanas
Mujtahids
Hajj
Muhammad

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
A prophet
Mujtahids
A Shaman
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

41. What is Takkanah?
Mullahs
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Hosea

42. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Hades
Mercilessness
Muslims
Paul

43. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Did not persecute non-believers
Amos
Elijah
Shiva

44. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Nebi'im
Brahma
Karma
A prophet

45. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Brahman
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Mishna and the Gemara
Artha

46. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
Gautama
The Amish
The Torah
Mercilessness

47. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
Confession of sins is not a pillar
A prophet
Diwali
The Amish

48. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Seance
Indra
Sunni
Brahman

49. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Yom Kippur
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Gautama
Hosea

50. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

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