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DSST World Religions2
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1. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Micah
Mujtahids
The Amish
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
2. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
Indra
Speaking in Tongues
Hosea
Hellenists
3. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Sufis
Right Penance
Baptists
The Fisherman
4. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Right Penance
Elisha
Pantheism
Nebi'im
5. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
Muhammad
Micah
Mullahs
The Fisherman
6. True or False- Zealots were passive
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
A way of devotion
Hajj
Confession of sins is not a pillar
7. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Mercilessness
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Hadith
Sufis
8. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
The Torah
Apologetics
A Ziggurat
Maktabs
9. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Ham (non kosher)
Brahman
Aphrodite
Nebi'im
10. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
A way of devotion
Jesus was the Messiah
Diwali
Sannygasu
11. ________are Shi'ite primary schools run by the clergy.
Not a goal
Maktabs
Enlightened One
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
12. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Sufis
Hijrah
The Sociology of Religion
Shih Ching
13. 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
Shinto
Jews
Did not persecute non-believers
Pantheism
14. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Yom Kippur
Hades
Mujtahids
Creation
15. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Indra
Zhu-Xi
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Elijah
16. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
The Fisherman
Dharma - artha - and kama.
17. Who likened his struggle with the Lord to his unfaithful wife - but forgiveness prevailed?
Hosea
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Yom Kippur
Hinduism
18. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Pentecostals
Yom Kippur
Muhammad
Elisha
19. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Nebi'im
Not a goal
Speaking in Tongues
Jews
20. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
A way of devotion
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Mujtahids
The Mishnah
21. Which religion believes the cow is a holy creature?
Hinduism
Abraham
Gautama
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
22. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Kharijites
Elijah
The Tanakh
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
23. What is Canon?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Sunni
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Artha
24. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
The Mishna and the Gemara
Ham (non kosher)
Enlightened One
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
25. What is Jataka?
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26. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Right Penance
Abraham
Sannygasu
Brahman
27. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Aphrodite
Mishna and the Gemara
Hades
Pentecostals
28. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
Abraham
Kharijites
The Jade Emperor
Episcapalian
29. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Shih Ching
Ham (non kosher)
Brahman
30. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
A P
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Allah
Amos
31. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
Sunni
Micah
the soul
A prophet
32. The Talmud is made up of the...
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Hellenists
Mishna and the Gemara
33. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
World Soul
The Sociology of Religion
Mujtahids
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
34. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Zhu-Xi
Holy trinity
Knowledge
35. Which of the following was not one of the passing sights for the Prince in Buddhism and which is?
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Mishna and the Gemara
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
36. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Indra
Not a goal
Mullahs
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
37. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Artha
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
Jews
38. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
The Fisherman
The Sociology of Religion
Gabriel
Maktabs
39. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
8 folds
Hijrah
Mullahs
40. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Mullahs
Shiva
Hijrah
Guards for a dead body
41. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Mercilessness
Kharijites
YI
Holy trinity
42. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Shih Ching
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
Hinduism
Holy trinity
43. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
A way of devotion
A Ziggurat
Pentecostals
44. What is shradah?
Seance
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Shraddha are death rites
45. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
Diwali
Paul
Pantheism
Gabriel
46. What is diaspora?
Shinto
Jews outside of Israel
Sunni
Hinduism
47. The Trimurti represents what?
Muhammad
Jews
Brahmin
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
48. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Shih Ching
Micah
The release from the samsara
49. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
A Shaman
Indra
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Confession of sins is not a pillar
50. What is a bodhisattva?
A P
Hadith
Speaking in Tongues
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
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