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DSST World Religions2

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1. What is shomerim?
Micah
Shraddha are death rites
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Guards for a dead body

2. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Muslims
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Zhu-Xi
Shraddha are death rites

3. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
8 folds
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Pantheism

4. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Mullahs
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Hinduism

5. What is an atman?
Gabriel
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Pentecostals
the soul

6. 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
The Jade Emperor
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Did not persecute non-believers
Mercilessness

7. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Muslims
The Jade Emperor
Confucianism
The Amish

8. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Abraham
The Jade Emperor
Shiva
Artha

9. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
Gabriel
Abraham
A P
Sannygasu

10. 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
A Ziggurat
The Jade Emperor
The release from the samsara

11. The Talmud is made up of the...
The Torah
Muslims
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Mishna and the Gemara

12. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Hellenists
Ham (non kosher)
Right Penance
A Shaman

13. What does Buddha Mean?
Hajj
Enlightened One
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence

14. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Knowledge
Diwali
Jews

15. Who likened his struggle with the Lord to his unfaithful wife - but forgiveness prevailed?
Sunni
Confucianism
Hosea
Pantheism

16. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Holy trinity
The Tanakh
The release from the samsara
Hellenists

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

18. What is Canon?
Brahma
Enlightened One
Zhu-Xi
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures

19. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
8 folds
The Mishna and the Gemara
World Soul

20. What is shradah?
Shraddha are death rites
Pantheism
A way of devotion
The Fisherman

21. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Indra
Hades
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
A Shaman

22. The Trimurti represents what?
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Sannygasu
Paul
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

23. Who was the goddess of love?
Holy trinity
Aphrodite
Artha
Episcapalian

24. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Hajj
The Torah
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Sannygasu

25. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
A P
Holy trinity
Gautama
Not a goal

26. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
A Shaman
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Creation
Dharma - artha - and kama.

27. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Elijah
Sannygasu
Aphrodite
Not a goal

28. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Creation
Enlightened One
The Mishna and the Gemara
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs

29. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Episcapalian
Hades
Muslims

30. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
The Fisherman
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
The Mishnah
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)

31. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Kharijites
Apologetics
Jews

32. The Islamic people are called?
8 folds
Muslims
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

33. What is Jataka?

34. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
The release from the samsara
Yom Kippur
Pantheism
Artha

35. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Hellenists
Not a goal
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

36. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
The Jade Emperor
Allah
Guards for a dead body
The release from the samsara

37. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
The Amish
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
The Fisherman
Hadith

38. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
Jews outside of Israel
Diwali
Mujtahids
Speaking in Tongues

39. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
the soul
Gabriel
The Torah
Shinto

40. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
A P
The Amish
Did not persecute non-believers
Brahman

41. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Muhammad
Indra
Hadith
the soul

42. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Karma
The Sociology of Religion
A Shaman
The Mishna and the Gemara

43. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Apologetics
The Mishnah
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Sannygasu

44. What is the holy wanderer called?
The Fisherman
Sannygasu
Jews
The Sociology of Religion

45. True or False- Zealots were passive
Amos
Guards for a dead body
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
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

46. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods
Sufis
Holy trinity
Hadith
Hellenists

47. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Allah
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Sunni
Diwali

48. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
Allah
The Torah
The Mishnah
Micah

49. 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
Hades
Hinduism
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Hajj

50. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
World Soul
Mercilessness
YI
Dharma - artha - and kama.