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DSST World Religions2

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1. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
8 folds
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

2. What is diaspora?
Sufis
Muhammad
Jews outside of Israel
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs

3. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Knowledge
Hosea
Gabriel

4. Who was the goddess of love?
Aphrodite
The Fisherman
Creation
YI

5. The Trimurti represents what?
Mujtahids
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
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
Sunni

6. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
The Jade Emperor
The Mishnah
Shraddha are death rites
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

7. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
Mujtahids
Brahman
A P
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

8. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Paul
Gabriel
The Mishnah
Hijrah

9. 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
Speaking in Tongues
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Did not persecute non-believers
Nebi'im

10. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Ham (non kosher)
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Amos
Micah

11. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Jews
Artha
Hinduism
Confucianism

12. 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
the soul
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
The Fisherman

13. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
The Mishnah
The Tanakh
A P

14. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Allah
Hosea
Not a goal

15. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Micah
Shih Ching
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

16. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Jews
Enlightened One
Muslims
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs

17. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
The Amish
The Sociology of Religion
Paul
Hinduism

18. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
Shih Ching
Indra
Muhammad
Guards for a dead body

19. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Confucianism
Shih Ching
Sannygasu

20. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Jews outside of Israel
Pentecostals
A Shaman
Mullahs

21. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Sufis
Hajj
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Confession of sins is not a pillar

22. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Knowledge
Muslims
Micah

23. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

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24. What is an atman?
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Muhammad
Sannygasu
the soul

25. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Amos
The Mishnah
Hinduism
Creation

26. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Baptists
Gabriel
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Dharma - artha - and kama.

27. What is shradah?
Brahmin
Muslims
Speaking in Tongues
Shraddha are death rites

28. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Maktabs
Kharijites
Shinto
Brahmanas

29. The believe in the divinity of everything
Pantheism
Apologetics
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Shiva

30. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
World Soul
Guards for a dead body
A Shaman

31. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Muslims
Guards for a dead body
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Karma

32. True or False- Zealots were passive
Allah
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
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
The Jade Emperor

33. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Hadith
Shih Ching
Brahmin
Diwali

34. 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
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
The release from the samsara
Abraham
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism

35. What is moksha?
Diwali
The release from the samsara
A prophet
Brahman

36. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Creation
The Mishnah
A Ziggurat

37. What is Canon?
Shih Ching
Baptists
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Sufis

38. What is the holy wanderer called?
Paul
Sannygasu
A way of devotion
Abraham

39. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Hijrah
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Holy trinity
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence

40. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Muhammad
Abraham
Indra
Yom Kippur

41. The Talmud is made up of the...
The Jade Emperor
Mishna and the Gemara
Did not persecute non-believers
Hellenists

42. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Confucianism
Paul
Shiva
Gabriel

43. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Sunni
Karma

44. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Speaking in Tongues
Allah
The release from the samsara

45. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Maktabs
Holy trinity
Hades
YI

46. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Shinto
Mercilessness
The Tanakh
Hadith

47. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
8 folds
The Mishnah
Baptists
Episcapalian

48. 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
The Jade Emperor
Shraddha are death rites
Jesus was the Messiah

49. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
The Mishnah
Paul
Speaking in Tongues
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

50. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Hinduism
Not a goal
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Knowledge