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DSST World Religions2
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1. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Shinto
Not a goal
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
It is a law that is not from the Torah
2. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
Creation
A P
Mujtahids
The Mishna and the Gemara
3. What are 4 of the Goals of Life in Hinduism Belief?
Sannygasu
Creation
Artha
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
4. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Hadith
Hades
Mullahs
5. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
Hosea
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Hades
6. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
Speaking in Tongues
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Yom Kippur
Not a goal
7. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
8 folds
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Allah
8. What is an atman?
the soul
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Amos
Karma
9. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Paul
A Ziggurat
Pentecostals
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
10. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Paul
Confucianism
Karma
11. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Jews
Diwali
Mullahs
12. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Indra
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Knowledge
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
The Mishna and the Gemara
The Mishnah
Did not persecute non-believers
A prophet
14. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Muhammad
Hijrah
Jews
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
15. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
Hellenists
The Fisherman
Brahma
Diwali
16. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
A prophet
Mullahs
Guards for a dead body
The Torah
17. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Amos
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Abraham
Guards for a dead body
18. The _____ is the writing of the prophets
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19. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods
Hadith
Creation
Hellenists
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
20. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Elisha
Maktabs
the soul
Indra
21. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Shiva
Mullahs
The Mishna and the Gemara
A P
22. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Sunni
Mercilessness
Elijah
23. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
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
Zhu-Xi
Muslims
Dharma - artha - and kama.
24. True or False- Zealots were passive
Allah
World Soul
Jesus was the Messiah
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
25. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Micah
Elijah
Hosea
The Tanakh
26. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Sunni
Jews outside of Israel
Hijrah
Hades
27. Which of the following was not one of the passing sights for the Prince in Buddhism and which is?
Hinduism
A Shaman
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
28. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
Artha
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Kharijites
29. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Shiva
the soul
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
30. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Hellenists
Elijah
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
31. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Hadith
8 folds
Baptists
The Mishnah
32. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
Elijah
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
A Ziggurat
Shinto
33. The believe in the divinity of everything
Guards for a dead body
Pantheism
Hinduism
Not a goal
34. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Hijrah
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Hajj
Ham (non kosher)
35. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Pantheism
Allah
Jesus was the Messiah
Brahmanas
36. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
A Ziggurat
Zhu-Xi
A prophet
37. Bhakti Marga is?
Hades
The Mishnah
Nebi'im
A way of devotion
38. What is moksha?
The Fisherman
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
The release from the samsara
Seance
39. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Allah
Hijrah
Guards for a dead body
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
40. Who was the goddess of love?
Mishna and the Gemara
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Aphrodite
Artha
41. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Abraham
Maktabs
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
The Sociology of Religion
42. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Hadith
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Muhammad
Pentecostals
43. What is the center believe of the Christian denomination?
Elisha
Jesus was the Messiah
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 Torah
44. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
Elijah
Enlightened One
Brahmin
Yom Kippur
45. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
The Mishna and the Gemara
A prophet
Kharijites
Maktabs
46. What is Canon?
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Shih Ching
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Ham (non kosher)
47. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
Hijrah
World Soul
Shih Ching
Elisha
48. Which religion believes the cow is a holy creature?
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
Nebi'im
Hinduism
49. The Islamic people are called?
Muslims
Brahma
Indra
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
50. What is a bodhisattva?
The Mishnah
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Mercilessness
Muhammad