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DSST World Religions2

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1. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
A P
Ham (non kosher)
Elijah
Speaking in Tongues

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
Hajj
Knowledge
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Maktabs

3. 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
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Karma
Mishna and the Gemara

4. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Confucianism
Diwali
Gabriel

5. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Speaking in Tongues
Mercilessness
Shinto
Hellenists

6. Bhakti Marga is?
A way of devotion
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Artha
Diwali

7. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Episcapalian
The Tanakh
8 folds

8. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
A P
Hellenists
Jesus was the Messiah
The Fisherman

9. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Jesus was the Messiah
A Ziggurat
The Torah
Dharma - artha - and kama.

10. What is diaspora?
Mullahs
Kharijites
The Amish
Jews outside of Israel

11. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Gautama
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Shih Ching
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

12. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Speaking in Tongues
Sunni

13. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Jesus was the Messiah
8 folds
Hadith
Hajj

14. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
A Shaman
Seance
Allah
The release from the samsara

15. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Zhu-Xi
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Elijah
Confession of sins is not a pillar

16. 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
Did not persecute non-believers
Brahmanas
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Artha

17. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Hadith
Knowledge
Seance
Mullahs

18. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

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19. What is shradah?
The Sociology of Religion
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Shraddha are death rites
Shinto

20. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
Right Penance
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Shraddha are death rites

21. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
The Torah
Episcapalian
Mullahs

22. 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
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Mullahs
Pantheism

23. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Mullahs
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
A way of devotion
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

24. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
Sannygasu
Baptists
Elijah
Right Penance

25. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Hades
A prophet
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

26. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Kharijites
A P
Paul
Abraham

27. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
Hijrah
It is the story of buddha's previous life
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
8 folds

28. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Jews
Paul
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Hijrah

29. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
The Mishna and the Gemara

30. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Brahman
Jews
It is a law that is not from the Torah
The Fisherman

31. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
A Ziggurat
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Jews outside of Israel
World Soul

32. What is the holy wanderer called?
Jews outside of Israel
Aphrodite
Sannygasu
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights

33. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Brahma
Shinto
World Soul

34. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Gabriel
Shraddha are death rites
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Apologetics

35. What is moksha?
The release from the samsara
Apologetics
Brahmanas
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

36. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Karma
Yom Kippur
Not a goal
8 folds

37. What is Jataka?

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38. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Shiva
Seance
Jews
The Tanakh

39. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Mujtahids
the soul
Nebi'im

40. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Gautama
Amos
A Ziggurat
Zhu-Xi

41. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Brahman
The Tanakh
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Knowledge

42. The believe in the divinity of everything
Pantheism
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Muhammad
Shih Ching

43. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
Jews outside of Israel
Hadith
Enlightened One
Yom Kippur

44. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Holy trinity
Brahmin
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
The Mishnah

45. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
The Amish
Gautama
A P
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

46. What is a bodhisattva?
Sunni
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
A Ziggurat

47. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods
Abraham
YI
Hellenists
Baptists

48. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
World Soul
Baptists
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Mujtahids

49. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
A way of devotion
Elijah

50. What is Canon?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Apologetics
Elisha
Pluto was the leader of Hades