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DSST World Religions2

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1. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Creation
Muhammad
Gautama
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

2. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
The Sociology of Religion
Shinto
Enlightened One

3. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Enlightened One
Brahman
Karma

4. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Baptists
Brahmin
The Torah

5. The Trimurti represents what?
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Hadith
Right Penance
Pentecostals

6. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Sunni
Aphrodite
Speaking in Tongues
A way of devotion

7. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Hajj
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Holy trinity
Karma

8. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
Nebi'im
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Baptists
Right Penance

9. What is Takkanah?
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Zhu-Xi
It is a law that is not from the Torah

10. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Maktabs
Jews
The Fisherman
Micah

11. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
8 folds
the soul
A P
Diwali

12. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Jews
A P
Creation
Ham (non kosher)

13. Bhakti Marga is?
Elijah
YI
A way of devotion
Brahma

14. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Paul
Gabriel
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Diwali

15. What is an atman?
Diwali
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
the soul
Gautama

16. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
A prophet
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Brahmin
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

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
Hades
Seance
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Brahma

18. What is Jataka?

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19. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Allah
Baptists
Sunni
Mercilessness

20. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Zhu-Xi
Amos
Elijah
YI

21. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Apologetics
Zhu-Xi
Ham (non kosher)
Gautama

22. ________are Shi'ite primary schools run by the clergy.
Maktabs
Speaking in Tongues
Brahman
Not a goal

23. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Hajj
Elijah
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Gautama

24. What are the ideal stages in the Buddhist life and which is not?
Muhammad
Knowledge
The Torah
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

25. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
Pentecostals
A Ziggurat
Hajj
Karma

26. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
A way of devotion
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Mishna and the Gemara
Did not persecute non-believers

27. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
A P
Confucianism
The Sociology of Religion
Sunni

28. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

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29. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Brahma
Indra
The Torah

30. 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
Elijah
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Kharijites

31. What is moksha?
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
YI
The release from the samsara
A Shaman

32. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Ham (non kosher)
Abraham
The Torah
A P

33. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Kharijites
The Tanakh
The Jade Emperor
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

34. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
World Soul
Mishna and the Gemara
Hajj
Sufis

35. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Abraham
Guards for a dead body
Hades
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

36. What two books make up the Talmud?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
The Mishna and the Gemara
Jews outside of Israel
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

37. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
The Amish
Hijrah
Allah
A prophet

38. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Mercilessness
The Amish
The Sociology of Religion
Shiva

39. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
World Soul
Mishna and the Gemara
The Sociology of Religion
Dharma - artha - and kama.

40. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Brahmanas
Sannygasu
It is a law that is not from the Torah

41. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Mujtahids
The release from the samsara
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Mullahs

42. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
Mercilessness
The Jade Emperor
A way of devotion
Pentecostals

43. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Hadith
The Mishnah
Maktabs
Did not persecute non-believers

44. What is shomerim?
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Guards for a dead body
Right Penance
Abraham

45. What is the Jewish Bible called?
Shraddha are death rites
The Tanakh
Enlightened One
Seance

46. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
Indra
Muslims
The Mishnah
YI

47. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Mujtahids
Amos
Ham (non kosher)

48. True or False- Zealots were passive
Mercilessness
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
Baptists
A P

49. What does Buddha Mean?
Mercilessness
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Enlightened One
Dharma - artha - and kama.

50. What is a bodhisattva?
Did not persecute non-believers
Hellenists
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
It is a law that is not from the Torah