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DSST World Religions2

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1. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Holy trinity
Mercilessness
A prophet
A Shaman

2. The Talmud is made up of the...
Guards for a dead body
Mishna and the Gemara
Amos
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

3. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Jesus was the Messiah
Shiva
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Pentecostals

4. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Karma
The Tanakh
Guards for a dead body
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

5. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Shiva
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Dharma - artha - and kama.
A prophet

6. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
Artha
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Indra
Confession of sins is not a pillar

7. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
Shiva
Hinduism
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
World Soul

8. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
The release from the samsara
World Soul
The Jade Emperor
A prophet

9. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
Jesus was the Messiah
Knowledge
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
Confucianism

10. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
Jesus was the Messiah
Speaking in Tongues
Did not persecute non-believers
Holy trinity

11. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Hijrah
Diwali
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
The Mishna and the Gemara

12. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
Yom Kippur
Mujtahids
YI
Abraham

13. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Hajj
Episcapalian
Apologetics
Did not persecute non-believers

14. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Jews
The Tanakh

15. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Ham (non kosher)
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Confucianism
The Jade Emperor

16. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Speaking in Tongues
Brahma
Gautama
Mercilessness

17. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Sufis
Hajj
Dharma - artha - and kama.
The Jade Emperor

18. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Brahma
Elisha
Not a goal

19. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
A P
Mullahs
Paul
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

20. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
The release from the samsara
YI

21. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Creation
The Amish
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
the soul

22. What is diaspora?
Did not persecute non-believers
Jews outside of Israel
The Sociology of Religion
Gabriel

23. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Enlightened One
Shraddha are death rites
Apologetics
Gautama

24. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Creation
Shiva
Sunni
Hinduism

25. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
The Jade Emperor
Did not persecute non-believers
Not a goal
Zhu-Xi

26. What is shradah?
Hades
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Gautama
Shraddha are death rites

27. What is Takkanah?
The Tanakh
Mullahs
Holy trinity
It is a law that is not from the Torah

28. Bhakti Marga is?
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Brahma
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
A way of devotion

29. What is a bodhisattva?
A P
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Brahman
Hajj

30. 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
Abraham
Did not persecute non-believers
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Maktabs

31. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Elijah
A prophet
Allah
YI

32. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
The Mishnah
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
The Mishna and the Gemara
The Fisherman

33. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Guards for a dead body
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

34. What is the center believe of the Christian denomination?
Brahmanas
Shraddha are death rites
Hadith
Jesus was the Messiah

35. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Episcapalian
Hinduism
Aphrodite
It is a law that is not from the Torah

36. What two books make up the Talmud?
The Jade Emperor
Nebi'im
The Mishna and the Gemara
Maktabs

37. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
A way of devotion
Hades
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Brahman

38. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Elijah
Brahmin
Shiva

39. What is an atman?
A prophet
Micah
Jews
the soul

40. 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
Mullahs
Sannygasu
The Mishna and the Gemara
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

41. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Muhammad
A way of devotion
Seance
Baptists

42. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Gabriel
Shiva
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
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

43. Which of the following was not one of the passing sights for the Prince in Buddhism and which is?
The release from the samsara
The Tanakh
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
the soul

44. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Brahmin
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
A P

45. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Jews
Paul
Ham (non kosher)

46. What is Canon?
Karma
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
A way of devotion
Amos

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

48. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Artha
Sannygasu
Right Penance
Pluto was the leader of Hades

49. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Shinto
A Ziggurat
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

50. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Diwali
Amos
Hajj
Holy trinity