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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
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Yom Kippur
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Hades

2. When the king wanted to turn Yahweh into a nature religion who stood against the king?
Jesus was the Messiah
Seance
Elijah
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

3. Who was the goddess of love?
Jews
Aphrodite
Baptists
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)

4. The Trimurti represents what?
Elisha
Sannygasu
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Elijah

5. The Islamic people are called?
Brahma
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Muslims
Karma

6. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Shraddha are death rites
Pentecostals
Hinduism
Ham (non kosher)

7. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Enlightened One
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Speaking in Tongues
Gabriel

8. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Holy trinity
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Indra

9. What is an atman?
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
the soul
Jews
Kharijites

10. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
Sannygasu
Hinduism
A Ziggurat
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)

11. The believe in the divinity of everything
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Pantheism
Muhammad

12. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Mercilessness
A Shaman
Shraddha are death rites
Gautama

13. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Apologetics
Speaking in Tongues
Confucianism
Mujtahids

14. What does Buddha Mean?
Pentecostals
A Shaman
Enlightened One
Baptists

15. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Brahmin
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
A Ziggurat
The Tanakh

16. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
Hades
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
A P
Mullahs

17. 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
Guards for a dead body
Did not persecute non-believers
The Mishna and the Gemara
Paul

18. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
Muhammad
Brahma
Aphrodite
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

19. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Shraddha are death rites
Muhammad
Jews
Confession of sins is not a pillar

20. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
Holy trinity
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
A P

21. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Episcapalian
Hinduism
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

22. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Amos
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Hinduism
Hosea

23. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Hinduism
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Shraddha are death rites
Sunni

24. Which of the following was not one of the passing sights for the Prince in Buddhism and which is?
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Jesus was the Messiah
Knowledge
Speaking in Tongues

25. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Shiva
Elijah
The Amish

26. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
Artha
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Muslims
Jews

27. Who was the leader of the underworld?
Allah
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Nebi'im
A Ziggurat

28. What is the center believe of the Christian denomination?
the soul
Mercilessness
Jesus was the Messiah
Enlightened One

29. What is Jataka?

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30. What is shomerim?
Guards for a dead body
Jews outside of Israel
Yom Kippur
Karma

31. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Shinto
Holy trinity
Baptists
A Shaman

32. Who likened his struggle with the Lord to his unfaithful wife - but forgiveness prevailed?
A prophet
Hosea
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
The release from the samsara

33. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Jews
Zhu-Xi
Brahman
A Ziggurat

34. 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
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Seance

35. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
The Fisherman
A prophet

36. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Pentecostals
Not a goal
A Shaman
A prophet

37. What is a bodhisattva?
Mullahs
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Hosea
Shiva

38. What is shradah?
Shraddha are death rites
the soul
Hinduism
Baptists

39. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
Elisha
Jews outside of Israel
Knowledge
Brahmin

40. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
Not a goal
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Yom Kippur
World Soul

41. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Sannygasu
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Knowledge

42. What is moksha?
Sannygasu
Mishna and the Gemara
Hinduism
The release from the samsara

43. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Brahmanas
Not a goal
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
World Soul

44. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Hadith
The Jade Emperor
Speaking in Tongues
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others

45. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Sunni
Muslims
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
A prophet

46. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Amos
Mishna and the Gemara
Allah
Hinduism

47. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
The Sociology of Religion
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Shinto
A way of devotion

48. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Baptists
World Soul
Shih Ching
Abraham

49. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Jews outside of Israel
Sufis
Sannygasu
Guards for a dead body

50. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
The Mishna and the Gemara
Brahman
Diwali
Micah