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DSST World Religions2
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1. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
YI
Aphrodite
Hinduism
It is a law that is not from the Torah
2. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
A Shaman
Hijrah
Not a goal
Pentecostals
3. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
World Soul
The Torah
Hosea
4. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
The Fisherman
The Amish
Nebi'im
5. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Elisha
Artha
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
6. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
The Jade Emperor
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
A P
A way of devotion
7. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Abraham
Aphrodite
Paul
Zhu-Xi
8. What is a bodhisattva?
Apologetics
Right Penance
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
9. Which religion believes the cow is a holy creature?
Amos
Sufis
Sannygasu
Hinduism
10. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Mullahs
Enlightened One
Jews
Gabriel
11. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
Paul
Baptists
Shinto
The Mishna and the Gemara
12. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Shiva
World Soul
Gabriel
Jews
13. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
Abraham
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Confucianism
Hades
14. What is shomerim?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Guards for a dead body
Mullahs
Micah
15. What is the holy wanderer called?
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Amos
Jesus was the Messiah
Sannygasu
16. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Apologetics
Brahmanas
Mishna and the Gemara
17. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Shinto
Shih Ching
Shiva
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
18. 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 Torah
Did not persecute non-believers
Sufis
Pantheism
19. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Sunni
The Mishnah
Amos
Allah
20. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Baptists
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Hijrah
Abraham
21. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
Abraham
Brahma
Dharma - artha - and kama.
The Amish
22. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
Shinto
Paul
Zhu-Xi
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
23. Who likened his struggle with the Lord to his unfaithful wife - but forgiveness prevailed?
The Sociology of Religion
Ham (non kosher)
Hosea
Baptists
24. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Paul
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Confucianism
25. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
The Mishnah
Ham (non kosher)
Karma
Zhu-Xi
26. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
Allah
A way of devotion
Not a goal
Shinto
27. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Micah
Shih Ching
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Shinto
28. What is the center believe of the Christian denomination?
Jesus was the Messiah
Muhammad
Gabriel
Knowledge
29. Which of the following is not one of the Eightfold Path? Right Livelihood - Right Mindfulness - Right Penance - Right Effort - Right Speech
The Torah
Right Penance
Hinduism
Maktabs
30. What is Takkanah?
Brahmanas
Amos
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
It is a law that is not from the Torah
31. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Brahman
A prophet
Mujtahids
Speaking in Tongues
32. Bhakti Marga is?
Hinduism
Jews outside of Israel
A way of devotion
Hades
33. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
Sannygasu
Did not persecute non-believers
Jews outside of Israel
8 folds
34. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
Mishna and the Gemara
Ham (non kosher)
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
35. The Islamic people are called?
Mishna and the Gemara
Muslims
Nebi'im
Jews outside of Israel
36. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Hinduism
Seance
Kharijites
37. What is diaspora?
Shiva
Jews outside of Israel
YI
Hadith
38. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Hellenists
Diwali
Dharma - artha - and kama.
39. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Sufis
Shraddha are death rites
A way of devotion
Hadith
40. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Holy trinity
Seance
The Mishna and the Gemara
41. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Yom Kippur
Enlightened One
A Shaman
Sunni
42. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Seance
A Shaman
Shih Ching
43. True or False- Zealots were passive
Hades
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
Shraddha are death rites
Knowledge
44. What is the Hindu New Year celebrated with lights?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Diwali
Baptists
Mujtahids
45. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
Not a goal
Confucianism
Knowledge
Sufis
46. What is the Jewish Bible called?
The Tanakh
Brahman
Maktabs
Shraddha are death rites
47. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Artha
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
48. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
The Amish
World Soul
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
YI
49. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Amos
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Muslims
Muhammad
50. The Talmud is made up of the...
Sunni
Pentecostals
Indra
Mishna and the Gemara