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DSST World Religions2

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Not a goal
Hades
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Mullahs

2. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
Brahman
Elisha
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

3. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Hellenists
Abraham
Indra
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs

4. ____ is the most important according to the Artha Shastra - Hinduism
Amos
Pantheism
A prophet
Artha

5. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

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6. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
A prophet
Mujtahids
The Fisherman
Amos

7. Which of the following Five Classics is the Classic of Odes? Shu Ching - Shih Ching - I Ching - Ch'un Chi'iu or Li Ching
Diwali
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
The release from the samsara
Shih Ching

8. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
Shinto
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Mullahs
Hades

9. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)
Hajj
World Soul
Kharijites

10. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Ham (non kosher)
The Jade Emperor

11. In Judiasm who speaks for God?
A prophet
Aphrodite
The Sociology of Religion
Jews

12. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Ham (non kosher)
Indra

13. Which religion believes the cow is a holy creature?
Hinduism
The Jade Emperor
Indra
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

14. What is moksha?
The release from the samsara
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
Baptists
Gautama

15. Bhakti Marga is?
The Amish
Speaking in Tongues
Yom Kippur
A way of devotion

16. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Mujtahids
Baptists
Mullahs
Jews outside of Israel

17. What is the center believe of the Christian denomination?
The Mishna and the Gemara
Hinduism
Shih Ching
Jesus was the Messiah

18. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
The Fisherman
Pantheism
Hosea
Speaking in Tongues

19. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
The Fisherman
Elisha
Aphrodite
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights

20. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Jews
Brahman
Sannygasu
Guards for a dead body

21. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
Gautama
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
8 folds
Maktabs

22. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Maktabs
Abraham
Episcapalian
Sannygasu

23. What is the name of the three baskets of Buddhism?
The Tanakh
Hinduism
Micah
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)

24. 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
Mullahs
Pentecostals
Muhammad

25. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Artha
Brahmanas
Hellenists
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism

26. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
The Mishnah
YI
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Indra

27. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Sufis
Sannygasu
Hadith
Enlightened One

28. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Allah
The Fisherman
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
Elijah

29. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Elijah
the soul
YI

30. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
The Amish
The Mishnah
Mujtahids
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

31. What is diaspora?
Jews outside of Israel
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
The Mishnah
Shinto

32. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
Ham (non kosher)
Zhu-Xi
Indra
Dharma - artha - and kama.

33. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Knowledge
Shraddha are death rites
Mercilessness
Brahman

34. How do the Taoists hope to achieve longevity?
The Fisherman
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Ham (non kosher)
Jesus was the Messiah

35. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Pentecostals
A P
Mercilessness
Paul

36. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
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
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
A Shaman
Shinto

37. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
Zhu-Xi
Shinto
Mujtahids
Knowledge

38. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
Hajj
Mercilessness
Yom Kippur
Baptists

39. What does Buddha Mean?
Enlightened One
Hellenists
Brahman
A P

40. ________are Shi'ite primary schools run by the clergy.
Maktabs
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Gabriel
Creation

41. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
Karma
Hadith
Apologetics
Brahmanas

42. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Mullahs
Hijrah
Brahman
Allah

43. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Gautama
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
The Fisherman
Kharijites

44. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Amos
Enlightened One
Shih Ching
YI

45. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Gabriel
Mujtahids
Paul

46. Who was considered the first Buddha?
Muslims
The Torah
Gautama
Sufis

47. What is shomerim?
A Shaman
Enlightened One
Guards for a dead body
Zhu-Xi

48. What is an atman?
A way of devotion
the soul
Paul
A Ziggurat

49. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Gautama
The release from the samsara
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
A Shaman

50. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
Diwali
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Brahmin
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu