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DSST World Religions2

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
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
Indra
Yom Kippur
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish

2. According to the Taoists who is the ruler of heaven?
Karma
The Jade Emperor
Shinto
Nebi'im

3. What is Jataka?

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4. What does Buddha Mean?
Enlightened One
Zhu-Xi
It is the story of buddha's previous life
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them

5. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
YI
Maktabs
Elisha
Ham (non kosher)

6. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
Knowledge
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Brahmin

7. What is the holy wanderer called?
Sannygasu
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Pluto was the leader of Hades
The Amish

8. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
Gautama
World Soul
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Amos

9. What is shradah?
Karma
Not a goal
Pentecostals
Shraddha are death rites

10. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

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11. What types of Christian Inquisition are there? Which did not exist
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Mullahs
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism

12. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
Paul
Jews outside of Israel
Muhammad
Nebi'im

13. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Paul
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Holy trinity
The Torah

14. Who was the last prophet for seventy years?
Diwali
Amos
Episcapalian
Micah

15. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Karma
Hajj
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Shih Ching

16. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Hajj
Brahma
Brahmanas
Shinto

17. The Talmud is made up of the...
Karma
Mishna and the Gemara
Sufis
Hinduism

18. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Ham (non kosher)
The Mishna and the Gemara
Muhammad

19. What is Canon?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Sunni

20. Bhakti Marga is?
A way of devotion
Shinto
Hosea
Elisha

21. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
Brahman
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Brahma

22. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Muslims
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
Sunni
Shiva

23. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
A prophet
Kharijites
Confession of sins is not a pillar
The Torah

24. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Brahmanas
Hosea
Zhu-Xi
Mullahs

25. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
The Fisherman
Hajj
The Jade Emperor
Creation

26. The Talmud outlines the las what _____ live by.
Nebi'im
Jews
Abraham
Elijah

27. The magical potency of mantras (in later philosphy this term was referred to as the World Soul)
Gautama
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Brahman
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

28. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Baptists
Elijah
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
Gabriel

29. __________are the rituals that are said to wield control over the gods and nature.
Hinduism
Brahmanas
8 folds
Hijrah

30. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
The Amish
Hades
Dharma - artha - and kama.
A P

31. What group of christians try to defend their beliefs with facts?
A prophet
The Torah
Apologetics
Sufis

32. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
The Fisherman
Micah
Elisha
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs

33. What is diaspora?
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Jews outside of Israel
The release from the samsara
World Soul

34. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Zhu-Xi
It is the story of buddha's previous life
YI

35. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
Seance
The Mishna and the Gemara
Jews
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only

36. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
The Mishna and the Gemara
Brahmin
The Fisherman
Confession of sins is not a pillar

37. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
World Soul
Mujtahids
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

38. Who likened his struggle with the Lord to his unfaithful wife - but forgiveness prevailed?
Muhammad
Hosea
The Fisherman
Confucianism

39. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Episcapalian
Elisha
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables

40. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Enlightened One
Hijrah
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)

41. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
the soul
Elijah
YI
A P

42. Who was the most influential teacher of Neo-Confucianism?
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
Pantheism
Hinduism
Zhu-Xi

43. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Speaking in Tongues
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Not a goal
Hijrah

44. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Episcapalian
Creation
A P
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights

45. What is shomerim?
Did not persecute non-believers
Guards for a dead body
The Amish
Jesus was the Messiah

46. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Brahmin
Hadith
8 folds
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only

47. What is a bodhisattva?
Hosea
Jesus was the Messiah
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
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

48. What two books make up the Talmud?
Not a goal
Gabriel
The Mishna and the Gemara
Muslims

49. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
Abraham
Shinto
Pentecostals
The Mishnah

50. What gods make up The Trimuriti?
Jews outside of Israel
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Diwali
Brahma