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DSST World Religions2

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1. Which of the following is not written about Confucianism? Tao-te-Ching - Analects - Lun yu - Great Learning - Da Xue - Doctrine of Mean )Zhong Young) - Book of Mencius
A Shaman
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Brahma
Jews outside of Israel

2. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Creation
Hades
Enlightened One

3. Who of the following was NOT one of the Twelve Apostles? John - Andrew - Bartholomew - Gabriel - Simon
Gabriel
The Amish
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Creation

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations
Gabriel
Seance
The Mishnah
Aphrodite

5. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Infant is NOT - Diseased man - Ascetic - Dead Man and Old man are passing sights
Pentecostals
Jews
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism

6. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
The Fisherman
Enlightened One
Aphrodite

7. What is known is righteousness in Confucianism?
Not a goal
Speaking in Tongues
YI
Gabriel

8. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
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
Gabriel
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs

9. The Samurai is a __________ warrior.
Hadith
Shinto
Muslims
Episcapalian

10. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
Aphrodite
Speaking in Tongues
The Amish
The Mishna and the Gemara

11. How many folds are in the Buddhist path to enlightenment?
World Soul
8 folds
Karma
Hinduism

12. In Greek Mythology what is a Siren?
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Confession of sins is not a pillar
World Soul
Knowledge

13. What does Hinduism justify it's caste system by?
Jesus was the Messiah
A Shaman
Confucianism
Karma

14. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Muhammad
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Yom Kippur
Sufis

15. Where do most people go after they die according to Greek Mythology?
The release from the samsara
Hades
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism

16. Which of the following is NOT a Catholic practice? Confession - Stations of the cross - Last Rites - Speaking in Tongues - Vernation of Saints
The Mishnah
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Hellenists
Speaking in Tongues

17. ___________is the Creator God - member of the Trimurti
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Brahma
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Baptists

18. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Sannygasu
Brahmanas
Holy trinity
A Shaman

19. True or False- Zealots were passive
Guards for a dead body
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
Italian Inquisition did not exist - there was the Roman - Medieval - Portugese - and Spanish
Jews

20. What book outlined cases with rulings by rabbis?
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
The Mishnah
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
It is the story of buddha's previous life

21. Who prophesized that social sins would be punished?
Maktabs
Amos
Episcapalian
Sunni

22. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
World Soul
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
Apologetics
Mullahs

23. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
Pentecostals
Did not persecute non-believers
Mullahs

24. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Hinduism
Mujtahids
Allah
Micah

25. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
The Fisherman
Paul
Mujtahids
The Torah

26. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Not a goal
Hosea
The Amish
Amos

27. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Episcapalian
Amos
the soul

28. What two books make up the Talmud?
Tao-te-Ching is abook written on Taoism not Confucianism
Abraham
Mullahs
The Mishna and the Gemara

29. The _____ is the writing of the prophets

30. Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D.
Hijrah
The release from the samsara
Elisha
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu

31. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
The Tanakh
A Shaman
Speaking in Tongues
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs

32. What is moksha?
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Shih Ching
A Ziggurat
The release from the samsara

33. Who believes in the Holy Trinity?
Pantheism
Baptists
Hijrah
Mujtahids

34. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Nebi'im
Dharma - artha - and kama.
A way of devotion
Not a goal

35. Pure land is a denomination in what religion?
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Yom Kippur
Muslims
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism

36. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of Islam? Daily Prayer - Confession of Sins - Pilgrimmage to Mecca - Charitable Duties - Declaration of Faith
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Maktabs
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

37. What does Buddha Mean?
Mercilessness
Muslims
Enlightened One
Amos

38. What is the holy wanderer called?
The Amish
Mullahs
Sannygasu
It is the story of buddha's previous life

39. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
8 folds
Allah
Brahman
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only

40. 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
Hadith
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Did not persecute non-believers
Brahmanas

41. What are the ideal stages in the Buddhist life and which is not?
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
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
World Soul
Hellenists

42. What is the name of the Jewish Holiday which means "Day of Atonement?"
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Mullahs
Yom Kippur
YI

43. What is diaspora?
Muslims
Jews outside of Israel
The Mishnah
Zhu-Xi

44. In Judaism what is the Covenant?
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Not a goal
Shih Ching
Kharijites

45. What is another word for polytheism - i.e. believing in many gods
Jews
Hellenists
Diwali
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence

46. The Trimurti represents what?
Sufis
Sannygasu
Jesus was the Messiah
Creation - Preservation and Destruction

47. What is an atman?
Artha
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
the soul
Elisha

48. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
Jesus was the Messiah
A Ziggurat
Seance
Hinduism

49. Which is not one of the Buddhism six realms of existence? Animals - Anti Gods - Humans - Hungry Ghosts - Sealife
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Brahmanas
Nebi'im
Hellenists

50. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
8 folds
Paul
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Elisha

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