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DSST World Religions2

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1. Who do the Hebrews believe they are descendents of ?
Allah
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Brahmanas
Abraham

2. Who likened his struggle with the Lord to his unfaithful wife - but forgiveness prevailed?
Paul
Mishna and the Gemara
Hosea
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed

3. Who encouraged a violent revolution?
Brahma
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Elisha
Hinduism

4. What is the center believe of the Christian denomination?
A Ziggurat
Holy trinity
Sufis
Jesus was the Messiah

5. Indian Caste System (Hindu)
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
Brahmin - (Priests) - Kshatryia (Warriors) - Viasya (Merchants - Landowners) Shudra (commoners - peasants - servants) Lowest was Outcastes / Untouchables
Mujtahids
The Jade Emperor

6. What is Canon?
The canon is an official list of holy scriptures
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
A prophet
Dharma - artha - and kama.

7. The Supreme Being. The name of God.
Allah
Creation
Elisha
Pluto was the leader of Hades

8. Which religion stresses the creation of gentlemen and propriety?
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
The Amish
Not a goal
Confucianism

9. __________low level Shi'ite religous leaders.
Half bird - half woman that sing irresistible songs
Mullahs
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Jews outside of Israel

10. The sacred sayings of Muhammad - handed down by oral tradition and finally written down.
Hadith
Apologetics
It is the story of buddha's previous life
Sannygasu

11. Which of the following denominations is characterized by a middle way between Catholocism and Protestantism?
Hades
Episcapalian
Gabriel
Brahmanas

12. What is Takkanah?
Seance
It is a law that is not from the Torah
Brahmanas
The Mishnah

13. What is shradah?
Shraddha are death rites
The Torah
Brahmin
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism

14. The highest level religious leaders for the Shi'ites are called __________
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others
Episcapalian
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Mujtahids

15. Brahman-Atman is a term that indicates the essential identity with the individual and the ________
Indra
World Soul
Hosea
Sunni

16. Popes wear a cermonial ring called the Ring of __________
Shiva
The Fisherman
A way of devotion
Hinduism

17. What two books make up the Talmud?
Micah
The Mishna and the Gemara
Not a goal
Jesus was the Messiah

18. Who was considered an intermediary between the natural and spiritual worlds?
Diwali
A Shaman
The Mishna and the Gemara
Hellenists

19. Which is the largest Islamic sect?
Creation - Preservation and Destruction
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
Sunni
Muhammad

20. Who is the Islamic Prohphet
Muhammad
Speaking in Tongues
the soul
The release from the samsara

21. 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
Sannygasu
Pentecostals
Did not persecute non-believers
Hellenists

22. Which of the following is NOT one of the Native American's religious rituals? Sweat Lodge Ceremony - Vision Quest - Smudging - Seance - Making of Relations
Seance
Zhu-Xi
Not a goal
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only

23. Political Aspirations are ______ in the Hindu belief system.
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Not a goal
Feng Shui - Diet - Sexual Restraints - Breath Control and Searching for the Isle of the Blessed
The Triptaka (Vinaya - Sutta - Abhidhamma)

24. Which Hindu God is known as the Destroyer?
Shiva
The Tanakh
Hajj
Guards for a dead body

25. Which of the following is NOT one of the four divine beings of the Greek universe? Love - Chaos - Knowledge - Earth or the Abyss
World Soul
Sealife is not one of the 6 realms of existence
Knowledge
Maktabs

26. Who is the Hindu god of war and storms?
Brahma
Gabriel
Indra
The Tanakh

27. Buddhism is an offshoot of what religion?
Hinduism
Hellenists
Elisha
It is someone who has attained enlightenment - but chooses to stay for a while to help others

28. What is the highest class in the varna - the ___________is a member of the priestly class of society
Brahmin
A Shaman
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism

29. Not considered one of the seven deadly sins (irony!)
Mercilessness
Hijrah
Maktabs
World Soul

30. Pilgrimage to Mecca. One of the five pillars of the Islamic faith.
Hajj
Holy trinity
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Hinduism

31. Dreamtime is the Aborigine word for what?
Seance
The Jade Emperor
Creation
Jews outside of Israel

32. Both protestants and catholics believe in the...
Mishna and the Gemara
Shinto
Holy trinity
8 folds

33. What is a pyramid structre erected by the Mesopotamians called?
Amos
A Ziggurat
Did not persecute non-believers
The Mishnah

34. Who was the goddess of love?
Aphrodite
The Mishna and the Gemara
Pleasure(Kama) - Status and riches (Artha) Moral law (Dharma) and Pursuit of Nirvana (Moksha)
Mullahs

35. What is the holy wanderer called?
Muhammad
Indra
Sannygasu
Confucianism

36. Who of the following did NOT pen one of the New Testaments Gospels? John - Luke - Mark - Matthew - Paul
Ham (non kosher)
Kharijites
Paul
Did not persecute non-believers

37. Which of the following is an example of trayf?
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
Ham (non kosher)
Did not persecute non-believers
Confession of sins is not a pillar

38. Which is NOT a Four Noble Truth? Life is suffering - It is important to experience suffering - Suffering comes from attachment - It is possible to end suffering - There is a path (eight-fold) end to suffering
The importance of feeling suffering is not one of them
Knowledge
Confession of sins is not a pillar
Creation

39. What is Jataka?

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40. Which Christian denomination is known for speaking in tongues?
Dharma - artha - and kama.
YI
A way of devotion
Pentecostals

41. Another word for Islamic Mystics
Jesus was the Messiah
A Ziggurat
YI
Sufis

42. What is shomerim?
Guards for a dead body
Enlightened One
The covenant refers to an agreement between God and Jews (anciently Hebrews) only
Hellenists

43. Which Christian denomination is known for its separation from society and rejection of modern technology?
The Amish
Maktabs
Indra
A Shaman

44. The Talmud is made up of the...
The Jade Emperor
Seance
Enlightened One
Mishna and the Gemara

45. What food label means that a food is fit for Passover
Did not persecute non-believers
Speaking in Tongues
A P
Shraddha are death rites

46. The three paths to salvation (yogas) are...
Dharma - artha - and kama.
Shraddha are death rites
Sannygasu
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

47. Which approach to religion studies the relationship between the individual and the religious community?
The Sociology of Religion
Shinto
Pluto was the leader of Hades
Hinduism

48. What is the literature that describes the covenant?
The Mishna and the Gemara
Brahmanas
Pure land is a denomination of Buddhism
The Torah

49. ____________believed the caliph should be elected upon merit.
Kharijites
Paul
Shiva - Brahma and Vishnu
The Amish

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