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World Religions -2nd Final exam prep
World Religions -2nd Final exam prep
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for the World Religions course at Jesuit High School
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1
When did the time of the Aboriginal “Dreaming” happen?
It has not yet happened
Long ago and still experienced & accessible now
A long time ago, now ended
When dinosaurs were on earth
2
Muhammad was born in the year:
610 BCE
1000 BCE
852 CE
570 CE
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In Hinduism, "Brahman" is the
Reincarnated soul of a person
Second of the four castes
Destroyer God
Eternal essence of all reality
4
More Eastern or Western?
Humans need liberation from the suffering of life?
Eastern Thought
Western Thought
5
An Australian Aboriginal “totem” is a…
symbol of a personal connection with an Ancestor
charm worn around one's neck
tall pole with images
close friend
6
The ninth, and most holy month during which Muslims fast from dawn until sunset is named:
Hajj
Ramadan
Hijra
Jihad
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Jewish Holy Day that emphasizes repentance or atonement.
Yom Kippur
Hannukah
Rosh Hashanah
Pesach / Passover
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name for the cosmic illusion of separateness of all things.
Moksha
Maya
Dalit
Samsara
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More Eastern or Western?
Belief in ONE , personal God who created all reality.
Western Thought
Eastern Thought
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Hebrew phrase means “Preparing or Repairing this world” through justice and righteousness, e.g. "social justice"
El Shaddai
Tikkun Olam
Synagogue
Tefillin
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The Noble Eightfold Path sets forth:
extreme religious practices
stages to be mastered and then left behind
a life of moderation and ongoing practices
ideals that are difficult for all but the most pious followers.
12
What were the effects of European colonization efforts on Native Americans:
loss of culture
All of the above
destruction of villages and loss of resources
loss of language
13
More Eastern or Western?
Multiple lifetimes or reincarnation
Eastern Thought
Western Thought
14
In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna compares reincarnation to
Enjoying an endless banquet
Climbing a tower that goes on forever
Putting on a mask
Getting undressed at night then putting on different clothes in the morning
15
The High God of the Yoruba, Olurun, is understood as what?
impersonal: not separate being
Fully immanent, involved with humans
completely Transcendent, existing beyond the world and human experience
a trickster god figure
16
The Aztecs believed it was human’s responsibility to
commune spiritually with gods
protect human life
nourish the sun with human blood
share knowledge with neighbor tribes
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T or F: The Arabic word Allah literally means “the God.”
True
False
18
A bodhisattva is a saintly model who:
dies in youth
practices compassion by helping others reach enlightenment
lives to be very old
meditates constantly
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Gautama’s "Middle Path" was revolutionary for that time in religion practices because:
it rejected asceticism as unnecessarily harmful
it embraced luxury and indulgence
all of the above
it emphasized extreme practices over moderation
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WHAT is an “orisha” in the Yoruba religion
a prayer ritual
a priest/priestess
The high God
intermediary spirit/lesser deity
