Abac World Religions Chapters 7&8 Quiz

Front 1

In the worldview of Judaism, God is

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creator of a good world.

Front 2

Synagogue worship

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for a time co-existed with Temple worship.

Front 3

The Holocaust occurred in

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the early 1940s.

Front 4

One becomes a Bar Mitzvah at age

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13

Front 5

Judaism celebrates God's deliverance from the Egyptians in this spring holiday.

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Passover

Front 6

Because Utnapishtim was only a man, the Gods warned him to build a boat for humans and animals.

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True

Front 7

Vishtaspa was the warrior clan of which Zoroaster was a member.

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False

Front 8

Jews rejected Egypt as a place of refuge, seeking only Mesotamia instead.

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True

Front 9

A ziggurat symbolized a meeting place for gods and humans.

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True

Front 10

The plant of immortality was eaten by a serpent

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True

Front 11

Hammurabi offered peoples justice based on a code received from Shamash.

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True

Front 12

In Mesopotamia, the sacred marriage insured excellent agricultural results.

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True

Front 13

Gilgamesh liked the wilderness creature Enkidu.

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True

Front 14

In the New Year's festival, Bel-Marduk swore to the king of Babylon that he had struck suppliants on the cheek and humiliated them.

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False

Front 15

Kashruth are food laws of Jews.

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True

Front 16

Koshering of meat is preparing it to remove all blood.

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True

Front 17

Reform Judaism is the largest group of Jews in the United States.

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False

Front 18

The ark of the covenant was an iron safe.

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False

Front 19

Tanakh is the sacred book of the Jews.

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True

Front 20

Torah comprises the first five books of the Bible.

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True

Front 21

When their temple was destroyed, Jews focused more on Torah.

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True

Front 22

The Orthodox Jews are the dominant group in Israel.

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True

Front 23

All Jews believe that Jesus was their Messiah.

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False

Front 24

Judaism teahces strict monotheism

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True

Front 25

In Judaism, only men are created in the image of God.

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False

Front 26

In Judaism, the problem of humans in sin.

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True

Front 27

A child born to Jewish parent is a Jew.

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True

Front 28

Angra Mainyu

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The Evil Spirit

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Gospel fo Matthew

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Magi

Front 30

Ahura Mazda

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Fire

Front 31

Instrument of Judgment

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Chinvat Bridge

Front 32

In Ethics, Jews are the imitate

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God

Front 33

Milk cannot Be eaten with ______.

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Meat

Front 34

Jewish Day of Atonement

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Yom Kippur

Front 35

In Judaism, food laws

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Kashruth

Front 36

Can never be eaten

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Blood

Front 37

The king of Uruk who sought immortality for Enkidu was ______.

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Gilgamesh

Front 38

Abraham from Ur fo the Chaldeans was ancestor fo the religions of

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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Front 39

The Mesopotamian agricultural goddess who descended into the underworld of Hades was

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Inanna

Front 40

The hero of the Enuma Elish myth of Babylon is

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Marduk

Front 41

In Zorastrianism, spiritual truth as a virtue is

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Asha

Front 42

Zarathustra's first vision or revelation was of

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Vohu Manah

Front 43

Mesopotamia means

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The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Front 44

The Mesopotamian city-state the most affected the Hebrews (Jews) was

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Babylon

Front 45

In Zoroastrianism, bodies of the dead were disposed of

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by placing in a dakhma or in a lead coffin.

Front 46

Persians declined after they defeated by the

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the Greeks

Front 47

"Hear O Isreal! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone," is known as

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the Shema

Front 48

In Judaism, a revered teacher, now ordained interpreter and leader of Judaism is a

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Rabbi

Front 49

In the Bible the first five books comprise the

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Torah