RLGN 340 Quiz 2 Islam

RLGN 340 Quiz 2: Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism

1. In Muslim teaching, who is Iblis?
2. When did Christian crusader armies hold Muslim land in the Middle East?
3. What do Muslims mean by lesser jihad?
4. What does the term caliph mean?
5. The Muslim calendar uses the abbreviation AH (anno hegirae). To what does this refer?
6. What is the most recognizable symbol of Islam in the modern world?
7. What does the common Muslim expression “Allahu Akbar” mean?
8. When were hadith collected and organized into authoritative editions?
9. From the Islamic perspective, why are the Old and New Testaments not to be trusted?
10. What is not a feature of the first four successors of Muhammad?
11. Who or what destroyed the largest Buddha statues in the world in 2001?
12. What is a hadith?
13. The main accomplishment of the first four successors of Muhammad was:
14. What was Yathrib?
15. What does the word Shia mean?
16. What is the Muslim confession of faith called?
17. What is a muezzin?
18. What does Eid al-Adha mean?
19. What does the term Quran mean?
20. What empire overthrew the Abbasids?
21. What does the word Brahman mean?
22. What are Shaktas?
23. With what god is Badrinath particularly associated?
24. Who led the India independence movement from Britain?
25. What kinds of Hindu texts does the word smriti identify?
26. What do the Laws of Manu specify?
27. What period of life does the forest-dweller stage express?
28. To which god is the cow linked in Hinduism?
29. What is the translation of the title Bhagavad Gita?
30. With what empire is the Classical period of Hinduism associated?
31. Which god has prominent elephant-like features?
32. What kind of movement is reflected in the Puranas?
33. The linga symbol is associated with which god or goddess?
34. Who is the Hindu god of fire?
35. The word varna identifies:
36. What is a swami?
37. What was the first cultural period of India?
38. Castes are grouped into how many varnas?
39. Harappan civilization refers to which group?
40. Which goddess wears a garland of skulls?
41. What is contained in the Buddhacarita?
42. Into what kind of intellectual world was the Buddha born?
43. What is the Buddhist community called?
44. What does the term Dharma Chakra mean?
45. What do laypeople place in the bowls of Buddhist monks?
46. What best describes Buddhist rites of passages?
47. What does the term bodhisattva mean?
48. What is done in the Buddhist Kathina ceremony?
49. What was the earliest primary content of a stupa?
50. What was the personal name of the Buddha?