RLGN 340 Quiz 2 Islam
RLGN 340 Quiz 2: Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism
- In Muslim teaching, who is Iblis?
- When did Christian crusader armies hold Muslim land in the Middle East?
- What do Muslims mean by lesser jihad?
- What does the term caliph mean?
- The Muslim calendar uses the abbreviation AH (anno hegirae). To what does this refer?
- What is the most recognizable symbol of Islam in the modern world?
- What does the common Muslim expression “Allahu Akbar” mean?
- When were hadith collected and organized into authoritative editions?
- From the Islamic perspective, why are the Old and New Testaments not to be trusted?
- What is not a feature of the first four successors of Muhammad?
- Who or what destroyed the largest Buddha statues in the world in 2001?
- What is a hadith?
- The main accomplishment of the first four successors of Muhammad was:
- What was Yathrib?
- What does the word Shia mean?
- What is the Muslim confession of faith called?
- What is a muezzin?
- What does Eid al-Adha mean?
- What does the term Quran mean?
- What empire overthrew the Abbasids?
- What does the word Brahman mean?
- What are Shaktas?
- With what god is Badrinath particularly associated?
- Who led the India independence movement from Britain?
- What kinds of Hindu texts does the word smriti identify?
- What do the Laws of Manu specify?
- What period of life does the forest-dweller stage express?
- To which god is the cow linked in Hinduism?
- What is the translation of the title Bhagavad Gita?
- With what empire is the Classical period of Hinduism associated?
- Which god has prominent elephant-like features?
- What kind of movement is reflected in the Puranas?
- The linga symbol is associated with which god or goddess?
- Who is the Hindu god of fire?
- The word varna identifies:
- What is a swami?
- What was the first cultural period of India?
- Castes are grouped into how many varnas?
- Harappan civilization refers to which group?
- Which goddess wears a garland of skulls?
- What is contained in the Buddhacarita?
- Into what kind of intellectual world was the Buddha born?
- What is the Buddhist community called?
- What does the term Dharma Chakra mean?
- What do laypeople place in the bowls of Buddhist monks?
- What best describes Buddhist rites of passages?
- What does the term bodhisattva mean?
- What is done in the Buddhist Kathina ceremony?
- What was the earliest primary content of a stupa?
- What was the personal name of the Buddha?