CMIS 526 TEST BANK 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
⩥ Abraham. Answer: Prophet
Father of Judaism or Father of the Hebrews and the covenant.
Biblical Father
associated with circumcision ritual
Tried to sacrifice Isaac but God was like "Nah you're good"
sired Ishmael through Hagar
coined the ter, "Yahweh"
⩥ Abu Bakr. Answer: father in law of Muhammad
elected first Khalifa or Caliph after prophet Muhammad dies
the first four Caliphs
,known as the rightly guided, all left office by murder.
brought central Arabia under Muslim control
the one that had the Quʾrān written down because all the reciters were
dying and was worried that parts of the Quʾrān would be lost
⩥ Ahimsa. Answer: Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist term implying peaceful
interaction with other beings characterized by non injury
the precept of non-killing that promotes a respect for all living things
it has some parallels in the Upanishads.
The liberated personality would feel no desire to hurt, abuse, manipulate,
or otherwise disorder other finite beings and so would be a source of
peace in nature as well as society.
The preference for a vegetarian diet can be found among many Hindu
holy men by this time, but the Jains carried ahimsa to a greater extreme:
forbidding its laity to till the soil, lest a worm be severed by the spade.
,⩥ Al-Aqsa. Answer: The Jewish Temple Mount area in Jerusalem
includes this holy muslim site built over the place from which the
prophet was taken up to Heaven
A Huge Mosque
third holiest site in Islam
Muslims believe that Muhammad was transported from the Sacred
Mosque in Mecca to al-Aqsa during the Night Journey.
⩥ Alchemy. Answer: pseudoscientific chemistry and spiritual exercises
(medieval Christianity, Daoism)
Daoist and Ying and Yang theme
goal of magical Daoist practices was to prolong life, and so they
ventured into alchemy and yoga as well as voyages to the Lands of the
Blessed (the Immortals).
A Muslim alchemy arose in the ninth century with Jabir ibn-Hayyan, but
in Islam alchemy remained somewhat suspect because the authorities
linked it with non-Muslim religion. Some radical Sufis became deeply
involved in alchemy, but orthodox Sunni had the works of at least one
such group, the "Brethren of Purity," declared heretical and burned.
, ⩥ Allah. Answer: Name for God in Islam
⩥ Amaterasu. Answer: the fertility sun goddess of japan who presides
over the land and life
ancestor of the Emperor
is considered Shinto's most important kami
⩥ Amida Buddha. Answer: the merciful figure who presided in the
Western Paradise so eagerly pursued by the Pure Land sects.
bodhisattva of light, became the most influential form of devotional
Buddhism.
bodhisattva of light, became the most influential form of devotional
Buddhism.
⩥ Analects. Answer: sayings and dialogues of Confucius
(or Lun-yu)
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
⩥ Abraham. Answer: Prophet
Father of Judaism or Father of the Hebrews and the covenant.
Biblical Father
associated with circumcision ritual
Tried to sacrifice Isaac but God was like "Nah you're good"
sired Ishmael through Hagar
coined the ter, "Yahweh"
⩥ Abu Bakr. Answer: father in law of Muhammad
elected first Khalifa or Caliph after prophet Muhammad dies
the first four Caliphs
,known as the rightly guided, all left office by murder.
brought central Arabia under Muslim control
the one that had the Quʾrān written down because all the reciters were
dying and was worried that parts of the Quʾrān would be lost
⩥ Ahimsa. Answer: Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist term implying peaceful
interaction with other beings characterized by non injury
the precept of non-killing that promotes a respect for all living things
it has some parallels in the Upanishads.
The liberated personality would feel no desire to hurt, abuse, manipulate,
or otherwise disorder other finite beings and so would be a source of
peace in nature as well as society.
The preference for a vegetarian diet can be found among many Hindu
holy men by this time, but the Jains carried ahimsa to a greater extreme:
forbidding its laity to till the soil, lest a worm be severed by the spade.
,⩥ Al-Aqsa. Answer: The Jewish Temple Mount area in Jerusalem
includes this holy muslim site built over the place from which the
prophet was taken up to Heaven
A Huge Mosque
third holiest site in Islam
Muslims believe that Muhammad was transported from the Sacred
Mosque in Mecca to al-Aqsa during the Night Journey.
⩥ Alchemy. Answer: pseudoscientific chemistry and spiritual exercises
(medieval Christianity, Daoism)
Daoist and Ying and Yang theme
goal of magical Daoist practices was to prolong life, and so they
ventured into alchemy and yoga as well as voyages to the Lands of the
Blessed (the Immortals).
A Muslim alchemy arose in the ninth century with Jabir ibn-Hayyan, but
in Islam alchemy remained somewhat suspect because the authorities
linked it with non-Muslim religion. Some radical Sufis became deeply
involved in alchemy, but orthodox Sunni had the works of at least one
such group, the "Brethren of Purity," declared heretical and burned.
, ⩥ Allah. Answer: Name for God in Islam
⩥ Amaterasu. Answer: the fertility sun goddess of japan who presides
over the land and life
ancestor of the Emperor
is considered Shinto's most important kami
⩥ Amida Buddha. Answer: the merciful figure who presided in the
Western Paradise so eagerly pursued by the Pure Land sects.
bodhisattva of light, became the most influential form of devotional
Buddhism.
bodhisattva of light, became the most influential form of devotional
Buddhism.
⩥ Analects. Answer: sayings and dialogues of Confucius
(or Lun-yu)
