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Chapter 6 Vocab ( Unit Three ) Flashcards

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Founder of the Hebrew people. Left Sumer and led his people through the desert to Canaan.

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Abraham

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Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.

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Animism

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the chief bishop responsible for an archdiocese.

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Archbishop

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A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally.

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Autonomous religion

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the Christian scriptures, consisting of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments

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Bible

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Head the church in each major city (Christianity)

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Bishop

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A large fundamental division within a religion

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Branch

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Founder of Buddhism (Siddhartha Gautama)

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Buddha

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The class or distinct hereditary order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law.

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Caste

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a building used for public Christian worship.

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Church

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A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe

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Cosmogony

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A solemn agreement

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Covenant

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A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body

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Denomination

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a district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church

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Diocese

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shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem

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Dome of the Rock

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A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on/applies to those who follow the religion

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Ethnic Religion

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five basic acts in Islam, considered mandatory by believers and are the foundation of Muslim life

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Five Pillars

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the four central beliefs containing the essence of Buddhist teaching

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Four Noble Truths

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Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or sect)

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Fundamentalism

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an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of the Hindus

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Ganges River

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during the Middle Ages, a neighborhood in a city set up by a law to be inhabited only by Jews; now used to denote a section of a city in which members of any minority group live b/c social, legal, or economic pressure

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Ghettos

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the person who leads prayers in a mosque.

a title of various Muslim leaders, esp. of one succeeding Muhammad as leader of Shiite Islam

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Imam

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a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims, capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel

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Jerusalem

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Son of God (Christianity)/Prophet(Jud.)

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Jesus (of Nazereth)

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A religion in which central authority exercises a high degree of control

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Hierarchical religion

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Sacred house/ancient house. built of stone, covered by black silk and gold curtain. black stone

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Ka’aba

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An individual who helps to diffuse a universalizing religion

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Missionary

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The doctrine or belief of the existence of only one god

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Monotheism

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A follower of a polytheistic religion in ancient times

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Pagan

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A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes

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Pilgramage

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(Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus

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Moses

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The belief or worship of more than one god

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Polytheism

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A relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination

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Sect

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Time when the Sun is farthest from the equator.

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Solstice

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A religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location.

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Universalizing religion

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Important religious site located in the old city of Jerusalem. Destroyed by the Babylonians. Only part left.

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Western Wall

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(in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person’s actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.

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Karma

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(of food, or premises in which food is sold, cooked, or eaten) satisfying the requirements of Jewish law

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Kosher

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joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam

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Mecca

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the old Arab or non-European quarter of a North African town

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Medina

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a Muslim place of worship

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Mosque

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Founder of Islam

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Muhummad

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A follower/worshiper of Islam

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Muslim

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the second part of the Christian Bible

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New Testament

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Perfect Peace. The cycle of reincarnation is complete

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Nirvana

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the first part of the Christian Bible

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Old Testament

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(in the Christian Church) a small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor

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Parish

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Patriarch of Rome

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Pope

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Conduct local services and ceremonies

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Preists

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Holy Book of Islam

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Koran/ Qur’an

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a Jewish scholar or teacher, esp. one who studies or teaches Jewish law.

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Rabbi

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the ninth month of the Muslim year, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset

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Ramadan

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the rebirth of a soul in a new body.

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Reincarnation

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Legal system within the framework of the religion

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Sharia Law

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Believed only Ali’s descendants, called imams, should decide religious and world by matters.

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Shi’ah

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The Buddha

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Siddartha Gautama

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Believed agreement with Muslim people should settle religious matter

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Sunni

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the building where a Jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious worship and instruction

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Synagouge

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a building devoted to the worship, or regarded as the dwelling place, of a god or gods or other objects of religious reverence

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Temple

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the biblical commandments of Moses given by God

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Ten Commandments

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(in Judaism) the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures (the Pentateuch).

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Torah

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the major book/writing of the Hindu religion

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Vedas

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