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What is the Code of Bushido?

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the code of the samurai in the Japanese tradition

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what is kami?

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the japenese term for god or deity

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What is Kami-Dana?

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a “god shelf” found in the homes of those who practice shinto

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what is the torii?

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the Shinto gate marking the entrance to sacred ground.

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What is the Haiden?

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the outer area of the Shinto shrine where people purify themselves with water..

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what is heiden?

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the middle area (hall of offerings)

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what is honden?

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the inner area (main shrine) where only priests can enter

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who are sammurai?

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japenese knights who defends his master with his life

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who are the shogun?

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the landowner and warlords who ruled over one thousand years in Japan.

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what is kamikaze?

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the Japanese term meaning “divine wind”

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what is the nembutsu?

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offering praise to the buddha Amida

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who is Izanagi

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the male deity of the divine couple who journied to the underworld to find his wife

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who is izanami?

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the female deity of the divine couple who died giving birth to the fire god

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who is amaterasu?

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the sun goddess in japanese mythology

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who is ninigi?

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grandson of Amaterasu, ancestor of the first Japanese emperor and keeper of the three treasures

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who is susanoo

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the storm god (emerged from izanagi’s nose)

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Who is buddha amida?

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the buddha of the pure land

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what is kojiki

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the shinto writing that featured japanese mythology

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what is the nihongi or nihon shoki?

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the shinto writing that trace the line of emperors back to jimmu

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lotus sutra

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the primary text used by japanese buddhists

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tenrikyo (tenri-kyo)

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the heavenly reason sect that features God the parent

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what us soka-gakkai?

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largest new religion in japan, based on Nichiren Buddhism

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what is tendai?

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the “heavenly terrace school” that came to japan from china

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what is shingon

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the “true word school” that presents an esoteric form of buddhism

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what is nichiren
the only form of buddhism that originated in japan and is named after the founder
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what is zen
a form of Japanese Buddhism that features intense meditative practices.
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what is pure land ?
the form of buddhism that features a western paradise
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who is aum shinrikyo
an apocalyptic japanese group responsible for gassing the tokyo subways in 1995
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what is shrine shinto
type of shinto that features worshipping at a shinto sacred place
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what is state shinto?
form of shinto that emerged during the meji period (b.1868)
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sectarian (sect) shinto
shinto that features groups like tenrikyo and rissho kosai kai
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What is Tokogawa Shogunate
made Tokyo the capital city and adopted Confucianism
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What is kami no michi?
the way of the kami in Japanese
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what are the three treasures given to Ninigi?
Sword, jewel, and mirror
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what is sumo
japenese wrestling mention in shinto writings
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enuma elish
the encounter of The god of oceans and the god of fresh water leads to the creation of earth
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gilgamesh epic
king of urul seeks a plant that offers immorality
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osiris
God of the underworld
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isis
Goddes of magic, fertility
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hammurabi
a king issued a legal code know as the Hammurabi code around 1725 B.C.E
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zeus (jupiter)
a greek God ruler of the universe
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hera (juno)
the goddess of women, marriage and childbirth.
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what are the Minoans?
they colonized other greek islands, founded by legandary king minos of knossos
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what are the babylonians
known for tower of babel
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what are persians?
they defeated the babylonians and allowed jew to return to israel, their primary religion was zoroastrianism
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ahura mazda
the wise lord, a god of zorastrian, he communicates to the world through six different archangles
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angra mainyu
ahura mazda's opponent, who is all evil, he resides hell and brings about sickness and death
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avesta
a book of common prayer used by zoroastrians
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dakhma
tower of silence where vultures devour the corpse
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what is the fire temple?
It is a sacred place of ritual
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mithra
was a popular god who was the giver of cattle and sons, was god of frienship the later was associated with the bull
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nowruz
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spenta mainyu
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parsis
Zoroastrians that moved to india
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zarusthra
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who are the pharisees?
the teachers or rabbis
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who are the sadducees
the jewish preists who conducted all temple sacrifices
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who are the essenes
the wrote the dead sea scrolls and lived by the dead sea.
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who are the zealots
the jewish group that wanted to overthrow the roman ruole in israel
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what is orthodox Judaism
the jewish group that strictly follows the jewish legal codes
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what is reform Judaism
german modernist movement influenced by moses mendelssohn
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what is reconstructionist judaism
the jewish group founded by mordecai kaplan that promotes jewish culture
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what is conservative judaism?
they attempted to provide a bridge between orthodox and reform Judaism
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what is zionism
the jewish nationalist movement
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what is Pesach (passover)
focuses on God's liberation of the jews from egypt
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what is purim
based on the book of esther and the sparing of the jews in persia
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what is the rosh hashanah?
the jewish new year
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what is the yom kippur
the jewish day of atonement
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what is hanukkah?(chanukkah)
jewish festival of lights
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what is shavuot
the jewish harvest festival
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what is the diaspora?
the scattering of the jewish people after the fall of jerusalem in 70 CE
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what is the exodus?
the escape from egypt
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what is halakah?
the legal portions of the talmud
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what is hasidism?
the "pious ones" who emerged in 17th century Europe as a popular mystical and devotional movement.
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what is midrash?
jewish interpretation of scripture
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what is mitzot
the hebrew term meaning commandment
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what is the shabbat?
jewish holiday that begins on friday at sunset until saturday one hour after sunset
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what is the shema?
"Hear o Israel the Lord our God is one"
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what is the talmud
the oral torah used by rabbis to interpret by the hebrew bible
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what is the tanakh?
the hebrew bible that includes the law, prophet and writings
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what is the torah
the first 5 books of the hebrew bible
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bar mitzvah
the coming of age ritual for a jewish boy
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bat mitzvah
the coming of age ritual for a jewish girl
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what is the holocaust
the death of six million jews during world war ll
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what is kabbalah or kabbalism?
the jewish mystical movement based on the zohar
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what is the pentateuch?
another name for the torah or first five books of the hebrew bible
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what is the zohar
the sacred text used by jewosh mystics
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who is moses Maimonides?
he identified the 613 commandments found in the Hebrew bible
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who is baruch spinoza
many credit this jew for starting the enlightenment
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who is Elie Wiesel?
holocaust survivor and noble peace prize winner who wrote books like "night"

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