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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

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the only form of buddhism that originated in japan and is named after the founder

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what is zen

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a form of Japanese Buddhism that features intense meditative practices.

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what is pure land ?

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the form of buddhism that features a western paradise

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who is aum shinrikyo

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an apocalyptic japanese group responsible for gassing the tokyo subways in 1995

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what is shrine shinto

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type of shinto that features worshipping at a shinto sacred place

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what is state shinto?

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form of shinto that emerged during the meji period (b.1868)

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sectarian (sect) shinto

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shinto that features groups like tenrikyo and rissho kosai kai

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What is Tokogawa Shogunate

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made Tokyo the capital city and adopted Confucianism

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What is kami no michi?

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the way of the kami in Japanese

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what are the three treasures given to Ninigi?

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Sword, jewel, and mirror

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what is sumo

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japenese wrestling mention in shinto writings

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enuma elish

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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

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king of urul seeks a plant that offers immorality

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osiris

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God of the underworld

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isis

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Goddes of magic, fertility

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hammurabi

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a king issued a legal code know as the Hammurabi code around 1725 B.C.E

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zeus (jupiter)

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a greek God ruler of the universe

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hera (juno)

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the goddess of women, marriage and childbirth.

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what are the Minoans?

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they colonized other greek islands, founded by legandary king minos of knossos

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what are the babylonians

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known for tower of babel

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what are persians?

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they defeated the babylonians and allowed jew to return to israel, their primary religion was zoroastrianism

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ahura mazda

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the wise lord, a god of zorastrian, he communicates to the world through six different archangles

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angra mainyu

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ahura mazda’s opponent, who is all evil, he resides hell and brings about sickness and death

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avesta

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a book of common prayer used by zoroastrians

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dakhma

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tower of silence where vultures devour the corpse

50
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what is the fire temple?

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It is a sacred place of ritual

51
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mithra

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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

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Zoroastrians that moved to india

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zarusthra

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who are the pharisees?

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the teachers or rabbis

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who are the sadducees

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the jewish preists who conducted all temple sacrifices

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who are the essenes

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the wrote the dead sea scrolls and lived by the dead sea.

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who are the zealots

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the jewish group that wanted to overthrow the roman ruole in israel

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what is orthodox Judaism

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the jewish group that strictly follows the jewish legal codes

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what is reform Judaism

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german modernist movement influenced by moses mendelssohn

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what is reconstructionist judaism

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the jewish group founded by mordecai kaplan that promotes jewish culture

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what is conservative judaism?

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they attempted to provide a bridge between orthodox and reform Judaism

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what is zionism

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the jewish nationalist movement

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what is Pesach (passover)

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focuses on God’s liberation of the jews from egypt

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what is purim

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based on the book of esther and the sparing of the jews in persia

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what is the rosh hashanah?

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the jewish new year

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what is the yom kippur

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the jewish day of atonement

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what is hanukkah?(chanukkah)

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jewish festival of lights

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what is shavuot

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the jewish harvest festival

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what is the diaspora?

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the scattering of the jewish people after the fall of jerusalem in 70 CE

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what is the exodus?

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the escape from egypt

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what is halakah?

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the legal portions of the talmud

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what is hasidism?

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the “pious ones” who emerged in 17th century Europe as a popular mystical and devotional movement.

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what is midrash?

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jewish interpretation of scripture

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what is mitzot

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the hebrew term meaning commandment

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what is the shabbat?

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jewish holiday that begins on friday at sunset until saturday one hour after sunset

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what is the shema?

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“Hear o Israel the Lord our God is one”

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what is the talmud

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the oral torah used by rabbis to interpret by the hebrew bible

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what is the tanakh?

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the hebrew bible that includes the law, prophet and writings

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what is the torah

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the first 5 books of the hebrew bible

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bar mitzvah

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the coming of age ritual for a jewish boy

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bat mitzvah

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the coming of age ritual for a jewish girl

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what is the holocaust

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the death of six million jews during world war ll

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what is kabbalah or kabbalism?

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the jewish mystical movement based on the zohar

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what is the pentateuch?

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another name for the torah or first five books of the hebrew bible

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what is the zohar

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the sacred text used by jewosh mystics

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who is moses Maimonides?

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he identified the 613 commandments found in the Hebrew bible

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who is baruch spinoza

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many credit this jew for starting the enlightenment

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who is Elie Wiesel?

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holocaust survivor and noble peace prize winner who wrote books like “night”

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