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Exam Review Flashcards

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What is a monotheistic religions?

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Means belief in one God

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What is the jewish name for God?

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YWAH meaning “I am who I am”

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What are Kosher laws?

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Kosher laws are the dietary restrictions for jews.

  • can be found in the torah
  • most humane way to slaughter animals
  • shows a sense of thoughtfulness and gratitude to god, and food
  • no non-cloven hoved animals or animals that chew their own cud
  • no shellfish or fish with tough scales
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What is the Shema?

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Most important prayer in jewish faith, once in the morning once in the evening

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What does Shoah refer too?

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Shoah comes from the hebrew word for “calamity” and is often referred to as the holocaust. The nazi germanys deliberate attempt to exterminate the Jewish race

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Zionism.

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a movement that began in the 19th century to create a jewish state, (Israel). Now the term is referred to strong support for the state of Israel.

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Who is Abraham?

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The father of judaism

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What is the importance of marriage in the Jewish faith and what rituals are present?

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Family is the most important aspect of the jewish faith.
A chuppah symbolizes the home that they will share
marriage contract is signed (ketubah)
rings are exchanged
glass is broken symbolizing both future good and bad times. and is a reminder of the destruction of the jewish temple in Jerusalem.

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What is Brit milah?

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8 days after the birth of a son circumcision is performed. This initiates them into the people of the covenant.
bris is also when the baby is given a Hebrew name.

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What is a Brit Bat?

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Female naming ceremony similar to the Brit Milah

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What is the Shabbat?

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Also referred to as the sabbath, it is the most sacred day; the day the lord rested. starts sunset Friday ends sunset Saturday

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what is Rosh Hashannah?

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The jewish new year. a day of prayer to ask the almighty to grant a year of peace, prosperity and blessing

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What does Hannukah celebrate?

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The miracle of the temple’s rededication.

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What is the passover and what are some important rituals?

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commemorates the passing-over the hebrew homes during the tenth plague and freeing the hebrew people.
most important part is the passover Seder, a ritual meal in which the participants recall how their ancestors were freed by God from slavery in Egypt. Reminds jews to always work for freedom for all people.

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What is the Land of Canaan?

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The promise land

God established a monarchy, King Saul is the first hebrew king

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Who is king david?

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warrior king, who defeated all enemies. (2nd king)

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Who is King Solomon?

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King davids son.
Built temple in Jerusalem, and became place of worship. destroyed in 586 BCE. western wall remains and continues to be a place of worship.

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What is a christians view of God?

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the holy trinity.

the father, the son, and the holy spirit

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What are christian statistics?

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Largest religion.

2.2 billion followers worldwide

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What is ecumenical Dialogue?

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Was created to bring unity to christianity. to focus on what binds us together and addressing our main differences. this dialogue was intended to clarify what it means to be the Church of Jesus Christ.

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Who is Martin Luther?

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Martin luther posted the 95 theses, rejecting the Catholic church. Protestantism was shaped by Luther’s ideas.

22
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Who is Henry VII?

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Made the reform happen. he wanted his marriage annulled but when the pope refused he broke ties with rome and declared he was head of the church.

23
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What is Anglicanism?

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most similar religion to catholic, other than that they allow divorce.

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Who was Jospeh smith?

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Founder of the mormon faith. rejects original sin, and a persons spirit remains on earth.

25
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Who was st. Paul?

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A jew who disagreed with the new way (Christianity)
on route to Damascus he was surrounded by a light and a voice told him that he was jesus. this leads to his conversion to the Christian Faith

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What was the council of trent?

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The 19th ecumenical council that failed to heal the schism.

27
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Why is baptism so important in christianity?

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It is practised by all divisions, and has the same meaning. It initiates someone into the christian faith

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What is the Great Schism?

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The christian chruch spilt in 1054
- eastern = Orthodox
- Western = Catholic
The immediate cause was the pope leo IX excommunicated The patriarch of Constinopole, vice versa.
underlying causes: the power of the pope, wording of the nicene creed, and iconography.

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What was the Protestant Reformation?

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Protestants is Luther’s ideas regarding the reform of the Catholic Church
1. Trade
2. Printing press
3. state of the church
Protestantism preached a simpler inner faith, that focused more on scripture. They also believe that salvation can be achieved by faith alone

30
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What is The islamic name for God?

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belief in one god and one god only, Allah. Allah has 99 names and is genderless.

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What are the Five pillars?

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Express the faith and dignity of a muslim.

  1. shahadah (creed) muslim profession of faith
  2. salat (Prayer) 5 times daily facing mecca.
  3. Zakat (almsgiving) helps share the wealth fairly among muslim society
  4. Sawm (Fating) Ramamdam, marks the beginning of the Qu’ran
  5. Hajj (Pilgrimae), to kaaba in mecca
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Muslim Statistics?

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Fastest growing religion. second largest.

33
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What does sufism mean?

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A common goal among both divisions to develop spiritually with God.

34
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What is Sunni muslim?

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Best leader regardless of blood relation

35
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What is Shi’ite Muslim?

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Must be blood relative of prophet muhammad

36
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What does Twahid mean?

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Describes unity with God. All that distracts us from this is to be avoided

37
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what is Ka’aba?

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The holiest place in the holiest city, “the cube”.

38
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Who is the Imam?

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Muslim leader of prayer of giver of sermon.

39
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Who is jesus is Islam?

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an important prophet in what has happened and what is to come. born of virgin Mary but not the son of god. did not die on the cross, will return on day of judgement.

40
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What is the Mahdi?

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The saviour

41
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Who is Muhammad?

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Born 570 mecca,Arabia, died 632 Medina.

Allah’s last prophet, and founder of the islam religion.

42
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What is Ramadan?

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Month muhammad first received the divine revelation of allah, marks the beginning of the Qu’ran. Fasting

43
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What is the festival Eid al-fitr?

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Three day festival at the end of ramadan “festival of breaking the fast”.

44
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What is Mi’raj?

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Celebrates Muhammad’s ascension into heaven

45
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What is tolerance?

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An attitude that recognizes the right of others to think, live, or worship according to their own beliefs

46
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What is dialogue?

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Taking part in a discussion to resolve a problem

47
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What are the 4 types of inter-religious dialogue?

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  1. the dialogue of everyday life
  2. the dialogue of action
  3. the dialogue of theological exchange
  4. the dialogue of religious experience
48
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What is the Nostra Aetata?

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The declaration on the relation of the church to non-christian religion.

Grade 11 world religions (1 decks)

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