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Final Review Flashcards

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Alms

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Charity

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Agnosticism

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Belief in the possibility of a god or higher power

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Animism

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Believing that inanimate objects have souls

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Anti-Senitism

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Prejudice against Jews

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Atheism

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Believing that there is no god

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Ayatollah

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Shiite or other religious leader in Iran

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Bar Mitzvah

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Jewish boy turns 13

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Bat Mitzvah

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Jewish girl turns 12

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Blaspheme

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Speaking inreverently about god or sacred things

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Brahman

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Highest caste; priesthood

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Buddhism founder

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Siddhartha Gautama

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Buddhism symbol

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Wheel of life

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Buddhism was founded where?

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India

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Buddhism holy text

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Tripitaka

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Buddhism key works

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Reincarnation
Nirvana
Meditation

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Caste

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Social standing

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Cathedral

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Place of catholic worship

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Covenant

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An agreement

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Cosmogony

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Religion concerning the origin of the universe

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Cult

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System of religion toward a particular figure or object

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Dharma

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Religious teachings of Buddha

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Denomination

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Branch of a church

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Diaspora

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Jews driven out if the holy land

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Diocese

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District under pastoral care of a bishop

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Dogma

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Set of principles laid down by authority as true

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Enlightenment

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Reaching nirvana

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Fend shui

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Placement and arrangement of space

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Fundamentalism

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Religion strictly following the literal, basic rules

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Hajj

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Pilgrimage to Mekka

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Henotheistic

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Belief in one God without denying others

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Heresy

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Someone who has beliefs contrary to orthodox religious doctrine

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Holy See

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Home of pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church

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Icon

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Representation of something sacred to a religion

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Imam

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Person who leads prayer in a mosque

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Jihad

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A struggle

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Karma

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Cause and effect

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Kibbutz

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A communal settlement in Israel; typically a farm

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Missionary

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Person sent on a religious mission

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Monotheism

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Belief in one god

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Mosque

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Muslim place of worship

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Nirvana

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Highest place of mind

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Pagan

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Religious beliefs other than those of the main word religions

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Pilgrimage

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Hajj

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Polytheism

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Belief in many gods

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Orthodox

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An extreme version of a religion

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Prophet

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Inspired teacher or proclaimer of the word of God

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Purgatory

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The place where those who died in a state of grace undergo limited torment; Roman Catholic

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Reincarnation

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Rebirth

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Shaman

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A person who claims to have mystical or religious powers through supernatural powers

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Sect

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Branch of religion

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Sharia law

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Super strict Islamic laws

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Shrine

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Place of Shinto worshipt

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Synagogue

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Jewish place of worship

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Synod

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Assembly of the clergy

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Talmud

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Ancient Jewish writings

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Tenet

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Opinion held true by a member of an organization

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Untouchables

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Lowest caste

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Torah

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Jewish bible

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Founder of Christianity

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JESUS CHRIST THE LORD AMEN

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Where was Christianity founded?

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Jerusalem

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Sacred text of Christianity

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The bible

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Christianity symbol

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Cross

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Original language of the bible

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Hebrew

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Founder of Hinduism

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Not really anybody

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Where Hinduism was founded

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India

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Sacred texts of Hinduism

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Vedas

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Hinduism symbol

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The ohm

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Founder of Islam

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Muhammad

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Where Islam was founded

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Mekka

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Sacred text of Islam

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Quran

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Islam symbol

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Moon and star

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Founder of Jainism

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Mahivira

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Jainism symbol

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Hand with circle in the middle

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Founder of Judaism

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Abraham/Moses

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Where Judaism was founded

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Mesopotamia

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Sacred text of Judaism

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Torah

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Founder of Shintoism

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None

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Sacred texts of Shintoism

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Kojiki, Nihon Shoki

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Who founded Sikhism

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Shri Guru Nanak Devji

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Sacred text of Sikhism

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Adi Granth

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Shinto symbol

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Torii Gate

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Judaism symbol

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6 point star

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Sikhism symbol

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3 swords

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Founder of Taoism

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Lao-Tze

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Sacred text of Taoism

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Tao Te Ching

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Taoism symbol

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Yin and Yang

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Founder of Zoroastrianism

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Zoroaster

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Sacred text if Zoroastrianism

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Avesta, Gathas, Pahlavi

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Zoroastrianism symbol

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Man in an eagle with a weird hat

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