Final Review Vocab

Question 0

Herod the great

Answer 0

A king who killed many rabi.

Question 1

Covenant

Answer 1

The agreement established between God and the ancient Israelites, first through Abraham and later through Moses, that designates the Jews as gods chosen people, with special rights and responsibilities.

Question 2

Plagues

Answer 2

Diseases

Question 3

Hijrah

Answer 3

Arabic: “emigration.” The emigration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib (there-after called Medina) in A.D. 622; the founding event of the Muslim community.

Question 4

Babylonians

Answer 4

A kingdom that existed in the Middle East.

Question 5

Shadhada

Answer 5

It Has a meaning in Hinduism.

Question 6

Missionary

Answer 6

Someone who spreads a religion to different lands.

Question 7

Ramadan

Answer 7

A time of fasting.

Question 8

Syrian Greeks

Answer 8

Gods that have some historical reference to Syria for. The Islamic religion.

Question 9

Ka’bah

Answer 9

The stone cubical structure in the courtyard of the Great Mosque of Mecca, believed to have been built by Abraham and regarded by Muslims as the sacred center of the earth.

Question 10

King Solomon

Answer 10

A king that is in the story of Jesus.

Question 11

Sinai

Answer 11

A mountain in the Sinai peninsula.

Question 12

Sabbath

Answer 12

A Jewish holiday that is about observance and abstinence.

Question 13

Reformation

Answer 13

A 16th century movement for change of the Catholic Church.

Question 14

Bar mitzvah

Answer 14

A celebration for the Jewish people when they are coming of age.

Question 15

Alms giving

Answer 15

Volunteering to help the poor.

Question 16

Koans

Answer 16

Paradoxical anecdote and riddles used to find zen.

Question 17

Muslim

Answer 17

Followers of Islam.

Question 18

Sacred thread

Answer 18

Upanayana is the initial ritual the has spiritual knowledge.

Question 19

Aqni

Answer 19

Hindu god of fire.

Question 20

Arjan

Answer 20

Fifth Sikh guru

Question 21

Mandir

Answer 21

Hindu temple of worship.

Question 22

Five k’s

Answer 22

Five articles of faith that all Sikhs must learn.

Question 23

Gobind Sinah

Answer 23

The tenth Sikh guru of the ten.

Question 24

Lipitaka

Answer 24

The Pali canon is the standard scripture of Theravada Buddhism.

Question 25

Stupa

Answer 25

A dome shape structure that is a Buddhist shrine.

Question 26

Gurdwar

Answer 26

A Sikh place of worship.

Question 27

Hymns

Answer 27

A religious song or poem.

Question 28

Ram das

Answer 28

Fourth guru

Question 29

Tibet

Answer 29

People of the republic of china. In the Himalayas

Question 30

Shrine

Answer 30

A place regarded as holy for worship.

Question 31

Divali

Answer 31

A Hindu Festival of Lights

Question 32

Teah bahadur

Answer 32

Ninth guru of Sikhs.

Question 33

Cremation

Answer 33

The incineration of a dead body.