FINALS Flashcards
Philosophy
The study of knowledge reality and existing
Spirituality
Process of personal transformation
Deism
Belief of a supreme being, specifically of someone who doesn’t intervene in the universe
Atheism
Disbelief of the existence of Gods
Agnosticism
Uncommitted to the belief or disbelief of a God
Animism
Belief that animals, plants and trees have spirits and souls
Pagan
A religion that is not one of the five main religions
Karma
The sums of a persons actions which decide their fate in the future
Dharma
The religions and moral law governing individual Conduct
Samsara
The repeating cycle of birth, life and death
Caste system
A system of segregation based on birth
Hinduism
They worshipped at dusk and dawn. Most of their worship was done at family shrines with candles, food, offerings and statues
Nirvana
The state where there is no suffering, desire or sense of self. The final goal
Eightfold Path
- Right view
- Right thought
- Right speech
- Right action
- Right livelihood
- Right effort
- Right mindfulness
- Right contemplation
Four Noble truths
- All life is suffering
- Suffering is the result of desire
- Suffering ceases when desire ceases
- The eight fold path can lead you out of suffering
Five moral precepts
- Don’t kill
- Don’t steal
- Avoid sexual misconduct
- Refrain from false speech
- Abstain from substances that cause intoxication
Buddhism
Where simple clothing, have short hair and meditate
Torah
First five Hebrew Scriptures
Talmud
Jewish civil and ceremonial law
Covenant
The agreement between God and his people
Seder
Traditional Passover feast
Judaism
Believe in monotheism. Pray three times a day
Parable
Story used to tell a lesson(gospel)
Gospel
The record of Jesus’ life in the first four books of the New Testament
Epistle
Book of the New Testament in the form of the letter from an apostle
Kaaba
The cube building in Mecca
Jihad
Striving, struggling for the betterment of the self and the community
Five pillars
- Hajj
- Zakat
- Sawm
- Salat
- Shahada
Hajj
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Zakat
Alms giving
Sawm
Fasting during the month of Ramadan
Salat
Islamic prayer five times a day
Shahada
Professing mono theism
Imam
The person who leads the prayer in a mosque
Mosque
Worship place of Islamic religion
Minaret
Towers with bells in them
Islamophobia
Dislike or prejudice against Islam or Muslims
Sunni
85 to 90% of Muslims
Shia
10 to 15% of Muslims
Caliph
The chief Muslim civil and religious ruler
Quran
Muslim holy book
Tithe
One 10th of earnings that are given to the church
Religion
A set of beliefs that concerne the cause and purpose of the universe
Ibm battuta
Muslim from Morocco, was a merchant, Central south east Africa
Marco Polo
From Venice, a merchant, traveled through Constantinople, India and Eastern China
Zheng He
Admirl of the Chinese navy, from China
Benjamin of Tudela
Jewish man from Spain, Jews were targeted in Spain so he travels around the world on the pilgrimage to Jerusalem
Which explorer is credited with inspiring western Europe to find a faster route to Asia?
Marco Polo
Which explorer is most closely related to the trans Saharan trade?
Ibn battuta
The protection of the silk Road was largely due to what?
The Mongols
Benjamin of tudela’s main goal in his travels was to catalog communities of what people?
Jews
What were the houses made of the Ibn battuta describes in taghaza
Salt
Who was the first European explorer to around the tip of Africa
Vasco de gama
The compass, use widely in navigation, was invented where?
China
Ibn battuta wrote of this city a crossroads between Europe and Asia?
Constantinople
Europeans from where attempted and failed to control the Indian Ocean trade?
Portugal
Where was the first university founded?
morocco
What is a result of the invention of the printing press?
Literacy rates increase
