MPI BS Vocab Belief System

Question 1

an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.

Answer 1

Covenant

Question 2

a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.

Answer 2

Prophets

Question 3

the scattering of the Jews to countries outside of Palestine after the Babylonian captivity.

Answer 3

The Diaspora

Question 4

a city in Israel: an ancient holy city and a center of pilgrimage for Jews, Christians, and Muslims; divided between Israel and Jordan

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Jerusalem

Question 5

a Jewish house of worship, often having facilities for religious instruction.

Answer 5

Synagogues

Question 6

the doctrine that there is only one God

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Monotheistic

Question 7

the first of the great Biblical patriarchs, father of Isaac, and traditional founder of the ancient Hebrew nation: considered by Muslims an ancestor of the Arab peoples through his son Ishmael.

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Abraham

Question 8

the source of the Christian religion.

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Jesus

Question 9

Profession of Faith (shahada)...
Prayer (salat). ...
Alms (zakat). ...
Fasting (sawm). ...
Pilgrimage (hajj).

Answer 9

The Five Pillars

Question 10

• Declaring that there is only one God, Allah, and that Muhammad is his messenger
• Praying five times a day
• Giving to charity
• Making a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once during life
• Fasting during the month of Ramadan every year

Answer 10

The Five Pillars

Question 11

people who follow the teachings of Jesus Christ

Answer 11

Catholics

Question 12

religion based of the teachings of jesus

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Christianity

Question 13

Practiced By Jews and Christians…
I am the Lord thy God:
-Thou shalt not have strange Gods before me
-Thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain
-Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day
-Honour thy father and thy mother
-Thou shalt not kill
-Thou shalt not commit adultery
-Thou shalt not steal
-Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour
-Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife
-Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s goods

Answer 13

10 Commandments

Question 14

Edict of Milan, Emperor Constantine

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Roman Empire

Question 15

a program or campaign to exterminate, drive away, or subjugate people based on their membership in a religious, ethnic, social, or racial group:

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Persecution

Question 16

outcome of a political agreement concluded in Mediolanum (modern Milan) between the Roman emperors Constantine

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Edict of Milan

Question 17

established the edict of milan

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Emperor Constantine

Question 18

a building for public Christian worship.

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Churches

Question 19

a cube-shaped building in Mecca, the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine

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The Kaaba

Question 20

The name of people who practice Islam

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Muslims

Question 21

birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam.

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Mecca

Question 22

the ninth month of the Muslim year, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset.

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Ramadan

Question 23

the pilgrimage to Mecca, which every adult Muslim is supposed to make at least once in his or her lifetime: the fifth of the Pillars of Islam.

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Hajj

Question 24

the old Arab quarter of a North African city.

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Medina

Question 25

two great religious divisions of Islam

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Sunni & Shiite

Question 26

the religious faith of Muslims

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Islam

Question 27

Jews and Christians as regarded by Muslims. practice based of written texts

Answer 27

"People of the Book"

Question 28

the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament

Answer 28

Judaism

Question 29

the entire body of Hindu sacred writings, chief among which are four books

Answer 29

Vedas

Question 30

the rigid Hindu system of hereditary social distinctions based on castes.

Answer 30

Caste System

Question 31

to complete duty in life. conformity to religious law, custom, duty, or one's own quality or character.

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Dharma

Question 32

bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation

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Karma

Question 33

Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer

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Hindu Trinity

Question 34

(hindu) connotes the highest universal principle, the ultimate reality in the universe

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Brahman

Question 35

“the Preserver,” the second member of the Trimurti, along with Brahma the Creator and Shiva the Destroyer.

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Vishnu

Question 36

the traditional seven-day period of mourning observed by Jews immediately following the funeral of a parent, sibling, child, or spouse.

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Shiva

Question 37

(buddhist) freedom from the differentiated, temporal, and mortal world of ordinary experience.

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Moksha

Question 38

the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form.

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Reincarnation

Question 39

lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.

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Ignorance

Question 40

ethical principle of not causing harm to other living things

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Ahimsa

Question 41

hindu festivals are associated with special foods

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Diwali & Holi

Question 42

understanding and stopping suffering

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Four Noble Truths

Question 43

Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.

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Eightfold Path

Question 44

Ultimate Goal of Buddhism

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Nirvana

Question 45

(hinduism) “he who has attained his goal.”

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Siddhartha

Question 46

bottom of the caste system

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Untouchables

Question 47

the state of a person or thing in pain

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Suffering

Question 48

the later of the two great schools of Buddhism, chiefly in China, Tibet, and Japan

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Mahayana

Question 49

aka zen buddism

Answer 49

Theravada

Question 50

the most sacred body of water in the world with sacred pilgrimage sites and cities along its banks.

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Ganges River

Question 51

peaceful, continued or extended thought; reflection; contemplation.

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Meditations

Question 52

an act that assists with union of the self with the Supreme Being or ultimate principle.

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Yoga

Question 53

continuance without change; permanence.

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Stability

Question 54

a network of trade routes connecting China and the Far East with the Middle East and Europe

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Silk Roads

Question 55

the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.

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Monsoon

Question 56

a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work:

Answer 56

Missionaries