Quiz 1 Study Guide Flashcards
Shamanism
A belief system in which people interact with a spirit world
Indigenous =
native
Shamanism involves a belief in altering…
your consciousness (drugs in a religious way)
Shamans are..
master practitioners
Local Shamanistic practices are heavily dependent on…
natural surroundings
Animism
The attribution of souls to plants, animals, and nature (believing that they all have souls)
Animism is a belief part of…
Shamanism
polytheism
many gods
The sumerians used to own…
Modern day Iraq
The sumerians were ahead of their times, and first created ________ called __________. (3000 BCE)
writing called cuniform
Zoroastrianism (4 main concepts)
Free will, messianism, heaven and hell, judgement
Zoroastrianism develops by 500BCE, in _________, which is now modern day _____.
Persia, Iran
Zoroastrianism had one wise God known as…
Ahura Mazda
The Persian founder/prophet of Zoroastrianism
Zarathushtra
Buddhism (main concepts)
Diverse traditions, beliefs and practices based on the teachings of Buddha
Buddhism spread because of the…
silk roads
What sort of afterlife did the Buddhists believe in?
They didn’t believe in the afterlife; instead they believed in reincarnation (no judgement)
Where did Buddhism take place?
East and South Asia (+ minor in central)
Buddhists Monostatic Tradition. What is it and who was it developed by?
Its systems of monks, nuns, and monasteries; Developed by Gautama Buddah
Hinduism (6 main concepts)
Third largest religion today, incredibly diverse, multiple gods, karma, reincarnation, cosmic balance)
Hinduism is divided into ____ different _____________ and ____ different _____________.
6 different philosophies; 2 different schools
The schools of Hinduism are known as…
Vedanta and Yoga
The most important book of Hinduism
Bhagavad Gita
Abrahamic Religion table:
Abraham
Issac Ishmael
Judaism Islam
Christianity sunni Muslim ______ Muslim
Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox
Protestantism
The Abrahamic religions compromise…
half the worlds religious people
Quran
The holy book of Islam
Arabic word for God
Allah
Mosque and synagogue =
Islam houses of worship
Torah
holy book of judaism
Rabbis
Judaism spiritual leader; clergy
Judaism (2 main ideas)
Monotheistic religion, God revealed his laws and commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai, Torah and Hebrew bible
The 3 types of Jews
Orthodox, Conservateur, and Reform
In 1492, The Jews were…
kicked out of Spain and go to Eastern Europe (which eventually leads to the Holocaust)
Bukharan Jews occupied…
Present day Uzbekistan
What did the Bukharan Jews do?
Traveled to central Asia as traders as far back as 1000 BCE, larger population until the 1980s
Great Schism (1504)
Break between the Catholic Church and patriarch of Constantinople
Why was the Great Schism caused?
Because many Greek churches did not want to use Latin, leavened vs unleavened bread, Authority of Rome, and Celibacy (family) of Preists
The Roman Catholic was in the ______, and the ________ Orthodox in the _____.
West;Eastern, East
The Eastern Orthodox DID NOT believe in…
Purgatory
Islam (5 main ideas)
-Monotheistic, Muhammad is messenger and prophet of God, communicates with Archangel Gabriel, Quran, Hajj
Quran
holy book of Islam
Hajj
a pilgrimage to Mecca
Most Muslims are _____, while the rest are ____ or other.
Sumi; Shia
Mansa Musa I of Mali
Ruled the kingdom of Mali, and arguably the world’s most wealthy person; exported mass amounts of gold to Europe and Middle East
Empire of Mali
Had total monopoly on the gold supply in the Mediterranean world; destroyed economics of other states and cities during Hajj
Nomads =
travelers
The Silk Road
trade network; lasted from BC into late middle ages; destroyed by Mongols and killed by ships.
Mongol Conquest (1219-1320) (Main ideas)
Genghis Khan and sons, Bukhara, Samarkand, and other cities fall (all silk road cities), mass death and destruction, large effective bureaucracy for collecting tribute/tax, Let locals rule and customs remain.
What is a bureaucracy
administration/government
Tarmashirin Khan (ruled 1331-1334 CE)
converts to Islam, his conversions caused a revolt and he was killed in battle, followed by competing Khans and dividing the empire.
Timir (1336-1405 CE)
Born in present day Uzbekistan to a minor Mongol person, believed he was the heir of Genghis Khan, Sunni Muslim, Creates large empire, Army Turkicongolian/government persian
Timir (Tamerlane) was heavily associated with…
persian culture
