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Quiz 1 Study Guide Flashcards

1
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Shamanism

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A belief system in which people interact with a spirit world

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2
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Indigenous =

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native

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3
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Shamanism involves a belief in altering…

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your consciousness (drugs in a religious way)

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4
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Shamans are..

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master practitioners

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5
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Local Shamanistic practices are heavily dependent on…

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natural surroundings

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Animism

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The attribution of souls to plants, animals, and nature (believing that they all have souls)

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7
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Animism is a belief part of…

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Shamanism

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polytheism

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many gods

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9
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The sumerians used to own…

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Modern day Iraq

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The sumerians were ahead of their times, and first created ________ called __________. (3000 BCE)

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writing called cuniform

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11
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Zoroastrianism (4 main concepts)

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Free will, messianism, heaven and hell, judgement

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Zoroastrianism develops by 500BCE, in _________, which is now modern day _____.

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Persia, Iran

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13
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Zoroastrianism had one wise God known as…

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Ahura Mazda

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14
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The Persian founder/prophet of Zoroastrianism

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Zarathushtra

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15
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Buddhism (main concepts)

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Diverse traditions, beliefs and practices based on the teachings of Buddha

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16
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Buddhism spread because of the…

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silk roads

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17
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What sort of afterlife did the Buddhists believe in?

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They didn’t believe in the afterlife; instead they believed in reincarnation (no judgement)

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18
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Where did Buddhism take place?

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East and South Asia (+ minor in central)

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19
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Buddhists Monostatic Tradition. What is it and who was it developed by?

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Its systems of monks, nuns, and monasteries; Developed by Gautama Buddah

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Hinduism (6 main concepts)

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Third largest religion today, incredibly diverse, multiple gods, karma, reincarnation, cosmic balance)

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21
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Hinduism is divided into ____ different _____________ and ____ different _____________.

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6 different philosophies; 2 different schools

22
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The schools of Hinduism are known as…

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Vedanta and Yoga

23
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The most important book of Hinduism

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Bhagavad Gita

24
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Abrahamic Religion table:

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Abraham
Issac Ishmael
Judaism Islam
Christianity sunni Muslim ______ Muslim
Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox
Protestantism

25
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The Abrahamic religions compromise…

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half the worlds religious people

26
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Quran

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The holy book of Islam

27
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Arabic word for God

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Allah

28
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Mosque and synagogue =

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Islam houses of worship

29
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Torah

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holy book of judaism

30
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Rabbis

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Judaism spiritual leader; clergy

31
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Judaism (2 main ideas)

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Monotheistic religion, God revealed his laws and commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai, Torah and Hebrew bible

32
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The 3 types of Jews

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Orthodox, Conservateur, and Reform

33
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In 1492, The Jews were…

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kicked out of Spain and go to Eastern Europe (which eventually leads to the Holocaust)

34
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Bukharan Jews occupied…

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Present day Uzbekistan

35
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What did the Bukharan Jews do?

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Traveled to central Asia as traders as far back as 1000 BCE, larger population until the 1980s

36
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Great Schism (1504)

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Break between the Catholic Church and patriarch of Constantinople

37
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Why was the Great Schism caused?

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Because many Greek churches did not want to use Latin, leavened vs unleavened bread, Authority of Rome, and Celibacy (family) of Preists

38
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The Roman Catholic was in the ______, and the ________ Orthodox in the _____.

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West;Eastern, East

39
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The Eastern Orthodox DID NOT believe in…

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Purgatory

40
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Islam (5 main ideas)

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-Monotheistic, Muhammad is messenger and prophet of God, communicates with Archangel Gabriel, Quran, Hajj

41
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Quran

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holy book of Islam

42
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Hajj

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a pilgrimage to Mecca

43
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Most Muslims are _____, while the rest are ____ or other.

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Sumi; Shia

44
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Mansa Musa I of Mali

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Ruled the kingdom of Mali, and arguably the world’s most wealthy person; exported mass amounts of gold to Europe and Middle East

45
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Empire of Mali

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Had total monopoly on the gold supply in the Mediterranean world; destroyed economics of other states and cities during Hajj

46
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Nomads =

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travelers

47
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The Silk Road

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trade network; lasted from BC into late middle ages; destroyed by Mongols and killed by ships.

48
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Mongol Conquest (1219-1320) (Main ideas)

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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.

49
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What is a bureaucracy

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administration/government

50
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Tarmashirin Khan (ruled 1331-1334 CE)

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converts to Islam, his conversions caused a revolt and he was killed in battle, followed by competing Khans and dividing the empire.

51
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Timir (1336-1405 CE)

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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

52
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Timir (Tamerlane) was heavily associated with…

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persian culture

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