Unit 2 Religion and Life Issues

Question 0

Define metta and karuna

Answer 0

Metta: loving kindness
Karuna: Compassion

Question 1

What is the Buddhist first precept?

Answer 1

Do not kill

Question 2

Who is the Dalai Lama?

Answer 2

A religious and political leader of Tibetan Buddhists

Question 3

What is Sangha?

Answer 3

Buddhist community

Question 4

What is skandhas?

Answer 4

Buddhist categories that make up individual experience

Question 5

What is the Buddhist second precept?

Answer 5

Do not steal

Question 6

What does Dana mean?

Answer 6

Acts of charity

Question 7

What is Nibbana?

Answer 7

State of perfect peace

Question 8

What is The fifth Buddhist precept?

Answer 8

Not to take intoxicants that cloud the mind

Question 9

What is the fourth Buddhist precept?

Answer 9

Refrain from false speech - e.g. Verbal abuse, lying etc.

Question 10

Define stewards

Answer 10

Guardians on behalf of God

Question 11

Who is the Francis of Assisi?

Answer 11

A Christian patron saint of animals

Question 12

Define ordination

Answer 12

Christian act of making someone into a priest

Question 13

What is excommunication?

Answer 13

Not being allowed to receive Christian holy communion

Question 14

What is dharma?

Answer 14

Righteous living (Hinduism)

Question 15

Define Ahimsa

Answer 15

No harm to any living thing

Question 16

Define Brahman

Answer 16

Ultimate reality (Hinduism)

Question 17

What is the Samsara

Answer 17

Reincarnation cycle (Hinduism)

Question 18

What does Ganesha’s elephant head represent?

Answer 18

Intelligence

Question 19

Why do Hindus treat cows with respect?

Answer 19

Sacred animals

Symbol of kind, quality of life

Question 20

What is the Islamic principle of Tawhid?

Answer 20

Oneness of Allah - links all living things together

Question 21

Define Khalifahs

Answer 21

Stewards (Islam)

Question 22

What are the Noachide commandments?

Answer 22

Rules said to be given to Noah

Question 23

Who are Gurus?

Answer 23

Spiritual teachers (Sikhism)

Question 24

Who is Guru Nanak?

Answer 24

Founder of Sikhism

Question 25

What is Langar?

Answer 25

Food service provided in Gurudwaras

Question 26

What is a Gurudwara?

Answer 26

Sikh place of worship

Question 27

What foods do Muslims consider haram (not permitted)?

Answer 27

Carrion and pork

Question 28

What is akra?

Answer 28

Accountability (Islam)

Question 29

What is the Jewish fourth commandment?

Answer 29

Must rest on Sabbath Day (seventh day)

Question 30

What are the schechitah rituals?

Answer 30

Method of slaughter laid down in Jewish law

Question 31

Define treifa

Answer 31

Meat or good not be eaten/forbidden due to Kosher e.g. pork (Judaism)

Question 32

Define Kosher

Answer 32

Jewish rules stating what is permissible

Question 33

What is Aum?

Answer 33

Sacred symbol and sound representing God (Hinduism)

Question 34

Who is Brahma?

Answer 34

God as a creator (Hinduism)

Question 35

What is the concept of hima?

Answer 35

Undeveloped land left for pasture (Islam)

Question 36

What is xenophobia?

Answer 36

Fear of foreigners

Question 37

What is atman?

Answer 37

Ultimate reality as individual self (Hinduism)

Question 38

What is the caste system? When was it made illegal in India?

Answer 38

Division into social groups | 1948

Question 39

What is puja?

Answer 39

Worship in the home - traditionally done by women (Hinduism)

Question 40

What is Hajj?

Answer 40

Pilgrimage to Makkah (Islam)

Question 41

What is ihram?

Answer 41

Simple white garment all male pilgrims wear (Islam)

Question 42

What is the concept of ummah?

Answer 42

Brotherhood of all Muslims

Question 43

What is the hijab?

Answer 43

Modest clothing (mainly headscarf) that women wear (Islam)

Question 44

Who are rabbis?

Answer 44

Jewish religious leaders

Question 45

What are Khalsa Sikhs and granthis?

Answer 45

Khalsa Sikhs: fully initiated Sikhs devoted to Sikhism | Granthis: officials at gurdwara

Question 46

What is the Reht Maryada?

Answer 46

Sikh code of conduct

Question 47

Define satagraha

Answer 47

Gandhi's non-violent policy of the force of truth (hindusim)

Question 48

Define jihad

Answer 48

Struggle (Islam)

Question 49

What is harb al-muqadis?

Answer 49

Holy war (Islam)

Question 50

What was the Messianic era?

Answer 50

Age ruled by the Messiah - Jewish religious figure

Question 51

Define milchemet mitzvah and Milchemet reshut

Answer 51

Obligatory war and optional war (Judaism)

Question 52

What is the Sanhedrin?

Answer 52

Jewish council holding supreme religious authority

Question 53

What is the Shoah?

Answer 53

The Holocaust (Judaism)

Question 54

Who were the Kiddush Hashem?

Answer 54

Holy martyrs - e.g. Died in Holocaust

Question 55

What is the Kirpan?

Answer 55

Sword or dagger - One of the Sikh five Ks

Question 56

What is the samskara?

Answer 56

Rite of passage (hindusim)

Question 57

What is the Namakarana?

Answer 57

Hindu naming ceremony

Question 58

What is the adhan?

Answer 58

Muslim call to prayer

Question 59

What is Tahnik?

Answer 59

Rubbing piece of chewed date on gums making the baby 'sweet' (Islam)

Question 60

What is Khitan?

Answer 60

Muslim circumcision

Question 61

What is iqamah?

Answer 61

Muslim command to rise and worship - whispered into baby's ears

Question 62

What is Bismillah?

Answer 62

Muslim child learns opening words of Qur'an and taught how to pray on fourth birthday

Question 63

What is aqiqah?

Answer 63

Sacrifice of sheep (Islam)

Question 64

What is Brit Milah?

Answer 64

Jewish circumcision at eight days after birth

Question 65

Who is a mohel?

Answer 65

Circumciser (Judaism)

Question 66

What is the Guru Granth Sahib?

Answer 66

Sikh sacred text

Question 67

What is Amrit?

Answer 67

Sugared water (Sikhism)

Question 68

What is Ardas?

Answer 68

General Sikh prayer

Question 69

What is Romalla

Answer 69

Cloth that covers the Guru Granth Sahib

Question 70

What is a Kara and what does it symbolise?

Answer 70

Bracelet symbolising Sikh community

Question 71

What are boys and girls also named in a Sikh birth ceremony?

Answer 71

Singh (lion) | Kaur (princess)

Question 72

Define Upanayana

Answer 72

Means approaching God Marks the start of the student age During 7th-10th birthday (Hindusim)

Question 73

What is a tallit?

Answer 73

Jewish Prayer shawl

Question 74

What is a Bar Mitzvah?

Answer 74

Jewish coming of age ceremony where a boy becomes an adult in his faith

Question 75

Define the term vegan

Answer 75

Someone who will not use any animal product - meat, dairy, fur, leather etc.