Unit 7 Religion and Important People Flashcards
Nationalism
Sense of identity with the nation
Ethnic nationalism
Based upon blood, race, or ethnic group
Nationalism a contemporary world
Palestine
-region
-stray anti-colonial nationalism
Mainly Arabs
Israel
- Country
- Strong religious nationalism
- Mainly Jewish
- Contains Palestinians
Muhammad
Islam
“messenger of god”
Qur’an
Last true word from god
Islam
Five Pillars
Shahadah, Salah
Women are not oppressed
Islam
Jihad
Islam
“holy war”
Christianity
Monotheistic; beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament
Judaism
Monotheistic; of Jews, tracing its origins to Abraham; having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied in Hebrew Scripture
Islam
Monotheistic; characterized by acceptance of doctrine of submission to god and Muhammad as the chief and last prophet of god
Holyland
Biblical region of Palestine; ancient country in SW Asia on east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
Israel
By splitting Palestine’s land for Israel, many Arab countries that had rejected the UN partition led to numerous wars
Palestine
Ruled by Turks!
British League of Nations mandate oversaw the affairs of the area
Israel and the west bank territory was occupied by Jordan
Yasser Arafat
Pace processs began leading to the Oslo Accords of 1993
Agreement included provision for the Palestinian elections which took place in early 1996
Arafat was elected President of the Palestine
Arafat’s governing style tended to be more dictatorial than democratic
