world religion

Question 1

tanakh

Answer 1

-“hebrew bible”
-first five books are the torah (laws ppl should follow and origins of judaism)
-yahweh first revealed self to abraham

Question 2

king david

Answer 2

-established united kingdom of israel
-defeated goliath
-expanded borders of israel
-maintained standing army

Question 3

council of nicaea

Answer 3

-gathered all major bishops from roman empire
-settled issues / answered questions abt christianity

Question 4

muhammad

Answer 4

-camel herder
-became concerned abt society
-received revelations from allah for the rest of his life (bulk of quaran)
-began to spread teachings to worship only allah
-became a religious, political, judicial, legislative, and military leader

Question 5

hijra

Answer 5

-when muslims were kicked from mecca and moved to medina
-year one of the muslim faith calendar

Question 6

caliph

Answer 6

-civil and religious leader of muslim state
-first was umar who expanded area and spread islam, let troops keep 4/5 of looted goods w 1/5 given to needy ppl, assassinated in 644

Question 7

sharia law

Answer 7

-islam’s legal code
-faith based code of conduct telling muslims how to live (dress, marriage, morals)

Question 8

buddhism

Answer 8

-siddhartha gautama (the buddha)
-no supreme deity (focus is nirvana)
-tenets: morality, meditation, wisdom, karma, reincarnation
-tolerant, freedom of worship

Question 9

king saul

Answer 9

-began process of unifying 12 tribes (died in battle)

Question 10

judaism

Answer 10

-oldest monotheistic religion
-yahweh
-messiah has not yet come
-tanakh (hebrew bible, torah is first five books)

Question 11

islam

Answer 11

-second largest religion today
-youngest world religion
-started in mecca
-“islam” means “submission”
-quran = holy text
-muhammad is final prophet