World Religions Flashcards
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Monotheism
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One God
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Monotheism religions
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Judaism, Islamic, and Christians
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Where did monotheism religions start ?
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Jerusalem
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Who was the first people to form a religion
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Judaism
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Where did Abraham live ?
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Mesopotamia
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What is Mesopotamia today ?
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Iraq
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Abraham and his Hebrew tribe migrate from Iraq to
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Canaan
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What does Abraham do ?
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Herd sheep
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Canaan is also known as
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Palestine and Jerusalem
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When Abraham gets to Canaan there are two ethnic groups called
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Phonenians and philistines
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After being in Canaan Years later where does the Hebrews migrate to ?
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Egypt
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Years later after the Hebrews migrate to Egypt what happens ?
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Hebrews get enslaved
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Moses picks up the 10 commandments at What mountain ?
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Mountain Sinai
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Moses makes a covenant (agreement) with God and what was the covenant ?
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The agreement was He had to spread the word that it was only one God.
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Who was chosen to spread the word about monotheism ?
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Jewish people
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Who fought for 200 years ?
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Phonenians and philistines
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Who builds the first temple to God ? What is the Temple called ?
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Solomon. Temple of Solomon
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Years later after he builds the temple what happens to Solomon ?
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Solomon dies
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After Solomon dies what happens ?
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Judah and Israel splits
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People in Syria are called
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Assyrians
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People in Iraq are called
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Chaldeans
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Assyrians and Chaldeans are going to sweep into Jerusalem to do what ?
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Enslave the Israelites and judahns
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Where does the Assyrians and Chaldeans take the Hebrews ?
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Mesopotamia
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What are slaves like back then ?
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Servants
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Who conquers the Chaldeans in Mesopotamia ?
Asarians and Iranians
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After the Jewish/ Hebrews conquer the Chaldeans where do they return to ?
Jerusalem
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Who rebuilds Solomon's temple ?
Jewish people
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After the Jewish rebuild the temple what do they form ?
Torah
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The first 5 books in the Torah is in what ?
The Old Testament
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What are the first 5 books in the Torah ?
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Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
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What happens when Jesus begins to preach ?
Romans come in and conquer the Jewish people
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What does the Jewish people do When the romans conquer Jewish people
Run, now they are scattered throughout
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Who is now controlling Jerusalem?
Romans
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How many people practice Judaism today ?
13 million
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What is the emblem of David ?
Regular triangle, upside down triangle
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The Jewish people are called
The chosen people because they were chose to spread the word about monotheism
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What is Friday night for Jewish people ?
Sabbath day for Jewish people
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Jewish goal is to
Serve one God and follow 10 commandments
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What does Jewish people call their God ?
Yahweh
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Judaism is held....
Accountable for their sins
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What does Jewish say Gods gender is ?
Neutral, not a girl or boy
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Who is Jesus in Jewish culture?
Messiah (Son of God)
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Where do Jewish people believe the son of God will show up ?
Solomon's Temple
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Christians believe
The father, the son, and the Holy Ghost is all the same thing
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Jewish believe Jesus is
Not a savior he's a prophet
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Jewish Sects (3)
Orthodox- black hat, shoes, pants shirt, jacket
Conservative- does all religions duties but they wear regular clothes and talk to people
Reform- show up holiday's (lackeys)
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Yom Kippur
The day of Attonement
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Attonement
Repenting, forgiving your self for what happened and apologizing
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Rabbis
Priest
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Secular
Non religious activity
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Introspection
the examination of ones own thoughts and feelings
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Bar mitzvahs
Passing of a teenage boy into adulthood
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Bat mitzvahs
Passing of a teenage girl into adulthood
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How many people practice Judaism today ?
13 million
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What is the emblem of David ?
Regular triangle, upside down triangle
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Hebrew
Early group of people who lived in lands between Mesopotamia and Egypt
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Exodus
Tells how the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt and freed by Moses
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Canaan
The land which God promised his people in the Old Testament
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Kosher
The term used for food allowed under Jewish dietary laws
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Yarmulke
A skullcap worn by religious Jews
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Conservative
Disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions
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Orthodox
Adhering to the traditional and established
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Yahweh
Hebrew name for God
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Polytheism
Belief in many gods
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Where is Muhammad originally born ? What is it called now ?
Mecca. Saudi Arabia
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What is Saudi Arabia ?
A desert
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What are people who live in the desert called ?
Bedouins
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What are bedouins ?
Nomads, people who travel on camels
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Sheik
Leader of a Bedouin tribe
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Bedouins are
Polytheistic
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Where is the Kaaba located ?
Mecca
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What is the Kaaba ?
A black mediorite, the pray to it because it came from heaven
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What are the three gods for polytheistic people?
Futility, war, and farmer
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What do you do after you worship to the 3 gods ?
Make an offering
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Where is Muhammad's escape ?
The desert
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Who appears where Muhammad is meditating ? What does he tell him ?
Angel Gabriel. There is one God and the God is Allah
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How many days did Muhammad come back to meditate ? What did he learn ?
20 days. More about the religion.
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Who gets mad at Allah ? Who do they blame
Merchants. Muhammad
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When the merchants kicked Muhammad out of Mecca where does he go ?
Medina
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What is going on in medina when Muhammad gets there ?
Civil war
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Who mediated the dispute ? Who is the leader of medina now ?
Muhammad
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Who gets into a trading dispute ?
Mecca and medina
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When Muhammad conquers Mecca how is he when he gets back ?
Tolerant (accepting) towards Jewish people and Christians
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Muhammad destroyed all of the polytheistic ideals except
Kaaba
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What year does Muhammad die in ?
632
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Before Muhammad dies who does he elect ?
A caliph (Vice President)
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Which caliph didn't appoint someone ?
The 5th one
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Who splits from year 750-2016
Sunni and Shiite
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What is a mosque ?
House to worship for Islamic people
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What is a minerette ?
Poles around the mosque
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Sunni and Shiite
Two main islamic branches of orthodox
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Messiah
The awaited king of the Jews
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5 pillars of faith
Rules followed by Islamic people
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Infidel
A person who does not acknowledged your God
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Jihad
A holy war waged by Muslims against infidels
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What is a pilgrimage?
Religious journey
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Hajj
A pilgrimage to
1) Mecca (Kaaba)
2) Medina (prophets mosque)
3) Jerusalem (dome of the rock)
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Chosen people
Hebrew Tribe: Spread the word of God- Yahweh
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Who calls out to everyone to come pray ?
Mohsin
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Islamic beliefs
- Accept submission to gods/ allahs will
- Karan is the Islamic holy book
- Loyal to Islam 1st, then everything else
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5 pillars of faith
1) accept one God (allah)
2) daily prayer
- 5x a day
- face Mecca
- prayer mat -woven-
3) give aims (charity)
4) fasting during Romadon (15-20) days
5) hajj - pilgrimage to
- Mecca
- medina
- Jerusalem
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What is Romadon ?
Fasting for 15-20 days. When Gabriel talked to Muhammad in the desert. Demonstrates humanity, obedience, and self control
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What are the three religions places in Jerusalem?
1) western wall (wailing wall)
2) dome of the rock (al-aska
mosque)
3) church of holy sepulcher
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What's going to happen at the western wall ?
Messiah is showing up there at the end of this world.
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What happened at the dome of the rock ?
Death place of Muhammad
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What happened at the holy sepulcher?
Jesus was crucified there
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Covenant
A solemn agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action.
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Western wall
Sacred Jewish site is what remains of the former Israelite temple
