7819609848 | Animism | Religion; All living and non-living things have a spirit | 0 | |
7819743506 | Characteristics of Animism | - Unorganized - Ancestor Worship - Belief of many early civilizations | 1 | |
7819827146 | What was Animism associated with? | Holy men/women, visions, trances, dances, sacred items/places | 2 | |
7819838857 | Where does Animism exists now? | Traditional African, Asian, American, and Aboriginal cultures | 3 | |
7819845606 | Hinduism | Religion; belief in one unifying spirit, Brahman; Polytheistic/Monotheistic | 4 | |
7819863135 | Characteristics of Hinduism | - Concept of reincarnation (rebirth) - Karma - Dharma - Caste system - No single founder | 5 | |
7819885522 | Karma | The sum of all deeds good and bad | 6 | |
7819889148 | Dharma | The duties dependent on your position, gender, and occupation | 7 | |
7819902201 | Caste System | (Outlawed in 1948) Social classes into which a person is born and lives the rest of their lives | 8 | |
7819917231 | What did Karma and Dharma have to do with the Caste System? | Souls moved up and down the social hierarchy depending on past karma and dharma | 9 | |
7823209250 | Vedas and Upanishads | Sacred Hindu texts; Hindu beliefs were written in them | 10 | |
7849251583 | Ramayana | Hindu creation story; described ideal marriage | 11 | |
7930273619 | Vedas | Wisdom | 12 | |
7930273620 | How many Vedas were there and who were they made by? | 4 Vedas; The Aryans | 13 | |
7930273621 | Upanishads | Sitting in front of; Explanations for the complexities of the Hindu faith | 14 | |
7930273622 | Mahabharata | A long epic poem describing a civil war in the city of Delhi | 15 | |
7930273623 | Ganges River | Hindu's consider it to be the most sacred river in India | 16 | |
7930273624 | Buddhism | Based of the four noble truths (discovered by Siddharta Gautama) | 17 | |
7930273625 | Siddharta Guatama | The Buddha; Founder of Buddhism | 18 | |
7930273626 | Four Signs that the Buddha saw to become a spiritual leader | - Sick man - Old man - Dead man - Monk - Holy Man | 19 | |
7930273627 | The Great Renunciation | Gautama giving up his wealth and family to find spiritual enlightenment | 20 | |
7930273628 | Buddha | The Enlightened One | 21 | |
7930273629 | Four Noble Truths | - We all suffer - Suffering is caused by desire for things that are illusions - The way to elimimate suffering is to eliminate desire - Follow the Eightfold Path will help people to overcome desire | 22 | |
7930273630 | Eightfold Path | Buddhist moral guide to life | 23 | |
7930273631 | Steps to the Eightfold Path | Right view, right intentions, right speech, right actions, right livelihood, right effort, right concentration, right mindfulness | 24 | |
7930273632 | How were Buddhism and Hinduism alike? | - Reincarnation - Karma - Dharma | 25 | |
7930273633 | How are Buddhism and Hinduism different? | - Caste System - Hindu Gods - Hindu Priesthood | 26 | |
7930273634 | Tripitaka | Scared Buddhist Texts | 27 | |
7930273635 | Tibetan Buddhists | Led by Dalai Lama | 28 | |
7930273636 | Dalai Lama | Advocates for freedom from China | 29 | |
7930273637 | Theraveda/Hinayana/The Lesser Vehicle | The earliest form of Buddhism in which the Buddha was a teacher not a divine being | 30 | |
7930273638 | Mahayana/The Great Vehicle | New form of Buddhism; Turned the Buddha into a god; allowed people to give money to monasteries to earn salvation | 31 | |
7930534046 | Boddahisatvas | People who had earned salvation but postponed it to help others reach it | 32 | |
7930540712 | Nirvana | Buddhist release from reincarnation/salvation | 33 | |
7930551163 | Judaism | One of the first monotheistic religions | 34 | |
7930556467 | Abraham | Founder of Judaism | 35 | |
7930560659 | Jewish Holy Day | Saturday | 36 | |
7930560660 | Rabbi | Jewish religious leader | 37 | |
7930567184 | Synagogue/Temple | Jewish Church | 38 | |
7930568893 | Torah | Sacred scripture recording laws and events in Jewish history | 39 | |
7930572037 | Jewish Symbol | Six-pointed Star of David | 40 | |
7930579673 | Jewish Ethical and Moral Guidelines | 10 Commandments; Given to the Hebrews by God | 41 | |
7930585077 | Covenant | Solemn promise | 42 | |
7930592617 | Who discriminated against the Jewish people? | The Roman Empire | 43 | |
7930597370 | Where was the Hebrew homeland? | Israel (Palestine) | 44 | |
7930601799 | Diaspora | Dispursed | 45 | |
7930604303 | Christianity | Originally a branch of Judaism; Believed Jesus was the messiah sent by God to bring eternal life to anyone who would follow him | 46 | |
7930614592 | Bible | Sacred text of Christianity | 47 | |
7930616233 | Christ | Anointed One | 48 | |
7930621658 | Paul of Tarsus | Early convert; Offered Christianity to all including Gentiles | 49 | |
7930627541 | Gentiles | Non-jews | 50 | |
7930631249 | Peter and Paul | Executed by Nero in Rome in 67 b.c. | 51 | |
7930638486 | Who did Christianity appeal to? | - Lower class - Urban populations - Women | 52 | |
7930645283 | First Christian Countries | - Armenia - Ethiopia - Egypt | 53 | |
7930655080 | Petrine Doctrine | Peter was the first pope and head of the Church | 54 | |
7930665368 | Where was the headquarters of the early Christian Church? | Rome | 55 | |
7930669268 | Zoroastrianism | An early monotheistic religion that started in Persia and was centered around the god Ahura Mazda | 56 | |
7930678432 | Ahura Mazda | God of Goodness | 57 | |
7930681284 | Ahriman | God of Evil | 58 | |
7930686944 | Three Chinese Philosophies | - Legalism - Confucianism - Daoism | 59 | |
7930694844 | Legalism | A pessimistic view of human nature that said people need strict laws and harsh punishments | 60 | |
7930709024 | The importance of what people were stressed during Legalism in China? | Farmers and soldiers | 61 | |
7930713982 | When was Legalism most important? | During the Qin Dynasty | 62 | |
7930718348 | Confucianism | Believed in education, respect for elders, active role in society, ceremonies and rituals, and patriarchy | 63 | |
7930732746 | When was Confucianism most important? | During the Zha Dynasty | 64 | |
7930735850 | Kongfuzi | Founder of Confucianism | 65 | |
7930743711 | What did Confucianism become the basis of? | Chinese education and the Civil Service System | 66 | |
7930753273 | What people were considered low class by Confucianism? | Military and Merchants | 67 | |
7930767244 | When did Confucianism decline and when did is become important again? | Qin Dynasty; Han Dynasty | 68 | |
7931444141 | Daoism | Believed that education was unimportant, in withdrawing from life, the practice of acupuncture, yin and yang, fortune telling and magic | 69 | |
7931444142 | Laozi | Founder of Daoism | 70 | |
7931444143 | 71 |
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