11189315250 | monotheism | belief in only one god | 0 | |
11189315251 | polytheism | belief in more than one god | 1 | |
11189315252 | Buddhism | a religion based on the teachings of the Buddha | 2 | |
11189315253 | Mahayana Buddhism | school of Buddhist theology that believed that the Buddha was a deity, unlike previous groups that had considered him a wise human being | 3 | |
11189315254 | Theraveda | the more conservative of the two major traditions of Buddhism (the other being Mahayana), and a school of Hinayana Buddhism. It is practiced mainly in Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos | 4 | |
11189315255 | Christianity | Bible | 5 | |
11189315256 | Hinduism | Vedas and Upanishads | 6 | |
11189315257 | Judaism | Torah | 7 | |
11189315258 | Zoroastrianism | Avesta | 8 | |
11189315259 | Confucianism | ethics, beliefs, and practices stipulated by Confucius (Kong Qiu), which served as a guide for Chinese society up to modern times | 9 | |
11189315260 | Socrates | (470-399 BCE) an Athenian philosopher who thought that human beings could lead honest lives and that honor was far more important than wealth, fame, or other superficial attributes | 10 | |
11189315261 | Plato | (430-347 BCE) was a disciple of Socrates whose cornerstone of thought was his theory of Forms, in which there was another world of perfection | 11 | |
11189315262 | Aristotle | (384-322 BCE) Believed, unlike his teacher Plato, that philosophers could rely on their senses to provide accurate information about the world | 12 | |
11189315263 | diety | a god or goddess | 13 | |
11189315264 | Dharma | in Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties | 14 | |
11189315265 | Karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | 15 | |
11189315266 | Shamanism | certain humans whose powers supposedly enabled them to communicate with supernatural forces and transform themselves wholly or partly into beasts | 16 | |
11189315267 | Syncretism | a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith | 17 | |
11189315268 | Hellensim | the diffusion of Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean world after the conquest of Alexander the Great | 18 | |
11189315269 | agriculture | farming | 19 | |
11189315270 | Ziggurats | temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped | 20 | |
11189315271 | Stupas | a dome-shaped structure erected as a Buddhist shrine. | 21 | |
11189315272 | Lapiz Lazuli | semi-precious blue stone | 22 | |
11189315273 | polygamy | having more than one spouse at a time | 23 | |
11189315274 | monogamy | Marriage to only one person at a time | 24 | |
11189315275 | Martilineal | Based on a woman's family line | 25 | |
11189315276 | Patrilineal | based on or tracing descent through the male line | 26 | |
11189315277 | Brahman | priests and teachers | 27 | |
11189315278 | Kshatriyas | The warrior and aristocrat varna of the caste system. | 28 | |
11189315279 | Sudras | commoners, peasants, servants | 29 | |
11189315280 | Dalits | Untouchables | 30 |
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