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| 96668830 | Abraham | The founder of Judaism and a prophet in Christianity and Islam. Abraham is considered at the least considered a prophet in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, therefore it connects the three religions. This connection is believed by some to be the solution for peace between these conflicting religions. | 0 | |
| 96668831 | Almoravids | Islamic dynasty in North Africa and Spain. This dynasty waged a holy war with the Berbers against Ghana with the goal of converting this region to Islam. | 1 | |
| 96668832 | Almohads | Islamic dynasty in north Africa and Spain. The dynasty existed from 1145-1269. | 2 | |
| 96668833 | Arabs | A group of Semitic people who inhabit Arabia. The Arabic language and Islam was spread throughout the middle east and north africa. | 3 | |
| 96668834 | Avalokitseshvara | One of the three main Mahayanist aspects of Buddha. Avalokiteshvara was the most revered of all the bodhisattvas and was freely moving. Amithaba (the Buddha in heaven), Guatama (the Buddha on earth), and ________________ the Bodhisattva, make up the aspects of Buddha. | 4 | |
| 96668835 | Berbers | Originally from North Africa, these people eventually migrated to Arabia where they were integrated into the Arab society. These people converted to Islam and were so intermingled with Arabians that they were inseparable. These people adopted Arabic language and were eventually part of the Arabian society. | 5 | |
| 96668836 | Bhagavad-Gita | A section of a great Indian epic, the Mahabharata that shows us many fundamental principles of Hinduism like dharma and bhakti. Within it, Lord Krishna, an incarnation of Vishnu, explains to Arjun about the importance of one's duty, or dharma, when Arjun has reservation of fighting against his own family. | 6 | |
| 96668837 | Bhakti | Meaning "devotion" or "participation." An active involvement in divine worship to the many gods of Hinduism. It is a common ritual you perform as a Hindu. Also referred to as a type of yoga. | 7 | |
| 96668838 | Bodhisattva | A "being of wisdom" on the verge of achieving nirvana who postpones his entrance into nirvana to help Buddhists reach nirvana because of their experience. | 8 | |
| 96668839 | Brahman | The universal spirit. Each atman will be united with this concept. | 9 | |
| 96668840 | Atman | The soul of each individual | 10 | |
| 96668841 | Caste Systems | A hierarchical social system in which the ranks are strictly defined, usually according to descent, marriage, and occupation. Under Hinduism in India, mobility from one social class to another is prohibited, traditions and rituals dictate rules for social intercourse as well as such matters as education, diet, and occupation. | 11 | |
| 96668842 | Dead Sea Scrolls | Fragments of ancient copies of the Torah found in caves near the Dead Sea in Israel. The five hundred or so documents that make up the Dead Sea Scrolls appear to have formed the library of a Jewish community. They also provided evidence of the accuracy of Hebrew biblical texts and give information about the life of the community itself. | 12 | |
| 96668843 | Dharma | The set of religious and ethical duties to which each living creature in the universe is subject. Activities in accord with one's ___________ purify the atman, and activities in opposition to one's dharma pollute it. | 13 | |
| 96668844 | Dhimmi | A protected person who was living a Muslim state but not a part of a tolerated, non-muslim religion who often have to pay a tax for not following Islam. | 14 | |
| 96668845 | Diaspora | A dispersion of peoples, most commonly used to refer to the dispersion of the Jewish people among non-Jews. The Jewish diaspora in 721 B.C.E was ordered by Sennacherib of Assyria. | 15 | |
| 96668846 | Edict of Milan | A letter granting religious tolerance in the Roman Empire, signed by Constantine and Licinius in 313 B.C.E. | 16 | |
| 96668847 | Eightfold Path | Definition: Right Views, Right Resolve, Right Speech, Right Conduct, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Recollection and Right Meditation. Buddhists believed that if you wanted to end suffering, the __________ must be followed. | 17 | |
| 96668848 | Essenes | The smallest of the four conflicting groups of Judaism at the height of the Roman rule of Judaea. They lived on the edge of the Dead Sea, rarely engaging in politics, and preaching the coming end of the world. | 18 | |
| 96668849 | Four Noble Truths | The Buddha's solution to pain and suffering. Suffering is always present in life, desire is the cause of suffering, freedom from suffering can be achieved in nirvana, the eightfold path leads to nirvana. The four noble truths were a part of the Buddha's first sermon. | 19 | |
| 96668850 | Guanyin | The Bodhisattva of mercy. Devotees of the Pure Land Sect often meditated on this Bodhisattva. The Bodhisattva was often depicted in Chinese art and was one of the most popular deities. | 20 | |
| 96668851 | Hinayana | The more conservative and orthodox schools of Buddhism. Those who read Mahayana sutras and pay their respects to the Bodhisattvas are known as Mahayanists, while those who don't are known as __________. | 21 | |
| 96668852 | Ibn Sina (Avicenna) | A member of a group of Islamic philosophers called Mutazilites which translates to mean those who keep themselves apart. He challenged orthodox Islamic beliefs and argued that the attributes of God in the Qur'an were not literal but metaphorical. | 22 | |
| 96668853 | Iconoclasts | An image-destroyer, especially those set up for religious veneration. Within the Byzantine Empire, the dispute over the use of icons in worship between __________ who wanted them banned and others who adored them resulted in the divide of the Eastern Orthodox Church. | 23 | |
| 96668854 | Imams | In Islam, a title for a person who's leadership or example is to be followed, with several levels of meaning. in a general sense, it can refer to a leader of prayer in a mosque, or the head of a community or group. Among Shi'a Muslims, the title has special significance as applying to the successors of Muhammad, who were regarded as infallible and exercised absolute authority in both temporal and spiritual senses. A Muslim might follow the teachings of a local Imam who serves as an example for his community. | 24 | |
| 96668855 | Jainism | An Indian religion that follows a path of non-violence towards all living things. It stresses the necessity of self effort to move the spirit towards divine consciousness and liberation. This religion rejects the caste system and supremacy of brahmin priests, postulating instead that there is no god, but that humans do have souls that they can purify by careful attention to their actions, and especially by practicing nonviolence. | 25 | |
| 96668856 | Jesus | Living between 4 BCE and 30 CE in Judea, he was the founder of Christianity. He is viewed as the son of God in by Christians and a prophet by Muslims. He was persecuted on the cross on the command of the Roman emperor Pontius Pilate. | 26 | |
| 96668857 | Karma | Literally means "action". It is the idea that "you get what you give". It refers to one's intentions or motivations when completing an action. Whatever is done intentionally to others will have something done intentionally to them. | 27 | |
| 96668858 | Mahayana | Means "the Greater Vehicle," and its advocates claimed that their practices could carry more Buddhists to nirvana because they had bodhisattvas to help. _______ buddhism teaches that many Buddhas once exsisted. | 28 | |
| 96668859 | Maya | The biological/ birth mother of the Buddha (Siddhartha Guatama). Also referred to as "the power which united mind and matter. | 29 | |
| 96668860 | Mecca | The center of the Kaaba, the holy object which millions of Muslims travel to on the Hajj each year. It was the site of Muhammad's first teachings. Muslims around the world face it as they pray each day. | 30 | |
| 96668861 | Moksha | Liberation from Samsara or the cycle of death and rebirth in Hinduism. This is similar to nirvana in Buddhism. | 31 | |
| 96668862 | Monasticism | A religious way of life characterized by the practice of renouncing worldly pursuits to fully devote one's self to spiritual work. The origin of the word is related to Christian monks. | 32 | |
| 96668863 | Moses | Lead israelite slaves out of Egypt by parting the Red Sea and received the Ten Commandments on top of Mount Sinai from God and is recognized by Islam, Christianity and Judaism. | 33 | |
| 96668864 | Muhammad | The founder/prophet of Islam and a model of the beliefs in the Koran. | 34 |
