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| 97017344 | Pillar 1 | Declaring the the creed, "There is no god but God, and Muhammad is his Prophet | 0 | |
| 97017345 | Pillar 2 | Praying five times daily while facing Mecca | 1 | |
| 97017346 | Pillar 3 | Giving alms to the poor | 2 | |
| 97017347 | Pillar 4 | Fasting each day during the month of Ramadan | 3 | |
| 97017348 | Pillar 5 | Making the hajj at least once in one's lifetime (if possible) | 4 | |
| 97017349 | Neoplatonism | A philosophical system that was based of the ideas of Plato and created by Plotinus. It influenced Christianity by emphasizing that God is the base of all things, and that God exists within the soul of every person | 5 | |
| 97017350 | Orthodox Church | The ______________ differed from the Catholic Church in that it recognized the patriarch or bishop of Constantinople as the main figure of authority instead of the pope. The __________________ also allowed its highest clergy to marry | 6 | |
| 97017351 | Persians | A group of people that lived in Ancient Persia and spread their culture and language through Iran. | 7 | |
| 97017352 | Pillars of Islam | The five main beliefs of Islam. The _____________ are a kin to the Ten Commandments of Judaism, although they are obviously not exactly the same. | 8 | |
| 97017353 | Quran | The religious text of Islam that is believed to be revealed from God to the prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel. The _________ is considered by Muslims to be the absolute, uncorrupted, word of God. | 9 | |
| 97017354 | Rabbinical Judaism | The mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE, after the alteration of the Talmud. During the Jewish diaspora, between the 2nd-6th centuries CE, the Torah was destroyed during the burning of the second temple, causing an oral version of the torah to be recorded by jewish rabbis. The _______________ saved judaism by recording the contents of the first torah into a second torah, which is still used nowadays throughout the world. | 10 | |
| 97017355 | Shi'a | A denomination of Islam that believe that the caliph should be chosen from the family of the Prophet. The _________s stressed the importance of religious purity and they wanted the caliph to represent Islam's religious principals. | 11 | |
| 97017356 | Shiva | The Hindu God of destruction, whose dancing in a circle of fire represents the eternal cycle of creation and destruction of all that is. __________ is one of the main Hindu Gods. _______ is mentioned in on of the Hindu texts called the Puranas as well as Vishnu. __________ now has a specific sect of Hinduism devoted to the worship of Lord __________. | 12 | |
| 97017357 | Siddhartha Gautama | This religious leader founded Buddhism and was born c. 563 BCE in the foothills of the Himalayan mountains of what is now Nepal. On the forty-ninth day of his meditation, upon reaching enlightenment, he became the Buddha and had found an antidote to pain and suffering. When ____________ was twenty-nine years old, he began to grow curious about what lay beyond the confines of his father's palace. This curiosity led him to leave his wife and son so that he could travel and live a life of peace. | 13 | |
| 97017358 | Silk Road | Named for Chinese silk, which sustained trade, the ______ made up a network of roads and water routes which linked important destinations across central Asia, especially through commercial interactions. Buddhist pilgrims traveled the Silk Routes from India to China and southeast Asia, leading to the spread of the religion and of Indian culture. | 14 | |
| 97017359 | St. Augustine | The most influential theologian; he explained Christianity's relationship to competing religions as well as the Roman government with which it was connected. He believed that Christianity should be more spiritual rather than political and encouraged the separation of Church and State. ____________ emphasized spiritual issues as apposed to worldy and poltical issues, encouraged contemplation and meditation, and incorporated new Platonic and Neoplatonic concepts of a transcendent god into Christianity. | 15 | |
| 97017360 | St.Benedict | Often called "the founder of western Christian monasticism" because he came up with the rules by which monks live by. He created the first monastery, adding another level of complexion to the Christian religion. His rules are still used today and nuns have also adopted some of his ideas regarding life and prayer. | 16 | |
| 97017361 | Stupa | A dome-shaped Buddhist monument filed with relics, popular in Mahayana Buddhism. | 17 | |
| 97017362 | Sufi | A member of Islam who practices mystical forms of worship that first arose in the eighth and ninth centuries CE. ______ interpret the words of Muhammad in a spiritual rather than literal sense. Their goal is direct personal experience of God, achieved by fervent worship. | 18 | |
| 97017363 | Sunnis | A sub-group of Islam who believe that new leaders should be selected if they are capable of the job and follow Muhammad's example rather than being a direct descendant of Muhammad. There have been disputes between the ___________ and the Shi'as on who should be the next religious leader. These disputes caused tension within the religion. | 19 | |
| 97017364 | Theravada | Meaning "Doctrine of the Elders", it was the codified key doctrines of Buddhism as they had developed in the earliest form of the religion. _____________ Buddhism is the leading form of Buddhism in Most of southeast Asia and Sri Lanka. | 20 | |
| 97017365 | Timur (Tamerlane) | Mongol leader who led Turkish invaders to conquer Delhi, Aleppo, Damascus, Ankara, and Bukhara. He was a supporter of Islam. Tamerlane was a leader with a brutal, militaristic side who conquered land in Southwest Asia during the last stage of the Mongol Empire. | 21 | |
| 97017366 | Umayyad Caliphate | This caliphate was led by the family of Uthman, the third caliph following the death of the Prophet Muhammad. The ____________ were Sunnis and moved the capital of Islam from Arabia to Damascus in Syria. They also changed Islam by creating a system of bureaucracy and by giving it a more organized imperial administration overall. | 22 | |
| 97017367 | Umma | The universal Muslim community that transcends ethnic, political, and geographic boundaries and the __________ is very passionate about its belief that Muhammad the prophet must not be depicted. | 23 | |
| 97017368 | Upanishads | Hindu sacred texts focused on the doctrine of Brahma and devoted primarily to mystical speculation. They also proclaim the oneness of the individual; the universe and they introduced the concept of a life cycle to Hinduism. | 24 | |
| 97017369 | Vishnu | This is the preserver god in Hinduism, who protects those who worship him, banishes bad luck, and restores good health. He is accompanied by his consorts Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, and Saraswati, the goddess of wisdom and the arts. | 25 | |
| 97017370 | Yahweh | Term used for god in sacred Hebrew texts. | 26 |
