Religions of World History Flashcards

9994309588	Confucianism	ancestor worship	0
9994309589	Zoroastrianism	Religion of the Persian Empire - stressed the fight between good and evil	1
9994309590	Exodus	Hebrews flight from slavery in Egypt - led by Moses	2
9994309591	Taoism (Daoism)	Chinese philosophy that influenced culture and values	3
9994309592	Yin and Yang	Represents balance of opposite forces of nature - important to Taoism	4
9994309593	Vedas & Upanishads	Hinduism sacred texts	5
9994309594	Shintoism	an ethnic religion located in japan and related to Buddhism; focuses particularly on nature and ancestor worship	6
9994309595	Moses	Hebrew prophet associated with the Exodus and Ten Commandments	7
9994309596	Zoroaster	Religious prophet and founder of Zoroastrianism	8
9994309597	Siddhartha Gautama	Founder of Buddhism	9
9994309598	Eightfold Path & Four Noble Truths	Important beliefs of Buddhism	10
9994309599	Beliefs of Confucianism	Humans are good, filial piety, importance of education, code of politeness, ancestor worship	11
9994309601	Ten Commandments	A set of moral codes for the Hebrews which, according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God.	12
9994309602	Abraham	Founder of Judaism	13
9994309603	Beliefs of Taoism (Daoism)	Harmony with nature, humility, inner peace, simple life, yin and yang	14
9994309604	Monotheistic	Believe in one god (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Zoroastrianism)	15
9994309606	Confucianism	Chinese philosophy that influence politics and social order	16
9994309607	Torah	Holy book of Judaism	17
9994309608	Jerusalem	Holy city for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam	18
9994309609	Hinduism	A religion and philosophy developed in India, characterized by belief in reincarnation and a supreme god who takes many different forms	19
9994309610	Caste System	A strict Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life	20
9994326182	Ahura Mazda	God of Zoroastrianism	21
9994326183	Zend Avesta	Holy book of Zoroastrianism	22
9994340895	Reincarnation	Belief of Hinduism & Buddhism - rebirth of the soul based on karma	23
9994342889	Karma	Belief of Hinduism & Buddhism - belief that your thoughts and actions impact future reincarnation	24
9994345728	Moksha	Ultimate goal of Hinduism	25
9994350853	Symbol for Eightfold Path		26
9994352099	Nirvana	Enlightenment - ultimate goal of Buddhism	27
9994354160	Tripitika	Important text of Buddhism	28
9994426810	Diaspora	Scattering of the Jewish people from their homeland	29
9994489407	Jesus of Nazareth	Believed by Christians to be the son and incarnation of God	30
9994492100	New Testament	Holy book of Christianity - contains life and teachings of Jesus	31
9994506175	Muhammad	Prophet of Allah and founder of Islam	32
9994508488	Qur'an	Holy book of Islam	33
9994508489	Five Pillars	Duties of all Muslims	34
9994510189	Hajj	Pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims	35
9994512262	Kaaba	Shrine to Allah in Mecca	36
9994515232	Hegira	Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina	37
9994516889	Arabic	Language of Islam	38
9994517872	Hebrew	Language of Judaism	39
9994527941	Shinto	Ethnic religion of Japan	40
9994527942	Beliefs of Shinto	Importance of natural features, nature spirits, coexistence with Buddhism	41
9994887103	Christianity	Monotheistic religion that believes Jesus is the Messiah and son of God	42
9994891247	Islam	Monotheistic religion founded by Muhammad	43
9994894576	Spread of Islam		44
9994897318	Spread of Christianity		45
9994902785	Spread of Buddhism		46
9994905660	Spread of Hinduism		47