Rubenstein Chapter 6, Religion - CSHS
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Saiti | What is the Hindu practice that involves a wife being burnt alive after her husbands death? |
| The Crusades | 12th Century knights going to the Holy Land to take Jeruselem |
| The five Pillars of Islam | The basic tenants of Islam |
| Hajj | A pilgrimage to Mecca |
| The Pope | Highest authority in Catholicism |
| Abraham | Father of Judaism |
| Constantine | Roman Emperor responsible for converting the Roman Empire to Christianity |
| Monotheism | belief in a single God |
| Zoroastrianism | Ethnic religion native to Persia |
| Christianity | Religion with the most adherents |
| Islam | Worlds fastest growing religion |
| Sunni-Shia Split | A long feud between Muslim sects over succession in the Muslim hierarchy. |
| Buddhism | Sidhartha Guatama founded what religion |
| Pilgrims | People fleeing religious persecutiuon to the New World in the 1600s |
| Confucianism | Ethnic Religion based in China focused on order and stability |
| Ethiopia | Last Christian stronghold in Africa |
| Islam | Predominant religion of Northern Africa |
| Sikhism | The Golden Temple is a sacred site in what religion |
| Bahai | Religion that believes all religions are right, but only at different times in history |
| Mohamed | Founder of Islam |
| Mormonism | Sect of Christianity founded by Joseph Smith |
| Brahman | The pervading Sea of Life in Hinduism |
| The Titans | According to the Greek religion, what beings predated the gods? |
| Lao-tzi | Founder of Taoism |
| Animism | Belief that the forces of Nature are divine |
| Hestia | Greek Goddess of the Hearth |
| Paul | Apostle of Jesus who wrote letters to churches after the death of Jesus |
| The Torah | Holy Book of Judaism |
| Judaism | Christianity stemmed from what other monotheistic religion. |
| Shintoism | Ethnic religion based in Japan |
| Mrs. Welch | The best Human Geography teacher |
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