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exam1-ch.7 Flashcards

1
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Sikhs are found mainly in

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the Punjab

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2
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Who was the pre-Sikh reformer best remembered for attempting to bring Hinduism and Islam together

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Kabir

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3
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what did Nanak do to emphasize his message of the essential unity of Islam and Hinduism

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He wore a mixed costume made up of the clothing of both Muslims and Hindus

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4
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the Punjabi word for “disciple” is

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Sikh

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5
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How did Nanak, even in death, seek to bring harmony between Muslims and Hindus

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He decreed that the group whose flowers remained fresh the day after his death could have his body

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Nanak took from Islam and Hinduism the elements he believed to be most important. What element did he accept from Islam

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the teaching that there is only one god

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7
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the sikhs refer to god as

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the true name

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Many Sikh spiritual leaders have been warriors. Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was

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a pacifist

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9
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what teaching did Nanak reject

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Ahimsa

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10
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after Nanak, the second in a series of ten gurus who led Sikhism until the 18th century was

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Angad

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11
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Usually the word guru in Indian religions means “teacher” but to the Sikhs it means

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leader

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12
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what is the Adi Granth

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a compilation of the official scriptures of Sikhism

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what role did guru Arjan have in moving Sikhism away from Pacifism

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he instructed his son and successor to arm himself and his followers against the Muslims

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who organized and prepared the Sikhs for self-defense and war?

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Gobind Singh

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15
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How does a person become a Sikh

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by undergoing baptism

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16
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where do Sikhs gather for congregational worship

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in a gurdwara

17
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why is the Takht (throne) of Sikhism at Amritsar an object of special attention to Sikhs worldwide

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it is where the Sikh authorities make decisions regarding the worship and practice of the religion

18
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who leads Sikh communal worship in a temple

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any member of the community

19
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what holiday honors the day on which Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa

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Vaisakhi

20
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Who compiled the Granth and built the Golden Temple in Amritsar

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Arjan

21
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Sikh celebrations of holy days include communal processions and

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sacred meals

22
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who assassinated Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1984?

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Her Sikh bodyguards

23
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Radical factions in Sikhism have begun to demand that an independent Sikh nation be declared in

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the Punjab

24
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the Sikhs living in the US and Canada have been the targets of misguided

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violence

25
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what impact did invasions of Muslim groups have on the northwestern part of India beginning in the 12th century

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Islam made its greatest number of converts and established its strongest bases there

26
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what was the message Nanak received in a vision while he was meditating in a forest

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Nanak was to become an evangelist, preaching a gospel of unity between islam and hinduism

27
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at the time of Kabir, Hindus and Muslims revered many of the same holy men and sometimes shared shrines and other places of religious devotion. how was this possible

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Hinduism teaches that gods appear in many forms while Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, believes in saints whose tombs become objects of veneration

28
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why did Nanak teach that people are free to kill and eat animals

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human beings are gods supreme creation and thus are entitled to eat animals

29
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what is the importance of the golden temple

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it houses the Granth and is the most sacred of all Sikh shrines

30
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why did gurus cease to exist after Gobind Singh’s death

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Sikhs were to be governed by the Granth, which Gobind Singh had established as the final word for Sikhs

31
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why did the british use the Sikhs as soldiers and policemen throughout India

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the british admired the Sikhs valor as warriors

32
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why is the religious life of modern Sikhs relatively simple

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the early founders of the religion distrusted elaborate ceremonies

33
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why do Sikhs celebrate the Hindu Holy days of Divali and Holi

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most sikhs live in close proximity to Hindus, so they celebrate with their neighbors

34
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what happened when Indian Prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards

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many innocent people were killed during anti-sikh riots in Delhi

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