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Midterm Flashcards

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Sacred actions by which one is linked to the community through the sacred. Often involving reenactments of sacred stories

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Ritual

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From the root word for gospel, “sharing of good news”

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Evangelization

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The movement, inspired and led by the Holy Spirit, that seeks the union of all Christian faiths and eventually The unity of all people’s throughout the world

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Ecumenism

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Traditional or ancient stories that help provide a worldview of the people by explaining their creation, customs or ideals

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Myth

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Powers one believes controls one’s destiny

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The divine

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Being tied bound by sacred obligations to powers believed to govern our destiny

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Religion

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Interpretive and religious specialists (shamans, priests, ministers, monks, scholars, and teachers)

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Leaders/experts

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Myth that the world and its forces govern human destiny

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Myth of nature

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Myth that believes worldly rhythms and concerns are to be escaped

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Myth of liberation

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Myth that believes the world works in complementary opposites

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Myth of harmony

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Myth that believes the cosmos is a great unfolding story told by a great divine storyteller

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Myth of history

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Daoism and Confucianism are what kind of myth

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Myth of harmony

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Hinduism and Buddhism are what kind of myth

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Myth of liberation

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Primal/primitive religion is what kind of myth

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Myth of nature

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Christianity, Judaism, and Islam or what kind of myth

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Myth of history

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16
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Which pope was an investor of Greece and Turkey

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John the 23rd

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17
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Which pope was the first pope since Saint peter to visit a synagogue

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John Paul the 2nd

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Which pope invited non-Christians to the second Vatican Council

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John the 23rd

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Which pope was the most traveled pope in history

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John Paul the 2nd

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20
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Which pope saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust

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John the 23rd

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Which pope called and begin the second Vatican Council

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John the 23rd

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22
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Which put closed the second Vatican Council

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Paul 6th

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23
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Which pump removed offensive language from the Good Friday liturgy

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John the 23rd

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24
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Which was the first pope to visit a mosque

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John Paul the 2nd

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Which pope in his first at cyclical called protestants “separated brethren”

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John the 23rd

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26
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Is Jerusalem a sacred place or sacred space

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Sacred place

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27
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Is Mecca a sacred place or sacred space

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Sacred place

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28
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Is the church at sacred place or sacred space

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Sacred space

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29
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Is a mosque a sacred place or sacred space

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Sacred space

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30
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Is the Ganges River a secret place or sacred space

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Sacred place

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31
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Is a synagogue a sacred place or sacred space

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Sacred space

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32
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Is rodeo gym on a Wednesday a sacred place or sacred space

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Sacred space

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33
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Is mount Sinai a sacred place or sacred space

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Sacred place

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34
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Is the Jordan River a sacred place or sacred space

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Sacred place

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35
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Is a temple a sacred place or secret space

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Sacred space

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36
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Is a chapel a sacred place or sacred space

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Sacred space

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37
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In the Yoruba religion, ritual practitioners who specialize in the art of telling ones future

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Diviners

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38
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A natural entity, such as an animal or a feature of the landscape that symbolizes an individual or group that has a special significance for the religious life of the group

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Totem

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Common to many religions, and entity such as a mountain tree or pole that is believed to connect the heavens and earth

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Axis Mundi

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40
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The capital city of the Aztec empire

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Tenochtitlan

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41
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A type of supernatural being who tends to disrupt the normal course of life

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Trickster figure

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42
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A mythic time of Australian Aboriginal religion when the ancestors in habited the earth

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The dreaming

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43
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A means of seeking spiritual power through an encounter with a guardian spirit or other medium following a period of fasting and other forms of self denial

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Vision quest

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44
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The various techniques, such as throwing bones or shells and then interpreting the pattern in which a fall, gaining knowledge about an individual’s future or about because of a personal problem

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Divination

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A system of social ordering that dictates the specific objects and activities are set aside for specific groups and are strictly forbidden to others

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Taboo

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46
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Mesoamerican creator God

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Quetzalcoatl

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47
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The hundreds of your Yoruba deities who are the main objects of ritual attention

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Orishas

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48
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Ritual of Lakota and other tribes of the north American planes that celebrates a new year and prepares the tribe for the annual Buffalo hunt

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Sun dance

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49
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Those who practice of magic, connected the scene and unseen spiritual world

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Shamans

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50
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Primal believe the entire world is alive with spirits

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Animism

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51
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According to Australian aboriginal believe they are supernatural beings (deities) who emerged and run the earth

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The ancestors

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52
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What kind of lifestyle characterized communities of the first Homo sapiens

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Hunter gatherers

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53
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What was a major factor that led to the losing of primal religious culture

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People had to remember everything, everything was oral tradition

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54
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How was myth and tradition passed on

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Word-of-mouth, cave art

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55
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Where were the female figurines found

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Eurasia

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56
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What name was given to these figures

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Mother goddess figuring/Venus figuring

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57
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What is a significant characteristic of these female figurines

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They were for tile and large breasted

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58
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The worship of the female goddess represents worship of

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Childbirth

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59
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What was the name of the period when it was believed that women lead the groups

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Matriarchal period

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When was it believed that this period, referenced above, ended

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Hunter gatherer to farming

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In Minoan civilization, what symbolized the mail

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The bull

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62
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What are some factors of taboo

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Maturity, religious training

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63
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What are some initiation rites of the Dieri that symbolize death

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Circumcision, bleeding of the child, two front teeth knocked out and buried

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64
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What is and admired and famous contribution of the Yoruba

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Artwork

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65
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Why is Ife the center of the Yoruba religion

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It is the place why God created the world

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66
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According to Yoruba belief, who created the world

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Orishna – Nla

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67
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According to Yoruba teaching, who are the deviant human beings

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Sorcerers and witches

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What is the name of the heist God for the Yoruba

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Olorun

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69
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Who is the god of iron and war in the Yoruba religion

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Ogun

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70
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What is the name of the trickster figure in the Yoruba religion

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Esu

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71
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Who mediates between heaven and earth in the Yoruba religion

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Esu

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72
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What was the name of the first king of Ife

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Ogun

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73
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Who mediate between the lesser gods and the ancestors

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Ogun

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74
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What is the name of the ancestors who had a good reputation, lived to an old age and is worshiped by family

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Family ancestors

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75
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What is the name of the ancestors who are more well-known, have a greater impact on the Yoruba and therefore worshiped by a large number of people

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Deified

76
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What is the role of Yoruba ritual practitioners

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Mediates between living and dead

77
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Who are the diviners

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They give fortunes

78
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What is the role of mediators

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They give messages to the dead and living

79
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What is the name of the land bridge that the North American plains Indians used to come to North America

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Bering Strait

80
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What is the Lakota name for the supreme reality

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Wanka Tanka

81
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Who is Inktomi

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The trickster figure

82
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What pre-existing culture influenced the Aztec religion

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Toltecs

83
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What did the Aztecs call their present age

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Age of the fifth son

84
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What is the name of the first king of the Aztecs

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Totzecoatl or Quetzelcoatl

85
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What ritual did the Aztecs perform to delay the end of the current age and nourish the sun

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Human sacrifice

86
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Which Aztec can falsely identified Hernan Cortes as the return of their long lost priest came

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Moctezuma II

87
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The liberation from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth

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Moksha

88
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Experience of birth, life, and death over and over again until one has achieved oneness with Brahman

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Samsara

89
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Based on the believe in reincarnation, the Hindu, and Buddhist believe that the form the sou will take in the next life is determined by its behavior in this life

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Karma

90
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In Hinduism, ultimate reality or absolute reality is what

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Atman

91
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The coaches who invaded the Indus River Valley approximately in 1500 BC

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Aryans

92
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Ones role in life and society

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Dharma

93
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Vedic/Hindu priest

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Brahmin

94
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The culture that existed in the Indus River Valley prior to 1500 BC

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Harappa

95
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Commentary on school rituals

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Brahmana

96
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Personal devotion to the gods

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Bhakti

97
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The innermost essence

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Atman

98
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Aryan division of labor. The social class system that is prevalent in Hindi India

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Division of Purusha

99
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Oldest canon of Hindu scriptures which contains the most sacred scripture

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Shruti

100
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Bodywork the people found most appealing which contains the two great Hindu epics the Mahabharata and the Ramayana

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Smriti

101
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Seers from primordial past to whom divine knowledge was revealed

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Rishi

102
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The liturgical and scriptural language of Hinduism the only few understood

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Sanskrit

103
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The belief system brought by the Aryans to the Indus River Valley

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Vedism

104
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Known as the “great soul” he is known for his stance on nonviolence and passive resistance

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Gandhi

105
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Literally means “sit down beside “this text is a philosophical work concerning cycle of rebirth

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Upandishads

106
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Spiritual leaders who emerged toward the end of the brahminical period Who taught personal devotion to the gods

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Guru

107
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Illusions such as emotions, the body and the mind

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Maya

108
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The place where the Indo Europeans travel during the brahminical period. The holiest site in Hinduism

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Ganges River

109
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What was Mohandas Gandhi called

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Hindu social reformer

110
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List the four Vedas

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Rig Veda, Soma Veda, Yajor Veda, Atharva Veda

111
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Hindu Creator god

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Brahma

112
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Hindu Preserving god

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Vishnu

113
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Hindu Destroying god

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Shiva

114
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Hindu divine mother

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Parvati who is connected to shiva

115
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Goddess of learning, literature, and music

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Saraswati who is connected to Brahma

116
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Goddess of prosperity, good fortune, and beauty

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Lakshmi who is connected to vishnu

117
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The ruling warriors

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Kshatriyas

118
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The untouchables

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Aspirshya

119
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The priests

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Brahmins

120
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The merchants/farmers

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Vaishya

121
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The servants

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Shudra

122
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Class that came from the feet of Purisha

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Servants

123
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Class that came from the arms of Purisha

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Warriors

124
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Class that came from the mouth of Purisha

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Priest

125
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Class that came from the thighs of Purisha

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Farmers/merchants

126
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Which class is the highest in Purisha

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Priest/Brahmin

127
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The pursuit of love, pleasure

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Kama

128
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Pursuit of doing one’s duty

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Dharma

129
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The pursuit of wealth and power within one’s Caste

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Artha

130
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The pursuit of liberation from the cycle of rebirth

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Mosksha

131
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List the four stages of life for a man

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Birth, childhood, adulthood, funeral rite

132
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How many seasons do the Hindus celebrate

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6

133
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Name the seasons

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Spring, summer, autumn, winter, monsoon, dewy

134
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Major Hindu feast that is focused on the love between Krishna and Radha

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Holi

135
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Major Hindu feast that is a festival of lights

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Diwali

136
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Most sacred river to the Hindus

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Ganges River

137
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The ritual washing of the face, hands, arms, top of the head and feet that a muslim must perform before salah, the second pillar of Islam

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Wudu

138
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In Islam the call to prayer

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Adan

139
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Islamic leaders regarded as successors of Muhammad for Sunni Muslims

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Caliphs

140
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A word meaning “story”, the sayings and stories that are meant to for, guidance for living out religion

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Hadith

141
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A muslim who has memorized the Quran

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Hafiz

142
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A term meaning “migration”

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Hijrah

143
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The leader of prayer at a mosque who is chosen for his knowledge of Islam and his personal holiness

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Imam

144
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A term meaning “one who submits”

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Muslim

145
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The foundational principles and practices of Islam that were set forth by Muhammad and practiced by all Muslims

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Shar’iah

146
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The chapters in the the Quran

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Suraha

147
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A muslim scholar trained in Islam and islamic law

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Ulama

148
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When was Muhammad born

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570

149
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Where was Muhammad born

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Mecca

150
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Muhammad was

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Illiterate

151
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What is the name of Muhammad’s first wife

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Khadija

152
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What year did Muhammad receive his first revelation

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610

153
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Where was Muhammad when he received his first revelation

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A cave

154
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Who revealed God’s word to Muhammad

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Jabril (Gabriel)

155
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What is the name of the business man who was Muhammad’s friend, one of his first followers and the first caliph

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Abu Bakr

156
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What is the name of Muhammad’s cousin who winds up becoming the fourth and final rightly guided caliph

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Ali

157
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To which city did muhammad travel during the Night Journey

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Medina

158
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When offered a choice of drink, what did Muhammad choose when he was in Heaven during he Night Journey

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Milk

159
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How many times a day do Muslims pray

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5

160
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What year did Muhammad go from Mecca to Medina

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622

161
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What is the journey from Mecca to Medina called

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Hajj

162
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What was the original name for Medina

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Yethrib

163
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What is the name of the muslim place of prayer

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Mosque

164
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What is the name of the tower next to the place of prayer

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Minaret

165
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After Muhammad’s first battle, Muhammad changed the orientation of prayer from Jerusalem to which city

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Mecca

166
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We commonly associate jihad with holy war, but what would the muslim scholars think is a better translatiom

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Striving

167
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What is the name of the pilgrimage that the muslims are required to take if they are able physically and financially to Mecca

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Hajj

168
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What year did Muhammad die

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632

169
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“Islam” comes from the Hebrew word that means…? We understand Islam today to mean submission

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Peace

170
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What is the name of the shrine of many gods until Muhammad reclaimed it for the one God

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Ka’bah

171
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What name do the Muslims call God

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Allah

172
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What is the name for “community”

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Ummah

173
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Name the rightly guided Caliphs

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Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali

174
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What do the Shi’ah muslims call their leaders

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Imam

175
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What is the name of the chapters in the Quran

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Surahs

176
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What is the name of the text of Muhammad’s way of life

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Quran and Sunnah

177
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What is the name of the Islamic law

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Shar’iah

178
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What is name of the “crier” who calls people to prayer

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Muezzin

179
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What day of the week is the holy day for Muslims

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Friday

180
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What is the name of the month of fasting

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Ramadan

181
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Name the five pillars of Islam

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Shahadah (witnessing)
Salah (prayer)
Zakah (almsgiving)
Sawm (fasting)
Hajj (pilgrimmage)
182
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What are the major holy days for Muslimms

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Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Adha
Ashura

183
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What is the name of the festival commemorating the end of the fast

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Eid al-Fitr

184
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What is the name of the festival celebrating the end of the Hajj

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Eid al-Adha

185
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According to the Quran, what is the name of Abraham’s son who is willing to sacrifice

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Ishmael

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