Quiz 1 Study Guide

Question 1

Shamanism

Answer 1

A belief system in which people interact with a spirit world

Question 2

Indigenous =

Answer 2

native

Question 3

Shamanism involves a belief in altering…

Answer 3

your consciousness (drugs in a religious way)

Question 4

Shamans are..

Answer 4

master practitioners

Question 5

Local Shamanistic practices are heavily dependent on…

Answer 5

natural surroundings

Question 6

Animism

Answer 6

The attribution of souls to plants, animals, and nature (believing that they all have souls)

Question 7

Animism is a belief part of…

Answer 7

Shamanism

Question 8

polytheism

Answer 8

many gods

Question 9

The sumerians used to own…

Answer 9

Modern day Iraq

Question 10

The sumerians were ahead of their times, and first created ________ called __________. (3000 BCE)

Answer 10

writing called cuniform

Question 11

Zoroastrianism (4 main concepts)

Answer 11

Free will, messianism, heaven and hell, judgement

Question 12

Zoroastrianism develops by 500BCE, in _________, which is now modern day _____.

Answer 12

Persia, Iran

Question 13

Zoroastrianism had one wise God known as…

Answer 13

Ahura Mazda

Question 14

The Persian founder/prophet of Zoroastrianism

Answer 14

Zarathushtra

Question 15

Buddhism (main concepts)

Answer 15

Diverse traditions, beliefs and practices based on the teachings of Buddha

Question 16

Buddhism spread because of the…

Answer 16

silk roads

Question 17

What sort of afterlife did the Buddhists believe in?

Answer 17

They didn’t believe in the afterlife; instead they believed in reincarnation (no judgement)

Question 18

Where did Buddhism take place?

Answer 18

East and South Asia (+ minor in central)

Question 19

Buddhists Monostatic Tradition. What is it and who was it developed by?

Answer 19

Its systems of monks, nuns, and monasteries; Developed by Gautama Buddah

Question 20

Hinduism (6 main concepts)

Answer 20

Third largest religion today, incredibly diverse, multiple gods, karma, reincarnation, cosmic balance)

Question 21

Hinduism is divided into ____ different _____________ and ____ different _____________.

Answer 21

6 different philosophies; 2 different schools

Question 22

The schools of Hinduism are known as…

Answer 22

Vedanta and Yoga

Question 23

The most important book of Hinduism

Answer 23

Bhagavad Gita

Question 24

Abrahamic Religion table:

Answer 24

Abraham
Issac Ishmael
Judaism Islam
Christianity sunni Muslim ______ Muslim
Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox
Protestantism

Question 25

The Abrahamic religions compromise...

Answer 25

half the worlds religious people

Question 26

Quran

Answer 26

The holy book of Islam

Question 27

Arabic word for God

Answer 27

Allah

Question 28

Mosque and synagogue =

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Islam houses of worship

Question 29

Torah

Answer 29

holy book of judaism

Question 30

Rabbis

Answer 30

Judaism spiritual leader; clergy

Question 31

Judaism (2 main ideas)

Answer 31

Monotheistic religion, God revealed his laws and commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai, Torah and Hebrew bible

Question 32

The 3 types of Jews

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Orthodox, Conservateur, and Reform

Question 33

In 1492, The Jews were...

Answer 33

kicked out of Spain and go to Eastern Europe (which eventually leads to the Holocaust)

Question 34

Bukharan Jews occupied...

Answer 34

Present day Uzbekistan

Question 35

What did the Bukharan Jews do?

Answer 35

Traveled to central Asia as traders as far back as 1000 BCE, larger population until the 1980s

Question 36

Great Schism (1504)

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Break between the Catholic Church and patriarch of Constantinople

Question 37

Why was the Great Schism caused?

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Because many Greek churches did not want to use Latin, leavened vs unleavened bread, Authority of Rome, and Celibacy (family) of Preists

Question 38

The Roman Catholic was in the ______, and the ________ Orthodox in the _____.

Answer 38

West;Eastern, East

Question 39

The Eastern Orthodox DID NOT believe in...

Answer 39

Purgatory

Question 40

Islam (5 main ideas)

Answer 40

-Monotheistic, Muhammad is messenger and prophet of God, communicates with Archangel Gabriel, Quran, Hajj

Question 41

Quran

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holy book of Islam

Question 42

Hajj

Answer 42

a pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 43

Most Muslims are _____, while the rest are ____ or other.

Answer 43

Sumi; Shia

Question 44

Mansa Musa I of Mali

Answer 44

Ruled the kingdom of Mali, and arguably the world's most wealthy person; exported mass amounts of gold to Europe and Middle East

Question 45

Empire of Mali

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Had total monopoly on the gold supply in the Mediterranean world; destroyed economics of other states and cities during Hajj

Question 46

Nomads =

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travelers

Question 47

The Silk Road

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trade network; lasted from BC into late middle ages; destroyed by Mongols and killed by ships.

Question 48

Mongol Conquest (1219-1320) (Main ideas)

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Genghis Khan and sons, Bukhara, Samarkand, and other cities fall (all silk road cities), mass death and destruction, large effective bureaucracy for collecting tribute/tax, Let locals rule and customs remain.

Question 49

What is a bureaucracy

Answer 49

administration/government

Question 50

Tarmashirin Khan (ruled 1331-1334 CE)

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converts to Islam, his conversions caused a revolt and he was killed in battle, followed by competing Khans and dividing the empire.

Question 51

Timir (1336-1405 CE)

Answer 51

Born in present day Uzbekistan to a minor Mongol person, believed he was the heir of Genghis Khan, Sunni Muslim, Creates large empire, Army Turkicongolian/government persian

Question 52

Timir (Tamerlane) was heavily associated with...

Answer 52

persian culture