Unit 1 Test Flashcards
(26 cards)
These myths describe the making of the world and universe
Origin myths
These myths describe the destruction of the world and universe
Eschatology
These myths describe what happens after we die
Afterlife
These myths describe the ways of the god and goddesses
Divine
These myths describe events like weather and natural phenomena
Nature
These myths describe heroes as fixers
Fisher king
These myths describe heroes questing for honour, fortune and glory
Prestige
These myths describe how cities and empires came to be
Foundation
Taoism is known as
The way(Tao)
Taoists tend to be
Polytheistic
In taoism, creation is believed to have happened due to universal
interaction of opposing forcesT
This religion led to the formation of the three major world religions today
Judaism
The first man responsible for a relationship with God according to the Jews, Christians and Muslims is
Abraham
The descendants of this man are who became the Jews
Isaac
The descendants of this man are who became the Muslims
Ishmael
Jews are
Followers of Judaism
Creation according to Judaism is that
God made the world in six days and rested on the seventh
The Universal religion is an offshoot from which religion
The religion that believes in God, but that once God created the universe he left it alone is
Deism
Scientology is from a concept by author
L. Ron Hubbard
Hindus believe in
Polytheism
Who is the main god for Hindus
Brahman
Reincarnation is a part of which religion’s doctrines
Buddhism and Hinduism
Who do Muslims believe is the one true prophet
Muhammad
