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divination
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the prediction of events through the study of stars and planets
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What date did the Mayans predict the world would end on?
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December 21, 2012
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What ended the Mayan civilization?
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the Spanish invaders came in and took over
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Where were the Mayans located?
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Mesoamerica
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Which South American religion had a hieroglyphic-style language?
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Mayas
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What South American culture's religion went hand in hand with science?
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Mayas
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What were the Maya's temples like?
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tall pyramid/ziggurat-like structures
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Where did human sacrifice take place in Mayan culture?
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on the top of the temples
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How many months and days in each month were in the Mayan calendar?
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18 months with 20 days each
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What was the Incan capital?
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Cusco
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What ended the Incan civilization?
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Spanish invaders outlawed Incan religion and destroyed the empire
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Who was the Incan "Mother Earth" goddess?
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Pachama
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polarity
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opposite forces of the world that balance each other out
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male side of the Incan polarity symbol represented by the sun
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hanan
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female side of the Incan polarity symbol represented by the moon
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hurin
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What South American culture were much like Egyptians, and believed in two souls and mummification?
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Incans
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How big was the Aztec tribe?
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20-25 million people
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how did the Aztecs conquer most of Mexico?
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through alliances, trade, and war
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What was the capital of the Aztec civilization?
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Tenchotitl
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What South American culture believed in daily human sacrifice?
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Aztecs
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What South American civilization had two calendars that combined to form a 3rd one?
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Aztecs
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How long were the Aztec eras and what could happen at the end of them?
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52 years long/the world could be destroyed if sacrifices weren't performed
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What are some people of the plains?
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Blackfeet, Crow, Sioux, Cheyenne, Omaha, Kiowa, and Comanche
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What did the people of the plains live in?
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tepees
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What animal was extremely important to the people of the plains?
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buffalo
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What are some things the plains people used buffalo for?
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hides-tepee walls, pelts-tepee floor, hooves-wind chimes, horn-shovel, meat-food
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How did the plains people kill the buffalo?
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with bows and arrows
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What are some tribes of the forest people?
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Ojibwa, Huron, Iroquois, Cherokee, Winnebago, Creek, Natchez, and Seminole
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What tree was important to the forest people?
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Birch
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What did the people of the forest use birch for?
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the used the bark for their wigwam walls
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What did the forest people sleep in?
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wigwams made of birch bark
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How did the forest people catch fish?
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with traps, nets, hooks, and night spearing
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What was an important method of obtaining food for the forest people?
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catching fish from the rivers
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What are some tribes of the desert people?
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Yuma, Hope, Anasazi, Apache, Pima, Navajo, and Zuni
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What was special about the desert people?
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the different tribes got along well because in the desert you must learn to share what little you have to survive
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What did the desert people live in?
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multi-story houses under caves
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What are some things the desert people ate?
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they ground corn for cornbread, and hunted rabbits and deer
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What are some tribes of the northwest coast people?
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Tlingil, Salish, Tillamook, Haida, and Bella Coola
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What did the northwest coast people live in?
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families slept together in big houses with openings and steep edges
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What identified family houses of the northwest coast people?
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totem poles
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What was a custom to show respect for nature for the northwest coast people?
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they returned the bones of the first caught fish of the season to the river
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What was the major food method for the northwest coast people?
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catching salmon in the rivers
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What did the northwest coast people use cedar for?
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to carve canoes
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What were blankets of the northwest coast people made of?
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bear skin
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What was a method of catching animals used by North American indians?
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traps and snares
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How did North American indian tribes make baskets
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they wove them out of bark
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What was the name for buffalo tendons?
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sinu
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In what year did the US Army invade the Cherokee camp and force them to walk on the Trail of Tears?
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1838
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What year was the Indian Removal Act passed?
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1830
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What was life on reservations like for indians?
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food was late or scarse and local traders kept them in debt
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What year did the Lakota warriors attack the local traders?
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1862
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How long was the Trail of Tears?
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over 1000 miles long
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How were the indians tricked into signing treaties that gave up their homeland, and later their reservation land?
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since the indians couldn't read the treaties, translators would skip telling them parts of the treaty
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What happened to the buffalo after the settlers moved in?
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they began to run scarce because the settlers would kill them for game and leave them dead on the ground, which was an insult to the indians, and they started to die out
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What started the war led by Little Crow?
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When the lakota warriors attacked the local traders when they said the indians could eat grass
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What are three things most Native American stories include?
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The Great Spirit, The Role of Animals, and the 4 directions
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How did Native Americans pass down their history?
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through stories and oral traditions
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What did each part of the pipe represent in the story "White Buffalo Woman"?
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red stone on bowl-the Earth
buffalo calf carving-the four legged creatures wooden stem-everything that grows on the earth 12 hanging feathers-the winged creatures |
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What does the pipe remind the indians in "White Buffalo Woman"?
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that all creatures are as one on the Earth
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What is life like today for Native Americans?
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Indians have low self esteem, not many jobs, many own casinos
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What is the definition of Philosopy?
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a pursuit of wisdom or a search for a general understaning of life by making speculations instead of observations
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What did Socrates write?
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"Allegory of the Cave"
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What was Socrates executed for?
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corrupting the youth of Athens
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Who was Plato a student of?
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Socrates
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What was the Academy?
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a school for science and philosopy founded by Plato
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Who was Aristotle a student of?
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Plato
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Who did Aristotle teach?
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Alexander the Great
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accepted truth
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axiom
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finding out "whys" based on axioms
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reasoning
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making sense of something by representing it as something else
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symbolic reasoning
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How were Aristotle's speeches and teachings written down?
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by his students
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the way in which someone reaches a conclusion
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logic
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What year did the Scopes Monkey Trial occur?
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1925
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What was the Scopes Trial about?
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it concerned enforcement of Tennessee law that prohibited the teaching of the theory of evolution; it put evolution vs science on trial
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Who was the prosecutor in the Scopes Trial?
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Williams Jennings Bryant
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Who defended John Scopes in the Scopes Trial?
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Clarence Darrow
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Who was the teacher put on trial for teaching the theory of evolution?
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John Scopes
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What happened to Bryan after the Scopes Trial?
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he died
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How did the Scopes Trial end?
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Scopes was charged with a $100 fine, but the trial was called a miltrial because the judge was not supposed to issue the fine so Scopes was free of charge
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What were the 4 traditions Hinduism developed from?
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1. The original inhabitants of India
2. The Indus-Valley Civilization 3. The Dravidian Culture 4. The Vedic Religion |
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Why don't we know much about the original inhabitants of India?
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they lived about 500,000 years ago, and there was no recorded history about them
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What major cities did the Indus Valley Civilization build?
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Mohenjo Daro and Harappa
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Who were the Dravidians?
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dark skinned people who took over the Indus valley
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Who are the main texts of Hinduism named after?
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The Vedic Religion
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What are the 4 Vedas of Hindu religion?
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The Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda, and Atharava Veda
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Who wrote the Vedas?
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Sage Vyase
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Why do the Hindus believe they are monotheistic
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They believe they have many different gods that are manifestations of a single God
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Who was Brahma and what was his symbol?
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God of Creation/four faces
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Who was Lakshimi and what was her symbol?
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Goddess of Wealth/coins and wealth
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Who was Shiva and what was her symbol?
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Goddes of life and rebirth/the trident
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Who was Vishnu and what was his symbol?
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God that came to earth in different forms/ battle mace
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Who was Saraswatli and what was her symbol
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Goddess of knowledge and music/ the swan
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WHo was Ganesh and what was his symbol?
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God of overcoming obstacles/ elephant face
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Who was Kali and what was her symbol?
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goddess of destruction of evil beings/ tongue sticking out
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Hind cycle of sorrow and pain in life
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Samsara
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"Song of Life"; Hindu text that teaches about life
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Bhagavad Gita
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giving up worldly joy for a more holy life
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renunciation
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The Buddah
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Siddhartha Gautamah
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Standing for a belief without fighting
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non-violent resistance
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release from hindu life cycle
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Moksha
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Moral actions one takes in life
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Karma
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ancient burial mound
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stupa
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fought for Hindu social justice
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Mohanda Gandi
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summary of 4 truths about life
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4 Noble Truths
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belief that the sould is reborn after death
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reincarnation
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"Song of Life"; Hindu text that teaches about life
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Bhagavad Gita
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giving up worldly joy for a more holy life
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renunciation
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The Buddah
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Siddhartha Gautamah
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Standing for a belief without fighting
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non-violent resistance
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release from hindu life cycle
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Moksha
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Moral actions one takes in life
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Karma
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ancient burial mound
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stupa
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fought for Hindu social justice
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Mohanda Gandi
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summary of 4 truths about life
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4 Noble Truths
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belief that the soul is reborn after death
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reincarnation
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rules for correct lifing in Buddism
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eight fold path
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What are some of the rules in the Eight Fold Path?
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right view, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfullness, and concentration
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place of Buddhism perfect place
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Nirvana
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"The Large Vehicle"; doesn't believe Buddha is a god
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Mahayana Buddhism
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sect of Buddhism that believes Buddha is a god
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Theraveda Buddhism
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name for Hindu life cycle
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samsara
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Hinduism release from the life cycle
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moksha
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Buddhism release from the life cycle
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nirvana
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times of religious revival; pre-cival war movement where religious spirits of the US was revived
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1st and 2nd great awakenings
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Who started the Millerite Movement?
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William Miller
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What did the Millerite Movevent found?
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7th day adventists and Jehova's Witnesses
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Someone who believes that God created the universe but hasn't been involved with the world since
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Deist
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focused on the second coming of Jesus
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Advent
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A magazine published by the Jehova's Witnesses taht outlines their teachings and tells the world events
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The Watchtower
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have no belief or importance based on a god or diety of any kind
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non-theistic
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What is an atheist?
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1. any perso who is without a belief in a deity
2. any person who rejects the idea of a deity |
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focused around the existtance of God
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Agnostic
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modern teaching that human beings are the highest authority; make your own truths
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humanists
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When was the 2nd Great Awakening?
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1790 to 1840's
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Who founded the Mormons?
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Joseph Ssmith
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How old was Joseph Smith when he had his 1st vision?
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14
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What is the Church of JEesus Christ of Lattar-Day Saints' holy text?
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The Book of Mormon
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Where do most mormons live?
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Who founded the Christian Science religion?
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Mary Baker Eddy
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What inspired Mary Baker Eddy to found the Christian Science religion?
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she had been sick all her life and was miraculously healed
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What book did Mary Baker Eddy write?
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"Science and Health with Key to the Scripture"
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What year was Mary Baker Eddy's book written?
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1875
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What book of the bible do 7th Day Adventists focus on?
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Revalations
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Who are William Millers followers called?
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Millerites
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What dates did the 7th Day Adventists believe Jesus would return to earth?
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March of 1884 and then October 22, 1844
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On what day to the 7th Day Adventists worship on?
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Saturday
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How do Jahova's Witnesses view the Bible?
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as inspired Word of God
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What do the Jahova's Witnesses refuse to do?
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serve in the army and say the pledge
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