Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
29 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
One God who chose the Hebrews as His people
|
Israel is the Promised Land
|
|
|
Ten Commandments
|
Jews (formerly known as Hebrews)
|
|
|
Holy Book is Torah; guides moral and ethical behavior
|
Spread through Diaspora
|
|
|
Faced anti-Semitism
|
JUDAISM
|
|
|
One God; Jesus is the Messiah and Son of God
|
Brotherhood of believers; equality, sympathy for poor, forgiveness; salvation; eternal life
|
|
|
Ten Commandments
|
Bible Old Testament (Torah) New Testament (life & teachings of Jesus)
|
|
|
Official religion of the Roman Empire
|
Spread through missionaries & trade; especially voyages of exploration inthe 1400's
|
|
|
Europeans spread the religion as they established settlements in the Americas, Africa, and Asia
|
CHRISTIANITY
|
|
|
One God, Allah
|
Five Pillars of Faith (Allah/Pray 5X day/Fasting/Almsgiving/Hajj)
|
|
|
Muhammad is founder and prophet
|
Mecca is holy city
|
|
|
Hajj is pilgrimage; hegira is journey to Medina
|
Quran (Koran) ; Sharia (Islamic law)
|
|
|
Spread through military conquest and trade
|
ISLAM
|
|
|
Shrines located at nature sites
|
Temples or Synagogues
|
|
|
Church or Cathedral
|
Mosque
|
|
|
No particular worship site; often in home
|
Spirits conjured by traditional dancers with masks
|
|
|
Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Protestant
|
Sunni Shiite (Sh'ia)
|
|
|
karma/dharma/reincarnation
|
Caste system; determined by birth; no social mobility (Brahmin/Kshatryia/Vaishya/Sudra/Untouchables)
|
|
|
Ganges River is sacred
|
Vedas and Upanishads
|
|
|
No founder; probably Aryans
|
Brahman is the unifying spirit
|
|
|
originated in India; stayed in India
|
HINDUISM
|
|
|
karma/dharma/reincarnation
|
Siddhartha Gautama is founder and Buddha
|
|
|
Four Noble Truths
|
Eightfold Path
|
|
|
Nirvana is goal
|
Rejects the Caste System
|
|
|
Originated in India, but spread out and to China, Japan, Korea, S.E. Asia
|
BUDDHISM
|
|
|
ANIMISM
|
Traditional/African/nature spirits
|
|
|
SHINTO
|
Japan; spirits are called kami
|
|
|
"the way" nature Yin Yang
|
TAOISM (DAOISM)
|
|
|
CONFUCIANISM
|
filial piety-respect for family/parents
|
|
|
civil service system established in China
|
5 Relationships
ruler/father/son/brother/friend |
