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FINALS Flashcards

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Philosophy

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The study of knowledge reality and existing

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Spirituality

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Process of personal transformation

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Deism

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Belief of a supreme being, specifically of someone who doesn’t intervene in the universe

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Atheism

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Disbelief of the existence of Gods

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Agnosticism

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Uncommitted to the belief or disbelief of a God

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Animism

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Belief that animals, plants and trees have spirits and souls

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Pagan

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A religion that is not one of the five main religions

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Karma

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The sums of a persons actions which decide their fate in the future

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Dharma

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The religions and moral law governing individual Conduct

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Samsara

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The repeating cycle of birth, life and death

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Caste system

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A system of segregation based on birth

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Hinduism

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They worshipped at dusk and dawn. Most of their worship was done at family shrines with candles, food, offerings and statues

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Nirvana

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The state where there is no suffering, desire or sense of self. The final goal

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Eightfold Path

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  1. Right view
  2. Right thought
  3. Right speech
  4. Right action
  5. Right livelihood
  6. Right effort
  7. Right mindfulness
  8. Right contemplation
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Four Noble truths

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  1. All life is suffering
  2. Suffering is the result of desire
  3. Suffering ceases when desire ceases
  4. The eight fold path can lead you out of suffering
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Five moral precepts

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  1. Don’t kill
  2. Don’t steal
  3. Avoid sexual misconduct
  4. Refrain from false speech
  5. Abstain from substances that cause intoxication
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Buddhism

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Where simple clothing, have short hair and meditate

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Torah

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First five Hebrew Scriptures

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Talmud

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Jewish civil and ceremonial law

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Covenant

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The agreement between God and his people

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Seder

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Traditional Passover feast

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Judaism

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Believe in monotheism. Pray three times a day

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Parable

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Story used to tell a lesson(gospel)

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Gospel

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The record of Jesus’ life in the first four books of the New Testament

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Epistle

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Book of the New Testament in the form of the letter from an apostle

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Kaaba

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The cube building in Mecca

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Jihad

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Striving, struggling for the betterment of the self and the community

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Five pillars

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  1. Hajj
  2. Zakat
  3. Sawm
  4. Salat
  5. Shahada
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Hajj

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Pilgrimage to Mecca

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Zakat

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Alms giving

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Sawm

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Fasting during the month of Ramadan

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Salat

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Islamic prayer five times a day

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Shahada

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Professing mono theism

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Imam

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The person who leads the prayer in a mosque

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Mosque

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Worship place of Islamic religion

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Minaret

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Towers with bells in them

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Islamophobia

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Dislike or prejudice against Islam or Muslims

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Sunni

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85 to 90% of Muslims

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Shia

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10 to 15% of Muslims

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Caliph

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The chief Muslim civil and religious ruler

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Quran

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Muslim holy book

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Tithe

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One 10th of earnings that are given to the church

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Religion

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A set of beliefs that concerne the cause and purpose of the universe

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Ibm battuta

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Muslim from Morocco, was a merchant, Central south east Africa

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Marco Polo

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From Venice, a merchant, traveled through Constantinople, India and Eastern China

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Zheng He

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Admirl of the Chinese navy, from China

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Benjamin of Tudela

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Jewish man from Spain, Jews were targeted in Spain so he travels around the world on the pilgrimage to Jerusalem

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Which explorer is credited with inspiring western Europe to find a faster route to Asia?

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Marco Polo

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Which explorer is most closely related to the trans Saharan trade?

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Ibn battuta

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The protection of the silk Road was largely due to what?

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The Mongols

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Benjamin of tudela’s main goal in his travels was to catalog communities of what people?

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Jews

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What were the houses made of the Ibn battuta describes in taghaza

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Salt

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Who was the first European explorer to around the tip of Africa

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Vasco de gama

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The compass, use widely in navigation, was invented where?

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China

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Ibn battuta wrote of this city a crossroads between Europe and Asia?

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Constantinople

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Europeans from where attempted and failed to control the Indian Ocean trade?

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Portugal

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Where was the first university founded?

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morocco

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What is a result of the invention of the printing press?

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Literacy rates increase

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