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09/18/2012

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Islam means
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surrender
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Islam means
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surrender
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Muslim means
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those who submit
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_______ is the founder of Islam. He was born in _________ in 570 A.D.
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Mohammed, Mecca Arabia
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the _______was a shrine supposedly built by Abraham and Ishmael
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Ka'aba
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traditonally, Mohammed was taken by ______ from Mecca to Jerusalem, where he ascended to paradise
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Gabrie
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traditonally, Mohammed was taken by ______ from Mecca to Jerusalem, where he ascended to paradise
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Gabriel
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Mohammed supposedly met _______ in the second heaven and _______ in the third.s
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Noah, Abraham
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in 622 A.D., Mohammed fled Mecca and traveled to Yathrib, later named?
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Medina
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the flight to Medina is known as _____ and marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
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Hajira
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the term caliph means
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follower
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the god of Islam is called
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Allah
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the sacred text of Islam is known as the
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Khoran or Qu'ran
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Islam has ______ articles of faith
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five
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Islam believes in an inferior level of supernatural beings known as ____ who are between angels and men
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Jinn/Genii
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the name ______ means river or flood
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Indus
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three gods of the high heavens"
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Term
three gods of the "high heavens" were?
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Mithras, Vishnu, Varuna
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three important "gods of the earth" were?
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Agni,Soma,Yama
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______ was the god of fire, lighting, the sun and the sacrificial flame.
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Agni
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_____, the fermented juice of a plant, was intoxicating and therefore divine to the Aryans.
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Soma
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______ was the national god of the Aryans.
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Endra
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_______, also known as monolatry, is the worship of one god without rejecting other gods
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Henotheism
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the _____, professional priests, wielded the mightiest power in the land
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Brahmins
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______ is the belief that, upon death, one enters the body of an animal of human as it begins its life.
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transmigration
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_____ refers to actions or deeds in one's life which works out their result in the next life and so on unlimited
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Karma
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salvation for the Hindu means the liberation from ______, the repition of births to which they are bound.
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Samsara
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a ____ is a group of people kept apart from each other by regulations regarding marriage, food, residence.
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caste
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the ______ is the most influential book in Hinduism
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Bhagavad'ita
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Hindus believe that the first man, called _______, orginated four types of people
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Manu
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list and define three ways of accomplishing rebirth for the Hindu.
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Karmamarga the way of works
Jnanmarga the way of knowledge
Bhaktimarga the way of devotion
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Buddhism is one of only three religions that are truly worldwide. the other two are?
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Christianity, Islam
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_______ was the founder of Buddhism
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Siddharta Guatama
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in Buddhism ______ is the ultimate goal to be attained... the spirit merges into nothingness
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Nirvana
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according to Buddah the way to reach nirvana was known as?
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the middle way
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the way to supress the desire for pleasure was known as the ____ path
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eight fold
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Theravada Buddhism has three groups of scripture known known as ____ or The Three
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Tripitaka
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______ Buddhism has no fixed canon of scripture.
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Mahayana
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Hinayana Buddism uses the _____ as their scripture.
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Ohammapada
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in some sense, Confucianism is more of an _____ system than a religion
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ethical
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Confucius' disciples referred to him as?
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Kung Fu Tzu
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by the year 1906, Confucius was seen as one of teh three gods in the ?
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Chineese heaven
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____, born about 200 years after the death of Confucius, became his greatest disciple
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Mencius
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the _____ of Confucius contains his sayings as well as those of his disciples
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analects
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the ____ was written around 300 B.C. and was a collection of the thoughts of Confucius
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book of Mencius
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Confucius wrote commentaries on ancient Chineese writings called
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the five classics
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list the five basic principles of the ehtical system of Confucius
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Jen, Chen-Tzu, Li, Te, Wen
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Shintoism is the national religion of?
Definition
Japan
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Shintoism has its roots in the religions of the ____,_____ and _____ people
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Koreans, Mongolians, Malayans
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Shintoism teaches that the _____ are a special creation of the gods
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Japanese
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the first two deities, ___ and his wife ___ descended from heaven to form Japan in the sea
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Izanagi,and Izanami
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Ninigi, grandson od Izanami descended from _____, the sun goddess
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Amaterasu
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______ is the chief deity of Shintoism
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Amaterasu
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Shintoism was also somewhat influenced by _____
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Catholicism
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Shintoism asserts that Jesus was not crucified, but a _______ was mistakenly crucified instead
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younger brother
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____, or the record of ancient matters, is the oldest existing writing in Japan
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Kojiki
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____, or the record of ancient matters, is the oldest existing writing in Japan
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Kojiki
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____, or the chronicles of Japan, is a history of Japan up to about 700 A.D.
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Nihongi
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intoism teaches that Japanese people are divine origin and therefore have no need of a
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savior
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Shintoism teaches that Japanese people are divine origin and therefore have no need of a
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savior
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Taoism ancient Chinese belief that every natural object is composed of two opposite forces that support each other, the____ and the _______
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yen and the yang
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about the time of Moses, a god named____began to be worshipped and revered as the most high.
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shang ti
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the founder of Taoism was ______
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Lao Tzu
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Taoist philosophy is known as ______, because nof Confucius
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the way
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Tao literally means
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path or the way
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Taoism developed an idea of _____ as being a place of contented delight
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paradise
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Taoism developed an idea of _____ as being a place of contented delight
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paradise
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the _____ of the stove lived in a chimeny corner of the kitchen
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god of the stove
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many of the principles of Taoism were adopted by the _____ culture fo the 60's and 70's
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hippie/drug
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Mizra Ali Muhammed was the John the Baptist of the Baha'i movement. He was later known as ____ or the gate.
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Bab: pronounced Bob
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while in prison, _______ changed his name to Baha'i Allah after a religious experience
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Mirza Husane Ali
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Baha'i teaching nindicates that all ____ are good and part of God's plan
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other religious groups
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adherents of the Baha'i faith are considred a heretical sect because of the belief that ______ was a prophet
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Mohammed
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members of the Baha'i faith are not to ________; they are not responsible for conversion
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prostalatise
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in their view, Baha'i is neither the ____ nor the _____ faith to be delivered
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greatest, last
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Baha'i asserts that Jesus cannot be an actual _____ of God
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incarnation
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according to the Baha'i doctrine, the _______ of Christ was merely symbolic representing His teachings in His disciples
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resurrection
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Rastafarianism is based on the name of Emperor Haile Selassie I or
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Ras-tafari
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Selassie was referred to as
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teh lion of the tribe of Judah
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________ was the earliest leader of the Rastafarian movement
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Marcus Garvey
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it was during the time of ________ that Rastafarians became notorious for their violent behavior
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Lenord Howell
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it was during the time of ________ that Rastafarians became notorious for their violent behavior
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Lenord Howell
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______ was known as The Black man's Bible
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holy Peiby
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Rastafarians believe that God is both spirit and flesh, with _______ skin and _____ hair
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black, wooly
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Rastafarians believe that God is both spirit and flesh, with _______ skin and _____ hair
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black, wooly
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______ is a potent type of marijuana, and their somking it is defended by their view of Psa.104:14
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Ganja
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Rastadfarianism states that man is basically______, but this insight can only come through smoking marijuana
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God
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Rastafarian basically holds a ______ view of salvation
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Calvenistic
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Rastafarians believed that Jesu has already returned in the form of
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Haile Selassie I
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Ganja is known as _____ ______ and an _____ pleasing to God.
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wisdom weed, incense
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