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Sacred actions by which one is linked to the community through the sacred. Often involving reenactments of sacred stories
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Ritual
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From the root word for gospel, “sharing of good news”
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Evangelization
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The movement, inspired and led by the Holy Spirit, that seeks the union of all Christian faiths and eventually The unity of all people’s throughout the world
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Ecumenism
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Traditional or ancient stories that help provide a worldview of the people by explaining their creation, customs or ideals
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Myth
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Powers one believes controls one’s destiny
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The divine
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Being tied bound by sacred obligations to powers believed to govern our destiny
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Religion
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Interpretive and religious specialists (shamans, priests, ministers, monks, scholars, and teachers)
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Leaders/experts
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Myth that the world and its forces govern human destiny
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Myth of nature
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Myth that believes worldly rhythms and concerns are to be escaped
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Myth of liberation
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Myth that believes the world works in complementary opposites
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Myth of harmony
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Myth that believes the cosmos is a great unfolding story told by a great divine storyteller
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Myth of history
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Daoism and Confucianism are what kind of myth
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Myth of harmony
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Hinduism and Buddhism are what kind of myth
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Myth of liberation
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Primal/primitive religion is what kind of myth
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Myth of nature
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Christianity, Judaism, and Islam or what kind of myth
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Myth of history
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Which pope was an investor of Greece and Turkey
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John the 23rd
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Which pope was the first pope since Saint peter to visit a synagogue
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John Paul the 2nd
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Which pope invited non-Christians to the second Vatican Council
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John the 23rd
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Which pope was the most traveled pope in history
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John Paul the 2nd
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Which pope saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust
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John the 23rd
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Which pope called and begin the second Vatican Council
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John the 23rd
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Which put closed the second Vatican Council
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Paul 6th
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Which pump removed offensive language from the Good Friday liturgy
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John the 23rd
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Which was the first pope to visit a mosque
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John Paul the 2nd
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Which pope in his first at cyclical called protestants "separated brethren"
John the 23rd
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Is Jerusalem a sacred place or sacred space
Sacred place
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Is Mecca a sacred place or sacred space
Sacred place
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Is the church at sacred place or sacred space
Sacred space
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Is a mosque a sacred place or sacred space
Sacred space
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Is the Ganges River a secret place or sacred space
Sacred place
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Is a synagogue a sacred place or sacred space
Sacred space
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Is rodeo gym on a Wednesday a sacred place or sacred space
Sacred space
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Is mount Sinai a sacred place or sacred space
Sacred place
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Is the Jordan River a sacred place or sacred space
Sacred place
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Is a temple a sacred place or secret space
Sacred space
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Is a chapel a sacred place or sacred space
Sacred space
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In the Yoruba religion, ritual practitioners who specialize in the art of telling ones future
Diviners
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A natural entity, such as an animal or a feature of the landscape that symbolizes an individual or group that has a special significance for the religious life of the group
Totem
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Common to many religions, and entity such as a mountain tree or pole that is believed to connect the heavens and earth
Axis Mundi
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The capital city of the Aztec empire
Tenochtitlan
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A type of supernatural being who tends to disrupt the normal course of life
Trickster figure
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A mythic time of Australian Aboriginal religion when the ancestors in habited the earth
The dreaming
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A means of seeking spiritual power through an encounter with a guardian spirit or other medium following a period of fasting and other forms of self denial
Vision quest
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The various techniques, such as throwing bones or shells and then interpreting the pattern in which a fall, gaining knowledge about an individual's future or about because of a personal problem
Divination
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A system of social ordering that dictates the specific objects and activities are set aside for specific groups and are strictly forbidden to others
Taboo
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Mesoamerican creator God
Quetzalcoatl
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The hundreds of your Yoruba deities who are the main objects of ritual attention
Orishas
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Ritual of Lakota and other tribes of the north American planes that celebrates a new year and prepares the tribe for the annual Buffalo hunt
Sun dance
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Those who practice of magic, connected the scene and unseen spiritual world
Shamans
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Primal believe the entire world is alive with spirits
Animism
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According to Australian aboriginal believe they are supernatural beings (deities) who emerged and run the earth
The ancestors
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What kind of lifestyle characterized communities of the first Homo sapiens
Hunter gatherers
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What was a major factor that led to the losing of primal religious culture
People had to remember everything, everything was oral tradition
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How was myth and tradition passed on
Word-of-mouth, cave art
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Where were the female figurines found
Eurasia
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What name was given to these figures
Mother goddess figuring/Venus figuring
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What is a significant characteristic of these female figurines
They were for tile and large breasted
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The worship of the female goddess represents worship of
Childbirth
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What was the name of the period when it was believed that women lead the groups
Matriarchal period
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When was it believed that this period, referenced above, ended
Hunter gatherer to farming
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In Minoan civilization, what symbolized the mail
The bull
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What are some factors of taboo
Maturity, religious training
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What are some initiation rites of the Dieri that symbolize death
Circumcision, bleeding of the child, two front teeth knocked out and buried
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What is and admired and famous contribution of the Yoruba
Artwork
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Why is Ife the center of the Yoruba religion
It is the place why God created the world
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According to Yoruba belief, who created the world
Orishna – Nla
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According to Yoruba teaching, who are the deviant human beings
Sorcerers and witches
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What is the name of the heist God for the Yoruba
Olorun
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Who is the god of iron and war in the Yoruba religion
Ogun
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What is the name of the trickster figure in the Yoruba religion
Esu
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Who mediates between heaven and earth in the Yoruba religion
Esu
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What was the name of the first king of Ife
Ogun
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Who mediate between the lesser gods and the ancestors
Ogun
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What is the name of the ancestors who had a good reputation, lived to an old age and is worshiped by family
Family ancestors
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What is the name of the ancestors who are more well-known, have a greater impact on the Yoruba and therefore worshiped by a large number of people
Deified
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What is the role of Yoruba ritual practitioners
Mediates between living and dead
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Who are the diviners
They give fortunes
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What is the role of mediators
They give messages to the dead and living
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What is the name of the land bridge that the North American plains Indians used to come to North America
Bering Strait
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What is the Lakota name for the supreme reality
Wanka Tanka
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Who is Inktomi
The trickster figure
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What pre-existing culture influenced the Aztec religion
Toltecs
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What did the Aztecs call their present age
Age of the fifth son
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What is the name of the first king of the Aztecs
Totzecoatl or Quetzelcoatl
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What ritual did the Aztecs perform to delay the end of the current age and nourish the sun
Human sacrifice
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Which Aztec can falsely identified Hernan Cortes as the return of their long lost priest came
Moctezuma II
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The liberation from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth
Moksha
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Experience of birth, life, and death over and over again until one has achieved oneness with Brahman
Samsara
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Based on the believe in reincarnation, the Hindu, and Buddhist believe that the form the sou will take in the next life is determined by its behavior in this life
Karma
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In Hinduism, ultimate reality or absolute reality is what
Atman
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The coaches who invaded the Indus River Valley approximately in 1500 BC
Aryans
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Ones role in life and society
Dharma
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Vedic/Hindu priest
Brahmin
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The culture that existed in the Indus River Valley prior to 1500 BC
Harappa
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Commentary on school rituals
Brahmana
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Personal devotion to the gods
Bhakti
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The innermost essence
Atman
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Aryan division of labor. The social class system that is prevalent in Hindi India
Division of Purusha
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Oldest canon of Hindu scriptures which contains the most sacred scripture
Shruti
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Bodywork the people found most appealing which contains the two great Hindu epics the Mahabharata and the Ramayana
Smriti
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Seers from primordial past to whom divine knowledge was revealed
Rishi
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The liturgical and scriptural language of Hinduism the only few understood
Sanskrit
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The belief system brought by the Aryans to the Indus River Valley
Vedism
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Known as the "great soul" he is known for his stance on nonviolence and passive resistance
Gandhi
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Literally means "sit down beside "this text is a philosophical work concerning cycle of rebirth
Upandishads
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Spiritual leaders who emerged toward the end of the brahminical period Who taught personal devotion to the gods
Guru
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Illusions such as emotions, the body and the mind
Maya
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The place where the Indo Europeans travel during the brahminical period. The holiest site in Hinduism
Ganges River
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What was Mohandas Gandhi called
Hindu social reformer
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List the four Vedas
Rig Veda, Soma Veda, Yajor Veda, Atharva Veda
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Hindu Creator god
Brahma
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Hindu Preserving god
Vishnu
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Hindu Destroying god
Shiva
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Hindu divine mother
Parvati who is connected to shiva
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Goddess of learning, literature, and music
Saraswati who is connected to Brahma
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Goddess of prosperity, good fortune, and beauty
Lakshmi who is connected to vishnu
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The ruling warriors
Kshatriyas
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The untouchables
Aspirshya
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The priests
Brahmins
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The merchants/farmers
Vaishya
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The servants
Shudra
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Class that came from the feet of Purisha
Servants
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Class that came from the arms of Purisha
Warriors
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Class that came from the mouth of Purisha
Priest
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Class that came from the thighs of Purisha
Farmers/merchants
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Which class is the highest in Purisha
Priest/Brahmin
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The pursuit of love, pleasure
Kama
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Pursuit of doing one's duty
Dharma
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The pursuit of wealth and power within one's Caste
Artha
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The pursuit of liberation from the cycle of rebirth
Mosksha
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List the four stages of life for a man
Birth, childhood, adulthood, funeral rite
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How many seasons do the Hindus celebrate
6
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Name the seasons
Spring, summer, autumn, winter, monsoon, dewy
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Major Hindu feast that is focused on the love between Krishna and Radha
Holi
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Major Hindu feast that is a festival of lights
Diwali
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Most sacred river to the Hindus
Ganges River
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The ritual washing of the face, hands, arms, top of the head and feet that a muslim must perform before salah, the second pillar of Islam
Wudu
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In Islam the call to prayer
Adan
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Islamic leaders regarded as successors of Muhammad for Sunni Muslims
Caliphs
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A word meaning "story", the sayings and stories that are meant to for, guidance for living out religion
Hadith
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A muslim who has memorized the Quran
Hafiz
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A term meaning "migration"
Hijrah
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The leader of prayer at a mosque who is chosen for his knowledge of Islam and his personal holiness
Imam
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A term meaning "one who submits"
Muslim
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The foundational principles and practices of Islam that were set forth by Muhammad and practiced by all Muslims
Shar'iah
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The chapters in the the Quran
Suraha
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A muslim scholar trained in Islam and islamic law
Ulama
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When was Muhammad born
570
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Where was Muhammad born
Mecca
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Muhammad was
Illiterate
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What is the name of Muhammad's first wife
Khadija
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What year did Muhammad receive his first revelation
610
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Where was Muhammad when he received his first revelation
A cave
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Who revealed God's word to Muhammad
Jabril (Gabriel)
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What is the name of the business man who was Muhammad's friend, one of his first followers and the first caliph
Abu Bakr
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What is the name of Muhammad's cousin who winds up becoming the fourth and final rightly guided caliph
Ali
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To which city did muhammad travel during the Night Journey
Medina
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When offered a choice of drink, what did Muhammad choose when he was in Heaven during he Night Journey
Milk
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How many times a day do Muslims pray
5
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What year did Muhammad go from Mecca to Medina
622
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What is the journey from Mecca to Medina called
Hajj
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What was the original name for Medina
Yethrib
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What is the name of the muslim place of prayer
Mosque
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What is the name of the tower next to the place of prayer
Minaret
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After Muhammad's first battle, Muhammad changed the orientation of prayer from Jerusalem to which city
Mecca
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We commonly associate jihad with holy war, but what would the muslim scholars think is a better translatiom
Striving
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What is the name of the pilgrimage that the muslims are required to take if they are able physically and financially to Mecca
Hajj
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What year did Muhammad die
632
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"Islam" comes from the Hebrew word that means...? We understand Islam today to mean submission
Peace
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What is the name of the shrine of many gods until Muhammad reclaimed it for the one God
Ka'bah
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What name do the Muslims call God
Allah
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What is the name for "community"
Ummah
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Name the rightly guided Caliphs
Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali
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What do the Shi'ah muslims call their leaders
Imam
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What is the name of the chapters in the Quran
Surahs
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What is the name of the text of Muhammad's way of life
Quran and Sunnah
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What is the name of the Islamic law
Shar'iah
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What is name of the "crier" who calls people to prayer
Muezzin
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What day of the week is the holy day for Muslims
Friday
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What is the name of the month of fasting
Ramadan
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Name the five pillars of Islam
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Shahadah (witnessing)
Salah (prayer)
Zakah (almsgiving)
Sawm (fasting)
Hajj (pilgrimmage)
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What are the major holy days for Muslimms
Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Adha
Ashura
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What is the name of the festival commemorating the end of the fast
Eid al-Fitr
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What is the name of the festival celebrating the end of the Hajj
Eid al-Adha
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According to the Quran, what is the name of Abraham's son who is willing to sacrifice
Ishmael
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