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| Religions or philosophy based on logical concepts |
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| "The way of the Gods" normally is defined as: |
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| Confucius was not the founder of a religion. |
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| Confucius denied that there was a hereafter. |
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| Confucius appealed to universal religious aspirations. |
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| The cult of the sky, the cult of the forefathers, and the cult of the hearth were all part of Chinese culture during Confucius’s time. |
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| Confucius rejected the necessity of performing rituals. |
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| Confucius believed in the possibility of the perfection of man. |
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| According to Confucius the five main virtues are courtesy, magnanimity, good faith, diligence, and goodness. |
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| In the Tao philosophy, the force of reality called the Yang is cold, passive, and feminine. |
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| In the Tao philosophy, the opposing force of reality, the Yin, is active, hot, and masculine. |
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| Unlike Confucianism, Taoism offered the reward of immortality. |
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| quality of impurity or misfortune |
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| ceremony to purify area or object |
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| ritual waterfall purification |
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| Defined as the Supreme Lord in Zorastrianism: |
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| Zorastrianism began in which country |
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| Zorastrianism was the first to believe in |
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| Promised that he would be the father of a great nation |
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| God revealed to Moses His name |
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| Location of the laws given to Moses |
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| Led Israel across the Jordan River |
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| Destroyed the southern kingdom - Judah |
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| Scattering of the Jewish people all over the world is known as |
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| Most important non-biblical material in Judaism |
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| Feast commemorating Esther |
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| Abraham’s family, part of a nomadic shepherd clan, originally came from the region known as ______ in Southern Mesopotamia. |
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| Abraham’s father died in Harran, where the family had migrated _________. |
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| After the Lord spoke to Abraham, Abraham obeyed the Lord’s command to leave his homeland to move to ________. |
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| As he journeyed to the land God had promised him, Abraham took with him his wife Sarah and ________. |
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| In Jewish tradition, ______ is the deliverer and lawmaker of Israel. |
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| On _______, Moses proclaimed the covenant of God to his people, promising that God would protect the people if they would obey his commandments. |
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| The Egyptian Pharaoh, alarmed at the growing population of Hebrews in Egypt, ordered that: |
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| All Hebrew male children be killed. |
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| To save their son, Moses’s parents put him in a basket and laid it by the reeds of the Nile, where it was discovered by ________ who raised him as royalty. |
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| Which incident forced Moses to flee from Egypt to Median? |
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| In Median, Moses married the daughter of ______, the chief priest. |
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| While Moses was at Median, God spoke to him through a burning bush telling Moses that he must: |
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| free his people from slavery. |
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| When the Egyptian Pharaoh refused to let the Hebrew people return to their homeland, God sent 10 plagues on Egypt, including all but the following: |
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| the plague of mosquitoes. |
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| Although the Pharaoh later regrets his decision, the Hebrew people are eventually allowed to leave Egypt, an event that is commemorated in the festival of the ____________ in Jewish tradition. |
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| To avoid the Northern caravan route which was controlled by the Egyptians, Moses led his people to Canaan through the Sinai desert, a trip that ultimately took _____years. |
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| During the long journey to Canaan, Moses declared the commandments to the people taught to him by God, also called the _______, which were housed in the Ark of the Covenant. |
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| When Judaism later became a religion centered around the after the temple’s destruction, holiness meant conformity to ________. |
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| Jerusalem is a holy site for these three world religions: |
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| Judaism, Christianity, and Islam |
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| Jerusalem’s importance to Judaism started with King _______. |
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| The food at the Seder table symbolizes elements of the ________. |
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| At the Seder table, parsley represents ________. |
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| At the Seder table, the bone represents the ________. |
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| At the Seder table, bitter herbs represent ________. |
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| The three major Jewish festivals are Passover, Festival of Weeks, and Festival of ________, reminiscent of the time when the temple was still intact. |
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| After the temple was destroyed in 70 AD, the Jewish system of sacrifice was replaced with ________. |
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| a system based on prayer and study |
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| In the Jewish tradition, Sabbath, a period of rest from work based on the creation story, begins on ________ and ends on ________. |
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| Friday afternoon, Saturday evening |
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| First Gospel written how many years after the death of Jesus |
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| Beatitudes is located in what sermon |
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| Book of Acts is primarily recording whose ministry |
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| First Roman emperor to support Christianity |
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| Greatest contribution to translate the Bible from Latin to English is |
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| Nailed 95 Theses on the castle church in Wittenberg on October 31, 1517 |
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| Probably the greatest and most influential mind of the Reformation was |
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| Reaffirmed the traditional seven sacraments of the Catholic Church |
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| Name of Muhammad's first wife. |
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| Eschatology is the study of |
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| Struggle in the path of God is |
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| Think of themselves as the guardians of Islamic orthodoxy and tradition |
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| "There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is the messenger of Allah" is the |
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| "In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful" is the |
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| The idea conserning the Mosque is that it is a place of study, prayer and meeting |
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| Many now believe that Jesus was born sometime between: |
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| Scholars estimate that Jesus was crucified on April 7, ____ |
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| Jesus was born in _____ according to the Gospels. |
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| Jesus’s early ministry included preaching, curing the sick, and: |
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| Jesus’s family was from the village of ________ in Galilee. |
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| The preaching and ministry of Jesus lasted no longer than _______ years. |
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| The stand Jesus took against the ________ and temple authorities eventually led to his arrest and execution. |
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| Palm Sunday commemorates: |
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| Jesus's triumphant entry into Jerusalem. |
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| Following the betrayal of Jesus by Judas, Jesus was arrested and first appeared before: |
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| the Sanhedrin, a Jewish religious court |
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| Ultimately, Jesus was crucified for being: |
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| The Lord’s Supper is one of the two sacraments observed by all Christian churches, Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant. The other sacrament observed by all in some form is _______. |
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| What event transformed the disciples from a fearful band of followers to a body of believers willing to be martyred for the gospel? |
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| The appearance of Jesus after his resurrection |
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| The followers of Jesus did not see resurrection as a bringing of a corpse back to life but a: |
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| transfiguration of the body. |
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| The sacrament of Mass or _______ in Protestant churches commemorating the actions of Jesus at the Last Supper is celebrated in all Christian churches. |
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| The elements of the Mass or Lord’s Supper are the bread, which represents the _______ of Christ, and the wine, which represents the blood. |
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| Rituals relating to the events of Jesus’ betrayal, crucifixion, and ________ are particularly important to Christianity |
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| Civil Rights activist ________, a Baptist minister, called on people to use their faith as they struggled for social equality for all Americans. |
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| Both Mother Teresa and Sister Emmanuel gave up careers in _______ to serve the needy in other countries. |
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| Mother Teresa and Sister Emmanuel served slum dwellers in _______ and the dying in ________. |
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| One unusual activity of the congregation of St. John the Divine is the blessing of the animals as a part of its call to protect our environment during its annual: |
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| The Five Pillars of Islam outline the major obligations of Muslim believers. |
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| The Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) is required of all believers, regardless of health or financial situation. |
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| The Ka’bah is traditionally believed to be birthplace of Muhammad. |
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| The Islamic affirmation of faith, the Shahadad, literally means “There is no god but God.” |
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| The word “Qur’an means “reading” or “reciting.” |
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| Yahweh is the Islamic name for God |
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| While Sunni recognize caliphs as their leaders, Shi’ites pay allegiance to Imams. |
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| Shariah is the sacred law of Islam. |
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| One of the Five Pillars of Islam, zakat, spiritual tithing, requires that Muslims donate at least 2 percent of their income. |
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| Fasting is not one of the requirements of Islam. |
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| represents states of consciousness |
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| A cube-shaped monumen, Islam's holiest site |
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| the circling of the Ka'bah during pilgrimage |
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| Islamic country in Russia |
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