Chapter 5 and 13 Quiz – Flashcards
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The name of the Digambara branch literally means what?
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sky-clothed.
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Hylozoism, the metaphysical philosophy of Jainism
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sees life in everything, even what is inanimate.
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Nanak like the Hindus, believed in what?
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reincarnation and karma.
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The religions of Sikhism first developed in what territory?
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The Punjab region of India and Pakistan.
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What was Nanak's name for God?
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True Name
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Sallekhana means
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Holy death
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The Jains consider Mahavira to be what?
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The twenty-fourth "crossing-maker"
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Jains believe that perfected souls
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dissappear from the world and live at the top of the universe
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What is the Adi Granth?
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the most important Sikh scripture
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Jainism seems to be most strongly concerned about
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breaking the power of bondage to the physical world.
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One of the requirements of the Khalsa was
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no alcohol
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Jain monasticism has split into how many branches
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4
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What is the sangat?
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a Sikh religious group
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Jainism was a strong influence on who?
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Ghandi
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Jainism places great emphasis on
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ahimsa
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What item worn by the Sikh Khalsa symbolizes strengths?
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Steel bracelet
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The center of the Sikh religion is at
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Amritsar
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How many Sikh gurus were there before the human line ended
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10
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Most Jains practice the devotional activity called
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puja
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What was the theme of Nanak's teaching?
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There is no Hindu, there is no muslim
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Jains allow and even recommends what?
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gentle suicide after a long life of virtue
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Jainism sees reality as made up of what?
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life(jiva) and nonlife(ajiva)
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Some Sikhs want a
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Sikh nation, separate from India
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Mahavira means
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hero or great man
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What is a Sikh temple called?
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gurdwara
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Adi Granth means
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original collection
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Jainism as taught by Mahavira, emerged in India about the time of what other great teacher?
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Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha
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Tirthankara is the Jain name that is translated as a
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crossing marker
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The Jain worldview holds that a Creator
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does not exist
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The worldview of Sikhism is similar to the Hindu philosophical school called...
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Sankhya
