REL 212 Final Exam Prep – Flashcards
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Missionaries who spread the Christian faith in the first century were called:
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Apostles
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Jesus died by:
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Crucifixion
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Jesus taught spiritual lessons by telling stories called:
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Parables
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In Islam, charity or almsgiving is known as:
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Zakat
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The name for God in Islam is:
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Allah
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The sacred book of Islam is called the:
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Qur'an
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Islam traces its ancestry to the patriarch:
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Abraham
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Female initiates into the Khalsa take the surname:
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Kaur
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Male initiates into the Khalsa take the surname:
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Singh
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There are three central teachings of Guru Nanak and this one wasn't one of them:
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Accept one's caste distinctions without complaint
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The founder of Sikhism:
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Guru Nanak
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The apocalyptic religious movement that was founded by Charles Taze Russell:
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Jehovah's Witnesses
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The Rastafari religious group originated in:
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Jamaica
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Reverend Sun Myung Moon founded the:
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Unification Movement
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The label "new religious movement" is:
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more neutral than cult or sect
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The new "Arab Spring" resulted in:
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more confusion as governments change over and over again
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The goal of religious pluralism is:
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collaboration among religions for the common good
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The word that most closely translates the Japanese word kami is:
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Spirits
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The ethical principle of the Golden Rule is found in:
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All religions
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In Northern Ireland, interfaith efforts have attempted to directly address conflict between:
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Protestants and Catholics
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A good example of an ecclesiastical court would be:
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The Inquisition
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The biggest annual Shinto festival celebrates the:
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New Year
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Many religious require repentance from sinfulness, but Shinto requires:
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Purification
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The god of rice is known as:
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Inari
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The word kamikaze means:
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Divine Wind
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The scattering of Jews outside of the land of Israel is known as the:
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Diaspora
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Which is the Jewish holy day of atonement and cleansing:
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Yom Kippur
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The Pentateuch refers to the:
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5 Books of Moses
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The covenant is a:
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Contract between God and God's people
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The synoptic gospels:
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Matthew, Mark, and Luke ( John is not)
