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Giattino - Belief Sy
Question | Answer |
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Animism | Animism is the belief that all living and nonliving things in nature have a spirit early civilizations.Was often combined with ancestor worship |
Hinduism | India, believe in one unifying spirit, Brahman. Brahman can manifest in many, polytheistic, forms or in one, monotheistic. |
Reincarnation | Spirits return to earth many times in different forms trying to become one with Brahma). The soul moves up or down a hierarchy depending on their behavior in life. |
Karma | Is the sum of all your deeds, good and bad. |
Dharma | Duties dependent on your position, gender and occupation. |
Caste System | Was an important part of Hinduism. Castes are social classes into which a person is born and lives their entire life. If a person has a good karma they may be reincarnated into a higher caste. |
Buddhism | founded by Siddhartha Gautama in northern India . Spread through cultural diffusion to eastern Asia, including China, Thailand, Korea and Japan. |
Four Noble Truths | 1. All life is suffering. 2. Suffering is caused by desire for things that are illusions 3. The way to eliminate suffering is to eliminate desire. . |
Judaism - beliefs | The Torah is a sacred scripture recording laws and events in Jewish history. The Old Testament of the Bible includes the Torah.1 0 Commandments Describe how people should behave toward God and one another |
Christianity | believe that Jesus was a Messiah, or savior, accepted the Ten Commandments .The sacred text of Christianity is the Bible. |
Spread of Islam | In the 150 years following the death of Muhammad, Islam spread through trade, missionaries and conquest into Asia and Africa. |
Islam | Prophet, Muhammad, follow scriptures called the Quran, Five Pillars |
Hijra | Traveled to Medina in a journey |