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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Catholicism 7 sacraments | Baptism, the Eucharist (the partaking of bread and wine that repeats the actions of Jesus at the Last Supper), Penance, Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders, and Anointing the Sick |
| Reformation movement | 95 theses October 31, 1517 |
| 5 pillars of Islam | Shahadah – worship 1 god, Salat – pray 5 times a day facing Makkah, Zakat – give to charity, Sawm of Ramadan – fast during Ramadan, Hajj – pilgrimage to Makkah |
| 4 noble truths | Everyone endures suffering, Suffering leads to reincarnation, Goal is to escape suffering and get to Nirvana – redemption state, Get to Nirvana through 8-fold path |
| Theravada | The way of the elders, Closer to Buddha’s approach, Cite Buddha’s wisdom |
| Mahayana | Less demanding, Cite Buddha’s compassion |
| Vajrayana | Emphasize rituals - Tantras |
| ghetto | city neighborhoods set up by law to be inhabited only by Jews |
| Zionism | Jewish nationalism |
| minaret | tower where muezzin summons people to prayer |
| Golden Temple in Amritsar | Sikh holy place |
| Lumbini in Nepal | where Buddha was born |
| diocese | basic unit of Roman Catholic hierarchy |
| bishop | heads a diocese |
| province | several dioceses |
| archbishop | heads a province |
| Chinese cosmogony | yin - dark, yang - light |
| Antyesti | Hindu custom involves cremation rather than burial |
| dakhma | Zoroastrian tower of silence, expose their dead to this circular structure |
| Islamic calendar | lunar, 354 days |
| Christian calendar | solar, 12 months |
| Jewish calendar | lunisolar, 354 days |
| Bahai calendar | 19 months, 19 days each, starts March 21st (1st day of spring) |
| Pesach | Passover - liberation of Jews from Egypt, time for harvesting barley |
| Shavuot | Feast of Weeks - when Moses received the Torah from God, time for harvesting wheat |
| Sukkot | Israelites in the wilderness - last harvest of the year |
| o Rosh Hashanah (New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) | 2 holiest days for Jews, 10 days of repentance |
| 1948-1949 war | Day after Israel declared independence - 5 countries started a war - Israel’s boundaries extended - Jordan took West Bank and east Jerusalem - Egypt took Gaza Strip |
| 1956 Suez war | Egypt blocked Suez Canal - Israel, France, and UK attacked Egypt |
| 1967 6-day war | Israel blocked from waterways - Israel gained the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights, the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, and the Old City of Jerusalem |
| 1973 Yom Kippur war | Surprise attack on Jew’s holiest day |
| Peace treaty | Between Egypt and Israel - Israel gave back the Sinai Peninsula |
| Palestinian Fatah party | willing to recognize Israel in return for territory |
| Palestinian Hamas party | want the entire territory of Israel |
| al-Aqsa Mosque | built on top of the temple mount in Jerusalem |
| Dome of the Rock | Where Muhammed ascended to heaven and Abraham sacrificed Isaac |
| Wailing Wall | Where Jews mourn the temple’s destruction |
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