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Name: October 10th, 2014 Period

Unit 2 Review – Belief SystemsDirections: Fill in the blanks below with the appropriate term from the word bank.

All cultures and societies have some sort of belief system, or . Belief

systems are either hich means they believe in only one !od, or they are

because they believe in more than one !od. "o reli!ions that

believe in s#irits in nature are called and .

 "he belief system be!an in $ndia at least %,&00 years a!o.

'olloers of this belief system believe that there are thousands of !ods, such as Brahma,

(ishnu, and )hiva. 'olloers also believe that after you die your soul is

based on your , hich is the total amount of !ood or bad you have

done in your life and ful*llin! your hich are your s#iritual duties accordin! to

your caste. $f you have done a !reat amount of !ood or bad, your soul could come bac+ as

hi!her or loer caste in the .Another belief system from $ndia is called and as started in

northern $ndia around &00 B by a #rince named .

-e anted to discover hy life means suerin! and ho to sto# it. -is folloers belief in

the hich say that #eo#le suer because they have desires, and

the hich is a series of / ays to live your life ithout havin! to suer

'olloers of this belief system do believe in and li+e

-indus, but not in the . "hey believe that if you live your life the

ri!ht ay, your soul can achieve hich means com#lete s#iritual

enli!htenment and your soul ill be done ith the cycle of life, suerin!, death, and rebirth

 "he *rst maor monotheistic belief system is and has its ori!in i

ancient around 2,&00 B. 'olloers of this reli!ion have a strict code

of behavior called the "en . "he holiest #lace in udaism is the city of

.

 "he earliest folloers of esus, the founder of ere eish, believed in

only !od and folloed the "en ,li+e folloers of udaism. After esus

ruci*3ion, hristianity sloly s#read throu!h out the m#ire, and becam

the dominant reli!ion of uro#e.

'olloers of believe that 5od s#o+e to the Pro#het

, and !ave him the ord of 5od, called 6Allah7 in Arabic. 5ods messa!e as ritten

don in a holy boo+ called the . "he most im#ortant rules of behavior of

this reli!ion are called the 'ive . "hey include Prayin! times a day

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and visitin! the holiest #lace in the orld, the city of . "his #ractice is called th

  .

onfucius founded and lived in hina around the &00 B

-e said that #eo#le should honor and obey their elders and the ancestors, hich is called

.

-e also believed that there are only +inds of relationshi#s in life, and that it a

necessary to obey your father and older brothers.

Use each term once

8eso#otamia i!htfold Path Polytheistic Nirvana

erusalem

9arma reli!ion 'our Noble "ruths ommandments

One 'ive

eincarnated oman -a 'ilial Piety

Animism 8ecca

'ive $slam )hintoism ommandments

9arma ne3t life

;harma hristianity 'ive 8uhammad -induism

8onotheistic

erusalem aste )ystem Buddhism Pillars

onfucianism

)iddhartha 5autama 9oran eincarnation udaism 9oran

ommandments

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hich te3t is essential to the #ractice of $ slamC

@1 Ne "estament @% "orah

@2 Analects @4 Duran @9oran

 

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+he ,i&htfold -ath

Source:The Human Experience, Glencoe

 "he dia!ram illustrates the +ey conce#ts of hich reli!ionC

@1 $slam @% -induism

@2 hristianity @4 Buddhism

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