Final Religion 101 Straighterline Exam Questions And Correct Answers
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Final Religion 101 Straighterline Exam
Questions And Correct Answers
Prophetic Orientation - answerEncountering holy power through moralistic rules.
Tanakh - answerThe Hebrew name for the Hebrew Bible.
Kabbalah - answerJewish Mystical movement based on the idea that everything (letters,
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Final Religion 101 Straighterline Exam
Questions And Correct Answers
Prophetic Orientation - answer✔✔Encountering holy power through moralistic rules.
Tanakh - answer✔✔The Hebrew name for the Hebrew Bible.
Kabbalah - answer✔✔Jewish Mystical movement based on the idea that everything (letters,
numbers, words, even accents) in the scriptures contains mysteries that can be interpreted by
those who know code.
The Torah - answer✔✔Hebrew name for the first five books of the bible, also called the
Pentateuch.
Talmud - answer✔✔The collection of interpretive writings of the Jewish scholars that form the
basis of traditional rabbinic Judaism.
Yom Kippur - answer✔✔Most sacred Jewish holiday, also known as the Day of Atonement.
Rosh Hashana - answer✔✔The Jewish New Year
The Exodus - answer✔✔Jewish escape from Egyptian slavery.
Diaspora - answer✔✔The spread of Jews throughout the world.
Modernist Judaism - answer✔✔Called Reform Judaism, branch that has changed to be more
modern.
Hasidic Judaism - answer✔✔Focus on faith and devotion.
Orthodox Judaism - answer✔✔Based on the laws of the early rabbis, devoted to teachings and
laws of the Talmud.
Orthodox Christianity - answer✔✔Branch of Christianity organized along national lines, headed
independently by bishops in the line of apostolic succession.
Synoptic - answer✔✔Term describing the three gospel accounts that are very similar.
Pentecost - answer✔✔When the Holy Spirit descended upon the faithful Christians 50 days after
Jesus' resurrection.
Monasticism - answer✔✔Religious life of renunciation and solitude entered into by monks and
nuns.
Kabah - answer✔✔Building in Mecca to which all the world's Muslims direct their prayers.
Qur'an - answer✔✔Sacred scripture of Islam, considered to be the literal world of God.
Hijra - answer✔✔Escape of Muhammad from Mecca to Yathrib, marking year one of the
Islamic calendar.
Ramadan - answer✔✔Islamic holy month of daytime fasting.
Imam - answer✔✔Minister/preacher of a mosque
Hadith - answer✔✔The collection of sayings of Muhammad.
Shahadah - answer✔✔Islamic statement of faith which is the first Pillar.
Shi'ite - answer✔✔Minority branch of Islam, starting from a dispute over the correct leadership
of early Islam.
Sharia - answer✔✔The body of Islamic law.
Sunni - answer✔✔Majority branch of Islam, based on the traditionally accepted example of
Muhammad.
Sufism - answer✔✔Movement within Islam focused on Mysticism.
Vedas - answer✔✔Started as oral tales but are the foundation of Hindu religion.
Great Trinity - answer✔✔"The Hindu Triad" Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Vishnu holds things
together while Shiva breaks them apart. Brahma balances the opposing forces.
Upanishads - answer✔✔Ancient Hindu books of mysticism and philosophy. Written as a
commentary upon the Vedas.
Atman - answer✔✔The Hindu concept of the permanent soul that can be reborn into a new body.
Samsara - answer✔✔Reincarnation or transmigration of souls. Being reborn over and over again
for all of eternity into new bodies in this world.
Moksha - answer✔✔The concept of liberation from being reborn, attaining oneness with the
universe.
Bhagavad Gita - answer✔✔The Hindu sacred scripture focusing on the teachings of Krishna.
Avatar - answer✔✔Incarnation of a god into human form. Vishnu had a series of avatars
including Rama and Krishna.
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