What is a covenant in the Hebrew tradition?

A prophecy about the future

An agreement between God and man

The most important contribution of the Jews to western civilization can be best described as

A system of writing on animal bones and the practice of asking the gods and ancestors on the future and other subjects

Grand ethical principles in the practice of monotheism through moral standards and social justice

Which religion teaches that a souls, the lasting effects of good and bad deeds influence a persons specific life circumstances P?

Hinduism

Buddhism

Confucianism

Which of the following similarities exist between Hinduism and Buddhism?

Worshiping one God who saves the ethical decisions of people

The belief that people achieve happiness by eliminating Worldly attachments

Both religions have roots in India yet Buddhism is currently the major religion in India

Believing that society should be organized around five basic relationships

What belief of the Indian people states that the soul of a dead person is born again and again in various bodies ?

Karma

Reincarnation

Many of Buddhism early followers included simple laborers and crafts people due to:

It's desire to separate from material attachment

Their belief in the many differing gods of Buddhism

Buddhism's restrictions of women in religious orders

The Buddhas rejection of the caste system

Confucius believed social and civic responsibility could be restored if society:

Organized itself around five basic relationships

Understood and obeyed the laws of nature

Follow the strict rule of a single leader

United in their beliefs against the three Cardinal faults of humanity

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Chinese system?

Respect for Age hierarchy

Continual deference to senior family members is expected

The oldest family member of which ever sex led the family

The head of the family leads religious worship

Which Chinese philosophy teaches that people should seek to understand and fit into the laws of nature?

Legalism

Confucianism

Mandate of heaven

The greatest early missionary of the Christian church who wrote epistles and spread the word of God was

Saint Paul

St. John

The five pillars of Islam are:

The various divisions of Islam

The daily calls to prayer for Muslims

The major duties required of all Muslims

Mohammed in the 4 L who followed him

Judaism Christianity and Islam

Trace their ancestry to the same man

Disagree over the fact that a person will be judged by God upon death

Believe in one God but that God is different for all three faiths

Share the same Messiah

The division of the Muslim community grew because some believed that

Only descendants of Muhammad could legitimately succeed his leadership

The enslavement of the Christians was heresy

The Arab world should focus on developing the middle east

Allah was the one true God

Muslims believe that the Quran represents

Consensus of the Muslim community

Decisions of the elders of the Arab tribes

Collected sayings of collected sayings of muhammad

Direct on alterable word of God to humanity as revealed to Muhammad

What do Muslims believe about Mohammed

He was the only son of the one true God Allah

He was the last and greatest of the profits

He was the first and only prophet of Allah

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