SS10.8.3 Vocabulary Test

An ancient Chinese belief system, which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality.

The force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration

One of an authoritative New Testament group sent to preach the gospel and made up especially of Christ's 12 original

The religious faith of Muslims including belief in Allah as the sole deity and in Muhammad as his prophet

The religion stemming form the life, teachings, and death of Jesus of Nazareth

In Hinduism and Buddhism: The basic principle of cosmic or individual existence: divine law

One who accepts and assists in spreading doctrines of another

A diverse tradition native to China, A philosophy and a religion

The Dispersal of a group of people

Zeus, Apollo, Aphrodite, Demeter, Poseidon, Athena, Hera

An agreement between man and God

Relating to Buddhism it aims at enlightenment by direct intuition through meditation

A common belief, principle, or doctrine in a religion

A house for persons under religious vows

Excluded from the rights of church membership

The expected king and deliverer of the jews; Jesus

Another word for Dogma: A system of belief or guiding principles

A usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or religious principle

A person (usually in ancient Greece) through whom a deity is believed to speak

The belief in many gods is...

In religion an individual who has had contact and received a message from a divine being. Delivers the message to people

The dominant religion of India that emphasizes darma with its resulting ritual and social observances

Religion of the Hebrew People. The first monotheistic religion

Jupiter, Apollo, Venus, Juno, Diana, Neptune, Mars, Minerva, Ceres, Vulcan

Rebirth in new bodies or forms of life

The practice of mindfulness, or focusing the mind. An activity to train attention and awareness.

Strict, literal, or excessive conformity to the law or to a religious or moral code

Belief in one god is...

The most basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes of an individual or group