Definitions
Belief in one God
What is monotheism?
The two rivers of the Babylonian plain
He led the Israelites out of Egypt to the Promise Land
Who was Moses?
What is Christianity?
What is China?
What is culture?
This was the nation who took Daniel into captivity
What is Babylon?
She was the queen in Persia when Xerxes the I was king
Who was Esther?
This religion believes their Messiah has not appeared yet
What is Judaism?
The focal point of human history
What is the incarnation, life, death, and resurrections of Jesus Christ?
The process of transmitting the cultural heritage of a people from one generation to the next
What is education?
This country isolated itself in the 1600's
What is Japan?
He is the founder of Islam
Who is Mohammed?
These three religions view the Promise Land as the Holy Land
What are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
The Northern Kingdom of Israel fell to this nation in 721 BC
What is Assyria?
A large group of people that think of themselves as one and act in history as a single entity
What is a nation?
Means "between two rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
The two great monarchs of the united kingdom of Israel
Who were David and Solomon?
This religion is pantheistic and polytheistic and believes in reincarnation
What is Hinduism?
The empire that ruled parts of the Middle East after the division of the Roman Empire
What is the Byzantine Empire?
What is animism?
Africa's tallest mountain
What is Mt. Kilimanjaro?
He was a famous Italian explorer to China
Who is Marco Polo?
This pagan religion teaches one achieves salvation by following the "Noble Eightfold Path" to attain nirvana
What is Buddhism?