Eastern
Religions
Religions
The religious belief system that the caste system is based on.
What is Hinduism?
The belief in one singular God?
What is monotheism?
The civilization who created the first Democracy.
Who are the Greeks?
A deadly disease spread by fleas carried by rats that killed 1/3rd of all Europeans.
What is the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)?
The man who is responsible for inspiring Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Who is Abraham?
The Buddhist belief of ending your identification with yourself and to be released from the cycle of death and rebirth.
What is Nirvana?
The empire which Christianity was founded within.
What is Rome?
Bridge-like stone structures that carried water from the hills into Roman cities.
What are aqueducts?
A series of wars in which Christians fought Muslims for control of Middle Eastern lands.
What are the Crusades?
The spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
Who is the Pope?
The two methods within Hinduism that allow Hindus to achieve Moksha, or union with the Brahman.
What is Karma and Reincarnation?
The two religions influenced by Judaism.
What is Christianity and Islam?
The civilization who established the rule of "innocent until proven guilty".
Who are the Romans?
To provide basic social services to people after the fall of Rome.
What is the role of the church?
The Christian belief in God, Jesus, and the Holy spirit.
What is the Trinity?
The name of "The Buddha"
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
A set of legal and ethical laws developed from the Quran and practiced by Islamic countries.
What is Sharia?
The two groups who became known as the Greeks.
Who were the Minoans and Myceneans?
Vassals, or lesser lords, gave loyalty and military service in exchange for this.
What is land?
The author of the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey".
Who is Homer?
The name of The Buddha's beliefs about desires and suffering.
What is the "Four Noble Truths" and "The Eightfold Path"?
The Five Pillars of Islam.
What is the process of declaring faith, praying five times daily, giving charity to the poor, fasting during their holy month, and making the Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)?
The three main principles that the Greeks inspired to the rest of the Western World.
What is philosophy, literature, and science?
A campaign against Muslims and Jews living in Medieval Christian Spain.
What is the Inquisition?
The tragic event that eventually gave peasants more bargaining and political power due to a shortage of labor.
What is the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)?