Judaism
Founder of Judaism
Who is Abraham?
A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory.
What is a city-state/polis?
The social structure that separates people into different hierarchies.
What is the caste-system?
A Hindu prince who left behind his wealth to become the founder of Buddhism (I'm looking for the name, not the title he earned).
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
Jewish holy text.
What is the Torah?
This Greek society developed a military culture with boys beginning to train at at age seven, economy was based on agriculture, and used helots to do most of the work.
What is Sparta?
All powerful deity/force that resides in all beings and across the universe.
Who is Brahman?
A list of steps people can take to end their desires and suffering, and ultimately reach enlightenment
What is the Eightfold Path?
A Jewish house of worship.
What is a synagogue?
A system of government in which all citizens share in running the government. This form was used in Athens.
What is democracy?
The oldest, sacred texts of India that were memorized and passed down.
What are the Vedas?
The insights the Buddha had that helped him achieve enlightenment. He realized suffering is apart of life, suffering results from desire, and to end suffering people must end desire.
What is the Four Noble Truths?
Land promised to the Jewish people in their first covenant with God
What is Canaan?
Young, Greek leader that conquered territory all the way to India.
Who is Alexander the Great?
Refers to a person's soul.
What is atman?
An approach that encourages Buddhists to find a balance between the extreme lifestyles of wealth and asceticism, which will lead to inner peace and avoid suffering.
What is the Middle Way?
Event the Passover holiday celebrates.
What is the Exodus?
Greek historians that recorded information about the Greco-Persian Wars and Peloponnesian Wars.
Who are Herodotus and Thucydides?
Freedom from the eternal cycle of life, death, and rebirth.
What is moksha?
A state of peace without desire or suffering, and when one is freed from reincarnation.
What is nirvana?