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100
These Buddhist saviors choose to be reincarnated so as to offer ordinary humans compassion and aid.
What is a bodhisattva?
100
The featured art, an example of ritualistic art, is found in this French location.
What is the Chauvet Cave?
100
For Muslim women, wearing this scarf is typically voluntary, not compulsory.
What is a hijab?
100
DAILY DOUBLE
This art piece, called a _____, represents this important aspect of Buddhism belief.
What is a Mandala, and the path to enlightenment/nirvana?
100
These wars between Christians and Muslims were fought over who would control the Holy City of Jerusalem.
What are the Crusades?
200
DAILY DOUBLE
His real name is Lhamo Dondrub, but he's commonly called this, and he leads this religion.
Who is The Dalai Lama and Tibetan Buddhism?
200
This are the values and behaviors shared by a group of people, developed over time, and passed down through generations.
What is a culture?
200
DAILY DOUBLE
These are the two branches of Buddhism.Theravada and Mahayana.
200
This poet was the author of The Odyssey and The Iliad.
Who was Homer?
200
In 610 CE, Muhammad heard the angel Gabriel tell him this.
What is "Recite"?
300
This man lived in modern-day Turkey and made practicing Christianity legal.
Who is Emperor Constantine?
300
This region's warm climate experienced high success in agriculture, which led to developments in technology, such as the wheel and irrigation.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
300
This is the belief that the forces of nature are inhabited by spirits.
What is animism?
300
Builders from the Middle Ages used stained glass windows, statues, and other architectural features to bring biblical stories to life in these buildings.
What are (Gothic) cathedrals?
300
This meeting was called to outline Christian beliefs; the resulting recitation is still said in churches today.
What is the Council of Nicaea?
400
This is the author of The Divine Comedy.
Who is Dante Alighieri?
400
This city-state is credited with developing cuneiform.
What is Mesopotamia?
400
The yin-yang symbol is from this religion.
What is Daoism?
400
This Catholic religious art is used to remind viewers that death is imminent, so they should prepare their souls accordingly.
What is a memento mori?
400
DAILY DOUBLE
This creature, a ______, is found in this era of Greek history:________
What is a Minotaur, and the Archaic Period?
500
He was a Greek called the 'Father of History'.
Who is Herodotus?
500
DAILY DOUBLE
This structure was used in pagan rituals, an example of structures commonly known as ______ .
What is Stonehenge, megalith?
500
This is a small, organized group that separates itself from the larger religious movement because it asserts that it is the only group living by the correct interpretation of God's will.
What is a sect?
500
The literal and figurative subject matter of a work, usually given in metaphors.
What is iconography?
500
Any dedicated Christians of any class could go on these trips to cleanse themselves of sins or receive blessings.
What are pilgrimages?