front 1 Polytheism | back 1 Belief in many or multiple gods |
front 2 Vishnu | back 2 Preserver of the world |
front 3 Brahma | back 3 Creator of the world |
front 4 Shiva | back 4 destroyer of the world |
front 5 Untouchables | back 5 Lowest level of Indian society (Not even part of caste) |
front 6 Karma | back 6 Affect's pf a persons actions |
front 7 Meditation | back 7 Focus of attention to clear one's mind |
front 8 Caste system | back 8 Hindu social class system |
front 9 Enlightment | back 9 A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions. |
front 10 Reincarnation | back 10 Rebirth of a soul in a new body |
front 11 Nirvana | back 11 The state of englightenment for Buddhists. |
front 12 Vedas | back 12 Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism |
front 13 Siddhartha Guatama | back 13 most commonly referred to as the Buddha ("the awakened"), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia |
front 14 Buddha | back 14 Means "Enlightened One." He is said to have found a path for overcoming suffering. |
front 15 4 noble truths | back 15 Core of Buddha's doctrine; all life involves suffering, desire is the cause of suffering, elimination of desire brings the end to suffering, and disciplined life conducted in accordance with the Eightfold Path brings elimination of desire |
front 16 Darmha | back 16 Teachings of Buddha |
front 17 8 fold path | back 17 the teachings of the Buddha |
front 18 Asceticism | back 18 rigorous self denial and active self restraint |
front 19 Sanskrit | back 19 ancient language of India |
front 20 Ahisma | back 20 Hindu belief in nonviolence |
front 21 Torah | back 21 first five books of the Hebrew bible |
front 22 Israel | back 22 Only Jewish nation |
front 23 persecution | back 23 hostility and ill-treatment because of race or political beliefs |
front 24 Holocaust | back 24 the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler |
front 25 Monotheism | back 25 belief in one god |
front 26 star of david | back 26 symbol of Judaism |
front 27 Menorah | back 27 a candelabrum with nine branches |
front 28 Yarmulka | back 28 a skullcap worn by Jewish men |
front 29 Gentile | back 29 a non-Jewish person |
front 30 Messiah | back 30 savior sent by god |
front 31 Disciples | back 31 followers of Jesus |
front 32 crusades | back 32 a series of holy wars |
front 33 Missionary | back 33 A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others |
front 34 Baptism | back 34 a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth |
front 35 Apostle | back 35 Pioneer of a reform movement (originally, an early follower of Jesus) |
front 36 Salvation | back 36 (Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil |
front 37 Crucifixion | back 37 the execution of a person by nailing or binding them to a cross. |
front 38 Resurrection | back 38 rising from the dead |
front 39 Reformation | back 39 A movement for religious reform |
front 40 Trinity | back 40 The truth that God, although one, is three Divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. |