Religion 101 Straighterline- Final Exam Questions
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Synoptic - ✔✔Term describing the three gospel accounts that are very similar.
Pentecost - ✔✔When the Holy Spirit descended upon the faithful Christians 50 days
after Jesus' resurrection.
Monasticism - ✔✔Religious life of renunciation and solitude entered into by monks
and nuns.
Kabah - ✔✔Building in Mecca to which all the world's Muslims direct their prayers.
Qur'an - ✔✔Sacred scripture of Islam, considered to be the literal world of God.
Hijra - ✔✔Escape of Muhammad from Mecca to Yathrib, marking year one of the
Islamic calendar.
Ramadan - ✔✔Islamic holy month of daytime fasting.
Imam - ✔✔Minister/preacher of a mosque
Hadith - ✔✔The collection of sayings of Muhammad.
Shahadah - ✔✔Islamic statement of faith which is the first Pillar.
, Shi'ite - ✔✔Minority branch of Islam, starting from a dispute over the correct
leadership of early Islam.
Sharia - ✔✔The body of Islamic law.
Sunni - ✔✔Majority branch of Islam, based on the traditionally accepted example of
Muhammad.
Sufism - ✔✔Movement within Islam focused on Mysticism.
Vedas - ✔✔Started as oral tales but are the foundation of Hindu religion.
Great Trinity - ✔✔"The Hindu Triad" Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Vishnu holds things
together while Shiva breaks them apart. Brahma balances the opposing forces.
Upanishads - ✔✔Ancient Hindu books of mysticism and philosophy. Written as a
commentary upon the Vedas.
Atman - ✔✔The Hindu concept of the permanent soul that can be reborn into a new
body.
Samsara - ✔✔Reincarnation or transmigration of souls. Being reborn over and over
again for all of eternity into new bodies in this world.
Moksha - ✔✔The concept of liberation from being reborn, attaining oneness with the
universe.
Solved 100% Correct |Verified Answers
Synoptic - ✔✔Term describing the three gospel accounts that are very similar.
Pentecost - ✔✔When the Holy Spirit descended upon the faithful Christians 50 days
after Jesus' resurrection.
Monasticism - ✔✔Religious life of renunciation and solitude entered into by monks
and nuns.
Kabah - ✔✔Building in Mecca to which all the world's Muslims direct their prayers.
Qur'an - ✔✔Sacred scripture of Islam, considered to be the literal world of God.
Hijra - ✔✔Escape of Muhammad from Mecca to Yathrib, marking year one of the
Islamic calendar.
Ramadan - ✔✔Islamic holy month of daytime fasting.
Imam - ✔✔Minister/preacher of a mosque
Hadith - ✔✔The collection of sayings of Muhammad.
Shahadah - ✔✔Islamic statement of faith which is the first Pillar.
, Shi'ite - ✔✔Minority branch of Islam, starting from a dispute over the correct
leadership of early Islam.
Sharia - ✔✔The body of Islamic law.
Sunni - ✔✔Majority branch of Islam, based on the traditionally accepted example of
Muhammad.
Sufism - ✔✔Movement within Islam focused on Mysticism.
Vedas - ✔✔Started as oral tales but are the foundation of Hindu religion.
Great Trinity - ✔✔"The Hindu Triad" Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Vishnu holds things
together while Shiva breaks them apart. Brahma balances the opposing forces.
Upanishads - ✔✔Ancient Hindu books of mysticism and philosophy. Written as a
commentary upon the Vedas.
Atman - ✔✔The Hindu concept of the permanent soul that can be reborn into a new
body.
Samsara - ✔✔Reincarnation or transmigration of souls. Being reborn over and over
again for all of eternity into new bodies in this world.
Moksha - ✔✔The concept of liberation from being reborn, attaining oneness with the
universe.
