Name ________________________
Global History I
Date _______________
Belief Systems Readings
Animism
1. Where is Animism practiced?
2. Is Animism a polytheistic or monotheistic religion? Explain
3. Why do Animists perform ancestor worship?
4. What are ceremonies?
5. What is a Griot?
6. How has nature worship impacted Animist societies?
Shintoism
7. Where was Shintoism developed?
8. What is Kami?
9.
What is the goal of Shintoism?
10. What is an example of a Shinto ritual?
Name ________________________
Global History I
Date _______________
Belief Systems Readings
Hinduism
1. Where was Hinduism founded?
2. What are the Vedas and Upanishads?
a. What is the purpose of the Vedas and Upanishads?
3. What is a caste?
4. What is reincarnation?
5. What is karma?
6. What is Moksha?
7. What is Dharma?
8. How do karma, dharma influence one’s reincarnation?
9. How has the caste system created social discrimination against the untouchables?
10. What is the practice of sati?
Name ________________________
Global History I
Date _______________
Belief Systems Readings
Buddhism
1. Who was the founder of Buddhism?
2. What does the title “Buddha” mean?
3. What did the Buddha conclude about desire?
4. What is Nirvana?
5. What are the Four Noble Truths?
a.
b.
c.
d.
6. How can an individual break free of materialism?
7. What beliefs do Buddhists and Hindus share?
8. What is the Noble Eight-Fold Path?
a.
e.
b.
f.
c.
g.
d.
h.
9. Where is Buddhism practiced today?
10. Why do Buddhists generally live in isolation and subsistent lifestyles?
Name ________________________
Global History I
Date _______________
Belief Systems Readings
Confucianism
1. Who was the founder of Confucianism?
2. What are the Five Relationships?
a. What do the superiors owe the inferiors?
b. What do the inferiors owe the superiors?
3. What is filial piety?
4. How have Civil Service exams improved Chinese Government?
5. What two groups are considered subordinate or inferior in Chinese society?
Daoism
6. Who was the founder of Daoism?
7. What is the Dao?
8. What is the yin and yang?
9. What happens when one said of the yin and yang outweighs the other?
10. How do Daoists view government?
Name ________________________
Global History I
Date _______________
Belief Systems Readings
Judaism
1. Where was Judaism founded?
2. What does monotheism mean?
3. What qualities must Jews conduct themselves with?
4. What information does the Torah contain?
a. What is contained in the Talmud?
b. What are the Ten Commandments?
5.
What does Passover celebrate?
6. What is the Diaspora?
7. What happened to Jews during the Middle Ages?
8. What was the Holocaust?
9. What was the Zionist movement?
10. What happened as a result of the creation of Israel
Name ________________________
Global History I
Date _______________
Belief Systems Readings
Christianity
1. What titles were given to Jesus?
2. How do Christians earn salvation?
3. What is atonement?
4. What is the Holy Trinity?
5. What does the Bible call upon Christians to do?
6. Why have there been many divisions within Christianity?
7. What was the 1st split in Christianity called?
8. What caused the Great Schism?
9.
Why was the Catholic Church important during the following eras?
a. The Middle Ages -
b. Latin America 10. What was the 2nd split in Christianity Called?
a.
Why did people protest the Catholic Church?
b. What happened as a result of this split
Name ________________________
Global History I
Date _______________
Belief Systems Readings
Islam
1. Who was the founder of Islam?
2. What does the word Islam mean?
a. What does the word Muslim mean?
3. What is the Qur’an?
4. What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
5. What is the Hejira?
6. Where is Islam practiced?
7. What does the Sharia regulate?
8. What do Islamic fundamentalists denounce as heresy?
9. Why is fundamentalism on the rise?
a. What country has been seen as an enemy to Islam?
10. What land do Muslims and Jews fight over?
a. Who do Muslims fought against over the land of India and Pakistan?