Religions Note Cards
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- Haij
- Making a comute to the great mosque of Mecca some time in your life.
- Christianity
- The second oldest of the three monotheistic religions
- Rosh Hashanah
- a Jewish high holy day that marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year,
- Sykes-Picot Agreement
- When the UK and France secretely made an agreement to divide the Ottoman empire
- Western Wall
- a wall in Jerusalem where Jews assemble for prayer occasionally: traditionally believed to be the remains of the western wall of Herod's temple, destroyed by the Romans in a.d. 70.
- Persians
- people of Persia, descendants of Persia
- Arable
- land that can be used to farm
- Guerrilla warfare
- Sudden unexpected attacks carried out by an unofficial military group or groups that are trying to change the government by assaults on the armed forces/Hit and Run tactics
- Martyr
- One who dies for a cause, a hero
- Yom Kippur
- A holy day observed on the tenth day of Tishri and marked by fasting and prayer for the atonement of sins. Also called Day of Atonement.
- Christmas
- the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus
- "Sick Man of Europe"
- The Ottoman Empire (the turks)
- prophet
- a person who speaks for God or is the "son of god"
- Koran
- The religous book of Islam.
- Judaism
- The oldest of the three monothiestic religions
- Torah
- the religous book for jews
- Zionist
- Jewish people who traveled or migrated to Palestine
- Allies
- The "good guys" in WWI, consist of France, UK, and US
- Oslo Accords
- It called for Israel to return land to the palestinians in exchange for peace, but it didn't work
- Hezbollah
- a radical Shiʿite Muslim organization in Lebanon engaged in guerrilla warfare against Israel
- Islam
- one of the three monotheistic religions
- Terrorist
- a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities
- Mandate
- Reffered to land to be governed on behalf of the League of Nations until it was ready for idependence.
- United Nations
- International Organization who have HQ in New York, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation
- Balfour Declaration
- It stated Britani's support for the creation of a Jewish national home in Palestine without violating the rights of Arabs living there.
- Allah
- God
- Central Powers
- The "bad guys" in WWI, consist of Germany, Ottoman Empire, and Austria-Hungary
- Muhammad
- Prophet (son of god) of Islam, preached it to many
- Osama Bin Laden
- Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda (born in 1957)
- Theocrat
- a person who rules, governs as a representative of God or a deity
- Six Day War
- tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East
- Disciple
- follower of christ
- Sinai peninsula
- Israel occupied the peninsula in 1956, when it was returned to Egypt under the terms of the Camp David Accords (1978) and an Egyptian-Israeli treaty
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- The present president of Iran, he is a Puppet
- Temple
- the place of prayer for Jews
- Church
- the place of prayer for christians
- arid
- Farmable Land
- Calvary Hill
- Where jesus was said to be crucified
- Easter
- an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
- oasis
- a place of water in the middle of the desert
- Jerusalem
- A holy city for Jews, Christians, and Muslims; the capital of modern state of Israel. The name means "city of peace."
- Caravans
- a thing used by traders for transportation to trade more things.
- Fasting
- When you stop eating for a period of time.
- Palestinians
- An inhabitant of the ancient land of palestine
- May 14 1948
- The day Israel proclaimed itself an independent jewish state
- Dome of the Rock
- Where Muhammad went to heaven
- Jews
- People who follow the religion of Judaism
- Meditate
- to engage in thought
- Saddam Hussein
- The prior dictator of Iraq
- new testament
- The second half of the bible, the newer way of religion
- Sunni
- One mini religous group within the religion of Islam
- Ayatollah
- A high-ranking Shiite religious authority regarded as worthy of imitation in matters of religious law and interpretation.
- Hamas
- The political party of Palestine, also a terrorist organizations
- Ottoman Empire
- The "sick man of Europe" present day Turkey controled western part of Middle East
- WW1
- A war between the Allies and Central powers, it was mainly fought in europe.
- Taliban
- a Muslim fundamentalist group in Afghanistan, forces strict muslim laws
- Christians
- People who follow the religion of Christianity
- extremists
- one who resorts to measures beyond normal, especially in politics
- Muslims
- The followers of Islam and takes the teachings of the koran
- 5 Pillars of Islam
- The guidelines for the Islamic religion
- Arabs
- A member or the inhabitants of Arabia, people who spead Arabic
- Self-Determination
- The right for a country to decide their own political future.
- Mecca
- birthplace of Muhammad; holiest center of Islam, has the great mosque were many muslims are to make the haij too.
- Shiite
- Another mini religous group within the religion of Islam
- Mosque
- The place of prayer for muslims
- Ramadan
- Islams holy month.