World Religions
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World Religions
Hinduism
What river served as the cradle of
Indian civilization?
Indus River
What river is used for religious
ceremonies and cleansing?
Ganges
What significant group traveled from Central Asia to
the plains of Northern India?
Aryans
The ancient Indus Valley civilization
wrote in what language?
Sanskrit
Ancient India had four classifications
of citizens know as?
Varnas
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Priests, Teachers
Warriors, Police
Merchants, Farmers,
Peasants, Servents
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The “Untouchables”
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A rigid social structure in which people were
born in to specific groups.
Caste System
A belief system in which there are
multiple Gods is called?
Polytheism
What is the belief that the individual soul
is born again in a different form?
Reincarnation
What is the name for the force that
determines how the person will be
reborn in the next life?
Karma
What is the divine law?
Dharma
Who are the three main Hindu gods?
Brahma
Shiva
Vishnu
What is the goal of Hinduism?
Moksha
What is the name of the Hindu
scriptures?
Vedas
What part of the Vedas reveal the core
beliefs of Hinduism ?
Upanishads
Buddhism
Buddhism started as a break-off of
what other major world religion?
Hinduism
Who started the Buddhism?
Prince Siddhartha
Gautama
What did Guatama’s parents try to
keep him from seeing?
Illness
Death
Pain
Old Age
He was also know as Buddha which
means what?
“The Enlightened One”
What are Buddha’s certainties for this
life?
Four Noble Truths
What are the Buddhist holy scriptures known
as?
Eightfold Path
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Middle Path
What is the goal of Buddhism?
Nirvana
What are some of the main differences
between Hinduism and Buddhism?
World Religions
(monotheism)
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Who is considered to be the founder of
Judaism?
Abraham
Who was the leader of the Jewish
exodus out of Egypt?
Moses
The belief in a single god is known as?
Monotheism
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Judaism was the first
religion to practice such
a belief.
What is the record of Rabbinic
discussions pertaining to Jewish Law?
Talmud
What is the Jewish Bible called?
Tanakh
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“Old Testament”
The first 5 books, and most important
part of the Tanakh is called what?
The Torah
What Jewish holiday celebrates the
last meal before they left Egypt?
The Passover
What holiday does the Jewish people
celebrate during the winter season?
Hanukkah
What Jewish holiday is also known as
the “Day of Atonement?”
Yom Kippur
What does the term Yahweh refer to?
God
Christianity
Who is considered to be the founder of
Christianity?
Jesus of Nazareth
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Why is he called that if
he was born in
Bethlehem?
Christianity started as a break-off of
what other major world religion?
Judaism
What is the Christian holy book called?
The Bible
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“Old Testament”
“New Testament”
What part of the Christian bible speaks
of the details of Jesus’ life and speaks
of the “good news.”
The Gospels
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Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
What main belief separated the Jewish
beliefs from the Christian beliefs?
They did not agree
upon the fact that Jesus
was the Messiah.
What holiday celebrates the birth of
Jesus?
Christmas
What Christian holiday celebrates
Jesus’ resurrection from the dead?
Easter
Islam
The newest of the
major world religions
Who is considered to be the founder of
Islam?
Mohammad
Islam’s God is known as?
Allah
The Islamic holy scriptures are known
as?
Koran
What was the name of the central
beliefs of the Muslim people?
The 5 Pillars
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Profession of faith
Prayer
Charity
Fasting
Pilgrimage
Muslim worshipers do so inside of a
what?
Mosque
What is the holy city for Muslim’s?
Mecca
How many times a day must a Muslim
pray?
5
What Muslim celebration requires a
month of fasting?
Ramadan
What was the name for desert nomads
who traveled between Mecca and
Medina?
Bedouins
Islam came to be after Mohammad had
a vision from who?
The Angel
Gabriel
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