Download World Religions

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
–
Priests, Teachers
Warriors, Police
Merchants, Farmers,
Peasants, Servents
–
The “Untouchables”
–
–
–
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
–
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
–
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
–
“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
–
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
–
–
“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
–
–
–
–
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
–
–
–
–
–
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
GOOD LUCK!!!!

You’re gonna need it!!! Ha ha ha!!!