1. World Religions Hinduism

2. What river served as the cradle of Indian civilization? Indus River

3. What river is used for religious ceremonies and cleansing? Ganges

4. What significant group traveled from Central Asia to the plains of Northern India? Aryans

5. The ancient Indus Valley civilization wrote in what language? Sanskrit

6. Ancient India had four classifications of citizens known as? Varnas – Priests, Teachers – Warriors, Police – Merchants, Farmers, – Peasants, Servants – The “Untouchables”

7. A rigid social structure in which people were born in to specific groups. Caste System

8. A belief system in which there are multiple Gods is called? Polytheism

9. What is the belief that the individual soul is born again in a different form? Reincarnation

10. What is the name for the force that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life? Karma

11. What is the divine law? Dharma

12. Who are the three main Hindu gods? Brahma Shiva Vishnu

13. What is the goal of Hinduism? Moksha

14. What is the name of the Hindu scriptures? Vedas

15. What part of the Vedas reveal the core beliefs of Hinduism ? Upanishads

16. Buddhism

17. Buddhism started as a break-off of what other major world religion? Hinduism

18. Who started the Buddhism? Prince Siddhartha Gautama

19. What did Guatama’s parents try to keep him from seeing? Illness Death Pain Old Age

20. He was also know as Buddha which means what? “The Enlightened One”

21. What are Buddha’s certainties for this life? Four Noble Truths

22. What are the Buddhist holy scriptures known as? Eightfold Path – Middle Path

23. What is the goal of Buddhism? Nirvana

24. What are some of the main differences between Hinduism and Buddhism?

25. World Religions (monotheism) Judaism Christianity Islam

26. Judaism

27. Who is considered to be the founder of Judaism? Abraham

28. Who was the leader of the Jewish exodus out of Egypt? Moses

29. The belief in a single god is known as? Monotheism – Judaism was the first religion to practice such a belief.

30. What is the record of Rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish Law? Talmud

31. What is the Jewish Bible called? Tanakh – “Old Testament”

32. The first 5 books, and most important part of the Tanakh is called what? The Torah

33. What Jewish holiday celebrates the last meal before they left Egypt? The Passover

34. What holiday does the Jewish people celebrate during the winter season? Hanukkah

35. What Jewish holiday is also known as the “Day of Atonement?” Yom Kippur

36. What does the term Yahweh refer to? God

37. Christianity

38. Who is considered to be the founder of Christianity? Jesus of Nazareth – Why is he called that if he was born in Bethlehem?

39. Christianity started as a break-off of what other major world religion? Judaism

40. What is the Christian holy book called? The Bible – “Old Testament” – “New Testament”

41. 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

42. What main belief separated the Jewish beliefs from the Christian beliefs? They did not agree upon the fact that Jesus was the Messiah.

43. What holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus? Christmas

44. What Christian holiday celebrates Jesus’ resurrection from the dead? Easter

45. Islam The newest of the major world religions

46. Who is considered to be the founder of Islam? Mohammad

47. Islam’s God is known as? Allah

48. The Islamic holy scriptures are known as? Koran = Quran

49. What was the name of the central beliefs of the Muslim people? The 5 Pillars – Profession of faith – Prayer – Charity – Fasting – Pilgrimage

50. Muslim worshipers do so inside of a what? Mosque

51. What is the holy city for Muslim’s? Mecca

52. How many times a day must a Muslim pray? 5

53. What Muslim celebration requires a month of fasting? Ramadan

54. What was the name for desert nomads who traveled between Mecca and Medina? Bedouins

55. Islam came to be after Mohammad had a vision from who? The Angel Gabriel

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