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

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