This hierarchy of Hindu society is divided into five parts: Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, and Untouchables.
What is the caste system?
100
This paradise is the final destination for faithful Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
What is heaven?
100
This is believed to be the earliest of the world religions.
What is Hinduism?
100
This world religion spread the furthest during Big Era 5.
What is Islam?
100
This all-time great boxer was known as Cassius Clay before converting to Islam and adopting this name.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
200
This Hindu concept determines one’s role in society and stipulates that it is better to do one’s job poorly than to do another well.
What is dharma?
200
This state of higher understanding and enlightenment in Buddhism shares a name with a popular 90’s grunge band.
What is nirvana?
200
Following Jesus of Nazareth’s death, this man from Tarsus spread Christianity all throughout the Roman Empire.
Who was Paul?
200
This is the holiest city for Muslims.
What is Mecca?
200
This saintly Christian woman devoted her life to helping the poor in India and had an iconic appearance of a white nun’s outfit.
Who was Mother Teresa?
300
Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Concentration, and Right Mindfulness.
What is the Eightfold Path?
300
This state of higher understanding and enlightenment is achieved after a person is released from the cycle of rebirth and the caste system.
What is moksha?
300
This man was the first Rightly Guided Caliph after the prophet Muhammad’s death as recognized by Sunni Muslims.
Who was Abu Bakr?
300
Because it is so strongly linked to the Indian caste system, this religion was not able to spread as far as other world religions.
What is Hinduism?
300
This book is about a Christian, Muslim, Hindu boy who survives on a raft in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
What is Life of Pi?
400
Life is suffering; suffering is caused by desire; suffering can be ended by eliminated desire; eliminate desire by following the Eightfold path.
What are the Four Noble Truths?
400
Medieval Italian author Dante Alighieri innovated the concept of this intermediary Christian destination, located in neither heaven nor hell.
What is purgatory?
400
This man was the fourth Right Guided Caliph after the death of the prophet Muhammad, though Shi’a Muslims think he should have been Muhammad’s first successor.
Who was Ali?
400
This city is holiest to both Jews and Christians.
What is Jerusalem?
400
Similar to Buddhist beliefs, Star Wars’ Master Yoda explains to a young Anankin Skywalker that “fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to…” this important Buddhist concept found in the first Noble Truth.
What is suffering?
500
The Father is God; the son is God; the Holy Spirit is God; none of these three are each other.
What is the trinity?
500
This concept in Christianity is Jesus of Nazareth sacrificed himself for humanity so that their admittance to heaven would be ensured.
What is salvation?
500
These commentaries on the Vedas eventually became important Hindu texts in and of themselves.
What are the Upanishads?
500
DAILY DOUBLE: These two names are given to the same region that is both the homeland of the Jews and the Roman province where Christianity developed.
What are Palestine and Judea?
500
This Muslim activist for women’s rights was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan for trying to attend school.