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Shahadah, Salat, Zakat, Sawm, and Hajj are the "Five Pillars" of what religion which traces its descent through the ancestors of Ishmael?
Islam
What prophet founded Islam in the 7th century?
The prophet Muhammad
What is the political term for belief in government by divine guidance?
Theocracy
Who is the founder of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama
Christians believe this figure is the Son of God and the central figure of Christianity.
Jesus Christ
This city contains the Western Wall and is holy to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Jerusalem
What is the holy book of Islam
The Quran
The sacred text of Judaism that includes the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
The Torah
A bar mitzvah, literally meaning "son of the commandment," is traditionally celebrated when Jewish males turn what age?
13
The phrase "sacred cow" to describe a person or thing immune from criticism comes from what religion that in fact does revere cows as holy animals?
Hindu
This country is home to the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope.
Vatican City
This famous Hindu festival is known as the Festival of Lights.
Diwali
This country has the largest Muslim population in the world.
Indonesia
This month of fasting from sunrise to sunset is observed in Islam.
Ramadan
This collection of ancient scriptures forms the foundation of Hinduism.
The Vedas
What Chinese philosopher of the 6th-century BC taught ethics, politics, and other ways of life to Yan Hui, Zengzi, and other disciples of his philosophy and eventual religion?
Confucius
At the Council of Clermont in 1095, Pope Urban II called for the first of what actions which became a recurring event throughout the Medieval period?
Crusades
This city in Saudi Arabia is the holiest city in Islam.
Mecca
This river in India is sacred in Hinduism and believed to purify sins.
The Ganges River
Huitzilopochtli was a deity of war, the sun and human sacrifice, as well as being the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan, in which Mesoamerican civilization?
Aztec
This temple complex in Cambodia is the largest religious monument in the world and appears on teh country's national flag.
Angkor Wat
Both the Hindu japa mala and the Roman Catholic rosary are what type of tool used in devotional meditation?
Prayer beads
This famous basilica in Vatican City is one of the largest churches in the world.
St. Peter's Bascilica
Mary Barrett Dyer was a martyr that was hanged in Boston in 1660 because of her staunch commitment to what "friendly" religious group?
The Quakers
The Golden Temple at Amritsar, also known as the Harimandir Sahib, is one of the holiest sites in what religion, which has 25-30 million adherents worldwide?
Sikhism