Pillars of Islam
Islam General Info
Judaism
Judaism 2
Old Stuff (Review)
100
The Haj is a pilgrimage to this holy city.
What is Mecca?
100
The name for the founder of Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
100
The symbol of Judaism.
What is the star of David?
100
The name for someone who practices Judaism.
What is a Jew?
100
This is the term for the belief in many gods (practiced by Egyptians and Mesopotamians).
What is polytheism?
200
The second pillar requires that Muslims do this with some of their money.
What is giving money to the poor?
200
The name for the city where Muhammad was born.
What is Mecca?
200
The name for a particular group of Jews who follow the Torah strictly and wear traditional clothing like black suits and hats.
What are Orthodox Jews?
200
This is the name for the type of belief the Jews have. It means only believing in one God.
What is Monotheism?
200
The name for the step in the mummification where the body is dried out and filled with salt and oils.
What is embalming?
300
A pillar requires Muslims to profess that there is only one _______________ and that ________________ is God's prophet.
What is God, Muhammad?
300
This is the name for the holy book of Islam.
What is the Koran?
300
The name for the prophet who rescued the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt.
Who is Moses?
300
This is the part of the Bible that Jews do not use.
What is the New Testament?
300
This is the name for getting water to plants. Mesopotamians discovered it.
What is irrigation?
400
Muslims must do this five times a day and must face Mecca.
What is prayer?
400
This is the approximate number of Muslims worldwide.
What is 1.2 billion?
400
The name for a celebration of adulthood for Jews that takes place at age 13.
What is a bar/bat mitzah?
400
This is a word that means promise between God and the Hebrews.
What is a covenant?
400
This is the name for the area at the top of a river where it branches off into a bunch of little rivers. It has great soil.
What is a delta?
500
This is the requirement to not eat between sunrise and sunset during Ramadan.
What is fasting?
500
One sect of Muslims are called Sunni's. Name the other.
What is Shiite.
500
Name two of the holy days for Jews.
What is Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Channakuh?
500
This is the name for the first five books of the bible (not Old Testament).
What is the Torah?
500
Why is King Tut important (even though he didn't rule for very long)
Because his tomb was discovered and helped us learn a great deal about ancient Egypt.
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