Islam
What city is considered the holiest in Islam?
What is the Mecca
What is the holy book of Judaism?
What is the Torah
Who is the central figure in Christianity?
Who is Jesus Christ
Who is the supreme god in Hinduism?
Who is Brahman (the ultimate reality; deities like Vishnu, Shiva, and Devi are major manifestations)
Who is the founder of Buddhism?
Who is Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha)
What is the role of women in the Islamic faith?
Women enjoy some rights but expected to submit to men
Women’s responsibilities vary with husbands’ income
What did Moses receive from God to help guide his people?
The 10 Commandments
What is the holy book of Christianity?
What is the Bible
What is a festival part of Hindu culture?
Diwali (Festival of Lights)
What is the ultimate goal of Buddhism?
What is Nirvana (freedom from suffering and rebirth)
Who was the family that took over the Islamic nation sometime after Abu Bakr was caliph? What happened to this family?
The Umayyad family took over after the first caliphs.
They built a large empire but were eventually overthrown by the Abbasids in 750 CE.
What is exile? What did it mean for the Jewish people?
Exile = being forced to leave one’s homeland.
For Jews, exile meant losing Jerusalem and the Temple but keeping their faith alive in foreign lands. It shaped Jewish identity and traditions.
What is a diaspora? Why is this an important term to know?
Diaspora = when a group of people is scattered away from their homeland.
Important because Jews (and later Christians) spread their beliefs worldwide through diaspora.
What is the term for the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth in Hinduism?
What is Samsara
What is the term for the state of enlightenment in Buddhism?
What is Enlightenment (Nirvana)
What is the religious text of Islam
What is the Qur'an
Which city is considered the holiest in Judaism?
What is Jerusalem
What made Christianity so popular to the people in Rome? Why did it spread so much?
Promised salvation and eternal life.
Taught equality (rich and poor, men and women).
Spread easily through the Roman roads and shared language (Latin/Greek).
Strong sense of community and charity.
What are the 4 major beliefs of Hinduism?
Dharma – duty, righteousness.
Karma – actions bring consequences.
Samsara – cycle of rebirth.
Moksha – release from rebirth, union with the divine.
What type of people 1st joined Buddhism?
The poor and lower castes in India, because Buddhism rejected the caste system.
What are the 5 pillars of Islam? What does it mean to Muslim people?
Shahada – declaration of faith.
Salat – prayer 5 times a day.
Zakat – giving to charity.
Sawm – fasting during Ramadan.
Hajj – pilgrimage to Mecca.
They are the core duties of being Muslim, guiding daily life and faith.
What is Monotheism?
The belief in one God (as opposed to many gods). Judaism is one of the world’s first monotheistic religions.
Which Roman emperor made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire?
Who is Emperor Theodosius I (not Constantine, who legalized Christianity but didn’t make it the official religion)
What is polytheism?
Belief in many gods. (Hinduism has many gods, but many see them as forms of one divine reality.)
Where did Buddhism originate?
India