This man founded Christianity as a splinter group of Judaism.
Who was Jesus?
100
This man founded Islam.
Who was Muhammed?
100
All three major western religions are this, meaning they worship only one god.
What is monotheistic?
100
This is the name of the country in what used to be called the land of Canaan.
What is Israel?
200
This is a promise or agreement made between 2 parties.
What is a covenant?
200
This man is given credit for planting the seeds of Christianity throughout the Roman empire with his epistles.
Who was Paul?
200
This is the holiest city to Muslims because it is the home of the Ka'aba.
What is Mecca?
200
This man is considered the "father of monotheism" and is an important figure in all three religions.
Who was Abraham?
200
This is the country Muslims must travel to for their hajj.
What is Saudi Arabia?
300
This man is given credit for freeing the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt and receiving the 10 commandments.
What was Moses?
300
The Christian holy text is made up of these two parts, one of which is from the Jewish tradition.
What are the Old and New Testaments. (Old Testament is largely the Jewish Torah)
300
Abu Bakr, Uman, Uthman, and Ali are considered the first four of these and they were responsible for the spread of Islam through war and trade following the death of Muhammed.
What are caliphs?
300
This is a holy city to all three religions and is a point of conflict as well.
What is Jerusalem?
300
These were nomadic traders on the Arabian peninsula who helped with the spread of Islam.
What were bedouins?
400
This was the scattering of the Jewish people following years of Roman occupation and the destruction of the second Temple of Soloman.
What was the Diaspora?
400
This emperor converted to Christianity, essentially make Rome a Christian land.
Who was Constantine?
400
Muhammed was initially kicked out of the city of Mecca and forced to travel to Medina (Yathrib). The journey he took in 622AD is known as this.
What is the hijrah?
400
Only this religion believes that a messiah is still coming.
What is Judaism?
400
This was the break in the Christian church in 1054 which broke Christians into Catholic and Orthodox branches.
What was the Great Schism?
500
These three kings of Israel oversaw the longest period of growth and stability in Israel. They are the only three studied in our class.
Who were Saul, David, and Soloman?
500
Christians celebrate Easter because it commemorates this.
What was Jesus's resurrection from the dead.
500
Before the city of Mecca fell to Muhammed in 630AD they celebrated this type of religion.
What is polytheism?
500
These are the two western religions founded in the land known as Canaan.
What is Judaism and Christianity?
500
This man is given credit for starting the Protestant Reformation in 1517 after he nailed his complaints about the Catholic church on a church door in Germany.