Religious Vocabulary
A god or divine being worshipped in a religion.
What is a deity?
A common place of worship for Christians.
What is a church?
The name given to followers of Islam.
Who are Muslims?
The belief that a person is reborn into another life after death.
What is reincarnation?
The region where Judaism, Christianity, and Islam originated.
What is the Middle East?
The belief in only one God.
What is monotheism?
The central figure of Christianity.
Who is Jesus Christ?
The prophet recognized as the founder of Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
The founder of Buddhism.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
A city considered sacred by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
What is Jerusalem?
The belief in multiple gods.
What is polytheism?
Two important figures associated with Judaism.
Who are Abraham and Moses?
The five central religious duties of Muslims.
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
The belief that a person's actions influence their future.
What is karma?
The region where Buddhism originated.
What is South Asia?
The belief that the divine is present in everything in the universe.
What is pantheism?
Two major branches of Christianity.
What are Catholicism and Protestantism?
The sacred structure Muslims face during their five daily prayers.
What is the Kaaba?
The Buddhist teaching that encourages avoiding extremes.
What is the Middle Path?
Living peacefully alongside people with different religious beliefs.
What is coexistence?
Holding or acting on religious beliefs in an extreme or intolerant way.
What is religious extremism?
The belief that a person returns to life after death.
What is resurrection?
The pilgrimage to Mecca that is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
What is the Hajj?
Buddhist teachings explaining suffering, its cause, its ending, and how to end it.
What are the Four Noble Truths?
In Buddhism, liberation from suffering and the cycle of rebirth.
What is Nirvana?