Southwest Asian Religions
Religion founded in Southwest Asia that has the Bible as the holy text.
What is Christianity?
Polytheistic religion found primarily in India.
What is Hinduism?
What is Shinto?
Tallest mountain.
What is Mt. Everest?
Often referred to as the Middle East.
What is Southwest Asia?
Religion where god is referred to as Allah.
What is Islam?
Monotheistic religion from South Asia.
What is Sikhism?
Philosophy that calls for social and political order and believes the family unit is a microcosm of society.
What is Confucianism?
Two rivers found in the Fertile Crescent.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Former Soviet States including Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.
What is Central Asia?
Main symbol of Judaism.
What is the Star of David?
Religion that adherents follow the Eightfold Path.
What is Buddhism?
Philosophy that has the Yin/Yang as the symbol.
What is Taoism (Daoism)?
Major desert found in China.
What is the Gobi Desert?
Russia.
What is North Asia?
Main holy text in Islam.
What is the Qur'an?
Common belief between Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism.
What is reincarnation?
Main country where Shinto is found.
What is Japan?
Two countries with over 1 billion people in population.
What are China and India?
Two regions where monsoons occur.
What are South and Southeastern Asia?
Holy city found in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.
What is Jerusalem?
Founder of Buddhism.
Century in which all three religions/philosophies began.
What is the 6th century BC (500s BC)?
Hemispheres that Asia is found in.
What are the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western?
Three regions where the Ring of Fire is found.
What are North, East, and Southeast?