Origins and Sacred Texts
This is the birthplace of Christianity.
What is the Middle East?
Who is credited with founding Judaism?
Who is Abraham?
Derived from the Greek words for "single" and "god," it is the belief that only one God exists.
What is Monotheistic?
All Muslims shall pray facing this direction.
What is East?
This historical figure is famous for receiving the 10 Commandments.
Who is Moses?
This is the sacred text of Judaism.
What is the Torah?
Islam was founded by this well known figure. Also one of the most commonly used boy names today.
Who is Muhammad?
Ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian religions fit this adjective because their followers worshipped a pantheon of many gods.
What is polytheistic?
This belief includes the following: belief in God, alms to the poor, pilgrimage to Mecca.
What is The 5 Pillars of Islam?
This is one job that would be considered suitable for a Buddhist.
(answer must align with the Eight Fold Path)
1 of 2 religions founded in India.
What is Buddhism or Hinduism?
Siddartha Gautama is widely considered the founder of this religion.
What is Buddhism?
All Muslims must pray here on Fridays.
What is a mosque?
Belief that you are reborn in a different form after death
What is reincarnation?
From studenthood to complete renunciation, traditional Hindu philosophy divides an individual's life into this specific number of stages.
What is four?
What is China?
The historical figure recognized as the individual founder of Hinduism.
Who is no one? or Nobody?
This place is a pilgrimage site for Hindus.
What is Nepal?
In Buddhism, it is the ultimate state of liberation from the cycle of rebirth and suffering, achieved by extinguishing desire.
What is Nirvana?
Traceable back to a shared patriarch, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are collectively referred to as this group of religions.
What are Abrahamic religions?
Originating in ancient India and written in Sanskrit, these ancient hymns and scriptures are considered the ultimate sacred texts of Hinduism.
What are the Vedas?
Laozi
Hard to classify as strictly monotheistic or polytheistic, Hinduism allows worship of many different gods, all seen as expressions of this one ultimate divine force.
Who is Brahman?
Siddhartha Gautama said all misery is caused by this
What is Desire?
Modern criminal justice systems mirror the moral codes of the Ten Commandments through federal and state laws that outlaw these two specific acts against life and property.
What are murder and theft?