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Review for the 5 Major Religions test
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1
Which is one of the five pillars of Islam?
Doing the right thing
Praying 5 times a day in the direction of Mecca
A Hajj - pilgrimage to Detroit
Karma - What goes around comes around
2
What is the name of the holy book of Islam
The Vedas
The Bible
The Qu'ran
The Torah
3
Which religion started in India?
Christianity and Judaism
Hinduism and Buddhism
Islam
4
Which group most contributed to the early spread of Buddhism throughout Asia
Traders and Missionaries
warrior-priests
Politicians
None of these
5
What is the greatest similarity between Islam, Christianity and Judaism?
All are the chosen people
Belief in multiple gods
Belief in one God
6
Which text or tradition is central to the laws of Judaism?
The teachings handed down by King David
The rules of the Ten Commandments
The stories about the prophet Moses.
The covenant God made with Abraham
7
By meditating and resmoving wants and desires from your life Buddhists believe you will end suffering and reach _____
reincarnation
Heaven
nirvana
8
Which one below is one of the four noble truths?
The cure for suffering is ending desire
Thou Shalt not steal
A higher place in society in the next life
9
What holy text is used by Jewish people and is the old testament in the Christian bible?
The Bible
The Torah
The Vedas
The Qu'ran
10
Which statement explains why Christians today include the Old testament in their text?
OT promises the arrival of a messiah they believe is Jesus
OT describes the life and teachings of Jesus
OT is more comprehensive than the New Testament
OT describes Jesus's arrival in the New World
11
Which one describes the main focus of the Ten Commandments?
providing moral guidelines for human society
laying out the religious basis of a patriarchal social order
describing the rituals required by the Jewish god
making prophecies about the future of the Jewish people
12
Why would most Americans have difficulty becoming Buddhist?
Want and desire too much
They wouldn't have any problem
Americans have no beliefs
13
What religion started in Jerusalem
Judaism and Christianity
Islam
Buddhism and Hinduism
14
Christians and Jewish traders traveling brought what idea that influenced Muhammad and Islam
monotheism
a belief in the afterlife
the divine right of kings
Polytheism
15
Practice Hindu people use to help connect and focustheir body and mind
Spiritual Dance
Going to church
Yoga
Gymnastics
16
Christian and Jewish traders traveling through Mecca brought what idea that would influence Muhammed and Islam?
A belief that when you die that's it
Belief in many gods
Belief in one god
17
Why did some Jewish leaders feel threatened by the teachings of Jesus?
feared Jesus was teaching his followers to ignore Roman laws
worried Jesus was getting his people to rewrite bible
They believed Jesus's teachings contradicted Hebrew laws
They objected to Jesus's role in the New Testament
18
Imagine Hindu woman dying, she will be reincarnated a cockroach, what does she believe in?
many of her ancestors are now cockroaces
She did not live a good life
she should repent her sins before dying
cockroach is highest being
19
What religion started in Mecca?
Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
20
What was one of the main focus of the Ten Commandments?
Prophecies about the future in Jeruselem
Moral guidelines for society
the groundwork for rituals
Telling jewish leaders what to do
21
What continent did all five major religions start in?
Africa
Antartica
Asia
Australia
22
Which statement best explains why Jesus used parables to teach lessons?
they used fascinating images and characters
they prophesized a better future
they were based on well known fact
they used familiar images to explain difficult concepts
23
The message of Jesus first spread throughout the Roman Empire in which way
By word of mouth as Christians traveled the empire
through distribution of handwritten copies of the bible
carried to new regions by soldiers who had converted
As a result of missionaries from foreign lands
24
Which statement describes the greatest similarity between Judaism, Christianity and Islam?
All three call for religious exercises only on the Sabbath
All three require the belief in one God
All three make promises of Heaven on Earth
All three claim that their adherents are the Chosen people
