World Religion Basics

Where is Islam growing rapidly?

What does the term "the Buddha" mean?

Which sacred book was first to exist?

What is the second largest religion in the world?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

Which of the following is a religion more than a philosophy when found in America?

There are many religions that call their house of worship a "temple."

Which of the following was NOT a religion started in our around the 500s BC?

The Wiccan "Book of Shadows" is a firm canon of stories and spells that can never be changed.

In what city did Islam start?

Where are the least religious counties in America?

Who did Siddhartha Gautama become?

Where did Christianity start?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

Which of the following did NOT start in India?

Which religion started is reaction to rampant idolatry?

Wicca has found significant growth and concentration in Asia and Africa.

What was Siddhartha Gautama's religion?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

Wiccans actually call some of their local religious functionaries "witches" and "wizards."

Who founded Jainism?

Is Mormonism a Christian denomination?

How many leaders are in the Universal House of Justice, the leading council for Baha'i?

This was the latest Indian religion to form and it formed in the central Punjab region of India

What is the local religious functionary at a synagogue called?

Which religion started on the northern border of India?

Of the religions we studied, which is the youngest?

According to the last census, over 1/3rd of Shelby County said they are not religious at all.

The majority of Hindu worship takes place in which of the following?

If we could not afford a trip to India to see a large Sikh community, where closer could be go?

What is a group of worshipping Wiccans is called?

You take a vacation "down under" to Australia. What religion are you most likely to find there?

On a business trip to India, what religion are you most likely to find?

Who was the first Jew and therefore the best candidate for the founder of Judaism?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

What is the largest religion in the world?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

In America, when asked what religion the respondent is, the second largest response is:

This man started the philosophy of Confucianism?

What is now located where the original Jewish Temple sat before it was destroyed 2000 yrs ago?

While there are some people in the world who do not claim to be religious, there are not many.

Where do Wiccans most often like to perform their religious rituals?

What do Sikhs call their house of worship?

Confucians might regularly consult their main religious or philosophical text called:

Where are most Jews found on the globe?

Which of the following religions is not well concentrated in Africa?

A "Muslim" practices which religion?

Scientology is older than Wicca.

What is the proper spelling of the Muslim sacred text?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

Who founded Islam?

There is no specific founder for Shinto.

What is the local religious functionary at a gurdwara called?

Though many Jews use the term for their synagogues, how many "temples" are there in the world?

Where do Muslims worship?

What religion started as a way to explain and escape suffering?

The largest non-Christian religion in America is:

Of the religions studied, this was one of the first to form.

Events involving which person started Christianity?

This religion simply calls their main sacred text "The Holy Bible."

There are religious temples of Confucianism and Taoism, especially in the East.

This religion started in and remains localized almost completely in Japan.

What is the name of the Taoist symbol?

Which of the following religions did NOT start in America?

Some of the "religions" we studied don't actually have houses of worship, especially in the US.

Which is the right order of religions, from largest to smallest in size in the world?

Muhammad is the god of Islam.

What are the tall towers outside of a Muslim mosque called?

A Jain would read his main religious text called:

To find a Jew, you pretty much have to go to Israel.

Christianity started in America.

Buddhists have many religious texts, especially this collection of the Buddha's sayings.

Scientology is mainly found in what country?

What is the largest religion in Shelby County, TN?

Which of the following is more of a political and social philosophy than a religion?

What is the name of the main sacred text for Wicca?

Where is Christianity growing rapidly?

If one wanted to visit an ancient Jain temple before the religion dies, where should he go?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

Which of the following would you NOT find in large concentrations in China?

Taoism started from the philosophies of what man?

All religions were started by people who were trying to start a new religion.

What number is central to the religion Baha'i?

Buddhism is older than Islam.

You meet a "swami" and his friend a "maharishi." What religions are they are part of?

What is the local religious functionary at a mosque called?

Christians are the only religious people who worship in "churches."

What is the term for a movement trying to purify and restore a religion, not start a new one?

Of the religions we studied, which has the fewest adherents in the world?

Why does Buddhism have eight spokes in the wheel it uses as its symbol?

Why do Wiccans use a five pointed star as their symbol?

Religions that believe is more gods tend to have more sacred texts, and vice versa.

We go on a road trip to "Mormon country."  Where are we headed?

In which of the following are you most likely to find many beautiful Buddhist temples?

The ancient civilization that spawned Hinduism was located along what ancient river?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

What is the largest religion in the US?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

Who started Baha'i?

What is the significance to the Torii gate in Shinto?

Who was the founder of Sikhism?

They do have informal leaders called "granthis," but this religion doesnt emphasize leadership.

Who came first in time?

Which is the youngest?

You see a person reading their religious history in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. What religion?

Almost 80% of Americans claim to be Christians.

What is the fastest growing religion in the world?

Once past the big four – Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism – other religions are small

Which religion started closest to the year 0?

Who was shown golden tablets by an angel and then started Mormonism?

Of the countries or regions listed, where is Christianity NOT the majority religion?

The second largest actual religion in Shelby County, TN is:

Scientology started in part because of the writing of what book?

Where did Islam start?

Islam is pretty much only concentrated in Arabic-speaking, Middle Eastern countries.

What religion uses this as its symbol?

What was the name of the founder of Hinduism?

As you might expect, Judaism ranks in the top four religions in the world in terms of size.

What religion uses this as its symbol?

What is the name of the angel atop all Mormon temples?

What religion uses this as a symbol?

What was Siddhartha Gautama before he became a holy man?

Where did Baha'i start?

The largest concentration of Hindus live where?

The best term for Jews who celebrate Hanukkah but don't go to synagogue or believe in God?

Who started Scientology?

This religion started in upstate New York?