Religion Vocab Review

Powerful king responsible for spreading Buddhism throughout India

Process to preserve bodies for the afterlife

Huge, triangular tomb built by Egyptians to bury their rulers

A life that exists after mortal death in some religions

Roman Emperor who converted to Christianity and made it the religion of the Rome

Religion based on the teachings of Jesus and the Bible

A ceremony or series of actions performed in a specific order, often part of a society’s religious practices/traditions

A synonym for god or goddess

Main religion of India; it teaches that everything is a part of a universal spirit called Brahman

Religion based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur’an (Koran)

Hindu and Buddhist belief that souls are reborn many times, each time in a new body

In Buddhism and Hinduism, it is the effect that good or bad actions have on oneself

Religion of the Hebrew descendents of Abraham; world’s oldest monotheistic religion

Belief in one god

African king of Mali who spread Islam on his pilgrimage to Mecca

A collection of myths; typically written about the gods and heroes of a particular people

Belief in more than one god

A place built for the worship of god/s

Religion based on the teachings of the Buddha that developed in India around 500 BCE

A pyramid-shaped temple in Mesopotamia