5 World Religions Review

Varnas were unique in history b/c it was 1st time people were stratified according to their ___

Flowers are often found on Buddhist shrines. What do they symbolize?

Which belief is associated with both Buddhism and Hinduism?

The first major monotheistic faith of about 1900BCE was _____

Your dharma dictates the state of your samsara.

It's 1.6+ billion followers are concentrated in Middle East, North Africa, India, & Indonesia

The highest being in Hinduism is ____

Buddhist shrine that's built to house relics of Buddha & other important teachers is called __

The 535 million followers are concentrated in East & Southeast Asia

The emperor who helped spread Buddhism by sending out missionaries from India to China was ____

What group of people spread Christian doctrine after the death of Jesus?

Which religions used roads to spread their faith?

The New Testament is recognized/appears in the 'holy book' of which major religion ?

The highest authority on earth in the original Christian church was ___

A caste would BEST be described as a social group _____

The 15 million followers of ___ are largely concentrated in Israel & North America

Practiced by over 2 billion people, but largely concentrated in the Americas & Europe:

Which arrow does not indicate a direction of the early spread of Buddhism?

Householder, wandering ascetic, forest dweller, student are stages in the life (ashrama) of __

Sects with intense political & cultural fighting in the Middle East

Thoughts, words, & deed result in future samsara, is _________; belief of_______

The Aryans brought w/ them 3 things that changed Indian culture for centuries.

The 'moral code' of The 10 Commandments is to Judaism & Christianity as the __is/are to Islam.

The picture represents which belief of Hinduism?

Who was the founder of Islam?

What is the name of the holy book for Christianity?

Number on the map representing area of the world that gave birth to 3 of the 5 major religions?

The Trimurti in Hinduism is made up of _____{(know roles)}

Christianity is most easily defined as believing _____

Who is the founder of Hinduism?

The Three Baskets of Wisdom of Buddhism are also called _____

The first two cities to become Muslim were ____(hijrah)

The religious practice presented in the image is important in this religion −

Christianity, Judaism, & Islam have this in common:

The Torah is to Judaism, as the ____________ is to Islam

Moses, Abraham, and Jesus appear in ALL of the following religions:

What is the name of the holy book of Judaism?

Buddhists worship the Buddha as a creator god

What does the quote presented, refer to?

Muhammad is to Islam, as Siddhartha Gautama is to ___