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What are the Five Pillars?
What does "Buddha" mean?
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What does "Buddha" mean?
Four Noble Truths
Middle Way
Enlightened One
Glorified One
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What are the Five Pillars?
A.Standard form of Muslim architecture
A.Rules of the caste system
A.Basic beliefs of Islam
A.Beliefs that Muslims and Hindus have in common
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What are the kami that are so important in Shintobelief?
A.They are religious writings of Shinto priests.
They are the elected leaders of theShinto communities
Spirits that exist in all thingsaround them.
The people who convert to Shintoism are referred to as kami.
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Which of these religions is considered one of the oldest in the world?
Islam
Shintoism
Confucianism
Hinduism
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Where was the religion of Buddhism founded?
Vietnam
Japan
India
China
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Which is Confucius’ Golden Rule?
A.“All men are created equal.”
A.“What you do not like when done to you, do not to others.”
A.“Health makes one wealthy and wise.”
A.“There is no God, but the one true God.”
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In which country was Shintoism founded?
Japan
Vietnam
India
China
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What is the name of the Muslim holy book?
Bible
Quran
Vedas
Middle Way
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What do Buddhists believe people need to do to be happy and find peace?
They are to accept the belief in only one god.
They are to live quietly in thecaste system
They are to live their lives asvegetarians
They are to give up greed andgreedy desires
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Who was the founder of Buddhism?
Jesus
Confucius
Muhammad
Siddharta Gautama
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What is the Hindu belief in Karma?
That man should worship only one god
a woman should always wear a head scarf when she goes out
That one’s actions determine one’s fate
That children should always obey their parents
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What is the caste system?
The belief that social class is hereditary (inherited)
The name of the Hindu priesthood
The voting system used in the Southeastern elections
The way labor in India is divided between men and women
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What did Confucius believe were the keys to social order and peace?
A.To worship only one god
A.Good character and virtue in the people
A.Strict caste system
A.Ruler who could keep order
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What is the Hindu belief inreincarnation?
A.The worship of the cow as a sacred animal
A.The belief that men should treat each other with kindness
A soul returns to life in another body after death
A.The belief that there is only one god
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What is the name of the Hindu sacred text?
Four Noble Truths
Middle Way
Vedas
Quran
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Why is Confucianism considered a philosophy instead of a religion?
More about ethics and behavior than about religiousideas.
A.Confucius only believed in one god.
No religion is allowed by theChinese government today
Confucius never wrote any of hisideas down for his followers
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In which country was Confucianismfounded?
India
North Korea
Japan
China
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Islam is considered a monotheistic religion because its followersbelieve in
Only one God
Natural objects
Reincarnation
Many gods
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How do believers of Shinto practicetheir religion?
They pray at small altars in theirhomes
They attend churches once a week toworship in a group
They divide society into castes
They must make a pilgrimage to Mecca once in their lifetime.
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How long do Hindus believe a soul will be reincarnated?
A soul is reincarnated forever and there is no end.
Reincarnation happens only once to each soul.
A soul is reincarnated for as long as it chooses to be.
Until the soul lives a life good enough to be with Brahman.
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How did the first Muslims come toSouthern and Eastern Asia?
Muslim invaders entered India inthe 1500s AD
The first Muslim armies invadedJapan in the 1400s AD
Came to China as traders in the 1200s AD.
Invited intoIndia
