World Religion Basics

What is the local religious functionary at a mosque called?

Where is Islam growing rapidly?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

In what city did Islam start?

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

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

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

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

What religion uses this as its symbol?

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

Which is the youngest?

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

What was the name of the founder of Hinduism?

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

What is the significance to the Torii gate in Shinto?

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

Which sacred book was first to exist?

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

Which of the following did NOT start in India?

What religion uses this as a symbol?

Who started Baha'i?

What does the term "the Buddha" mean?

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

What is a group of worshipping Wiccans is called?

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

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

What number is central to the religion Baha'i?

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

Taoism started from the philosophies of what man?

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

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

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

What do Sikhs call their house of worship?

A "Muslim" practices which religion?

Where are the least religious counties in America?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

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

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

What was Siddhartha Gautama's religion?

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

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

Where is Christianity growing rapidly?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

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

What is the second largest religion in the world?

Which religion started on the northern border of India?

Events involving which person started Christianity?

What is the name of the Taoist symbol?

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

Who started Scientology?

Where did Baha'i start?

Where did Islam start?

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

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

Where did Christianity start?

Who founded Jainism?

The largest non-Christian religion in America is:

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

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

What is the local religious functionary at a synagogue called?

The largest concentration of Hindus live where?

Who founded Islam?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

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

Where do Muslims worship?

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

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

What religion uses this as its symbol?

A Jain would read his main religious text called:

This man started the philosophy of Confucianism?

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

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

What religion uses this as its symbol?

Which of the following religions did NOT start in America?

Buddhism is older than Islam.

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

What religion uses this as its symbol?

This religion started in upstate New York?

Where are most Jews found on the globe?

Which religion started is reaction to rampant idolatry?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

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

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

Which religion started closest to the year 0?

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

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

Who was the founder of Sikhism?

What is the largest religion in the world?

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

Scientology is older than Wicca.

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

Is Mormonism a Christian denomination?

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

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

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

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

There is no specific founder for Shinto.

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

Who came first in time?

What is the proper spelling of the Muslim sacred text?

What is the local religious functionary at a gurdwara called?

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

What is the fastest growing religion in the world?

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

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

What religion uses this as its symbol?

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

Of the religions we studied, which is the youngest?

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

Muhammad is the god of Islam.

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

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

What is the largest religion in the US?

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

Scientology is mainly found in what country?

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

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

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

What was Siddhartha Gautama before he became a holy man?

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

Almost 80% of Americans claim to be Christians.

Christianity started in America.

What is the largest religion in Shelby County, TN?

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

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

Who did Siddhartha Gautama become?