World Religion Basics

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

What does the term "the Buddha" mean?

Of the religions we studied, which is the youngest?

Which religion started closest to the year 0?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

Christianity started in America.

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

What is the local religious functionary at a mosque called?

Where did Islam start?

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

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

Which of the following did NOT start in India?

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

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

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

Is Mormonism a Christian denomination?

Which religion started is reaction to rampant idolatry?

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

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

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

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

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

What is the local religious functionary at a synagogue called?

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

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

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

This religion started in upstate New York?

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

Where is Islam growing rapidly?

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

Buddhism is older than Islam.

What is the largest religion in the world?

Which is the youngest?

What do Sikhs call their house of worship?

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

What religion uses this as its symbol?

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

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

A "Muslim" practices which religion?

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

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

Scientology is older than Wicca.

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

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

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

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

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

Who started Scientology?

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

What religion uses this as its symbol?

Muhammad is the god of Islam.

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

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

The largest concentration of Hindus live where?

Where did Christianity start?

What is the largest religion in Shelby County, TN?

Where did Baha'i start?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

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

Scientology is mainly found in what country?

What is the local religious functionary at a gurdwara called?

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

In what city did Islam start?

Almost 80% of Americans claim to be Christians.

What religion uses this as its symbol?

This man started the philosophy of Confucianism?

Which of the following religions did NOT start in America?

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

Who came first in time?

Where are the least religious counties in America?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

What religion uses this as a symbol?

Who started Baha'i?

What was Siddhartha Gautama before he became a holy man?

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

What religion uses this as its symbol?

Which religion started on the northern border of India?

Which sacred book was first to exist?

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

Where are most Jews found on the globe?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

What was Siddhartha Gautama's religion?

The largest non-Christian religion in America is:

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

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

What religion uses this as its symbol?

What is the proper spelling of the Muslim sacred text?

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

What is the largest religion in the US?

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

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

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

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

What religion uses this as its symbol?

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

What number is central to the religion Baha'i?

There is no specific founder for Shinto.

Where do Muslims worship?

What is the fastest growing religion in the world?

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

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

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

Who founded Jainism?

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

Who founded Islam?

What is the significance to the Torii gate in Shinto?

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

What is the name of the Taoist symbol?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

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

What is a group of worshipping Wiccans is called?

What is the second largest religion in the world?

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

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

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

Who did Siddhartha Gautama become?

Who was the founder of Sikhism?

Taoism started from the philosophies of what man?

Where is Christianity growing rapidly?

What religion uses this as its symbol?

Events involving which person started Christianity?

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

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

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

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

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

What was the name of the founder of Hinduism?

A Jain would read his main religious text called: