Ch.6 Religion

Question 1

Out of 7billion people, how many are considered non-religious?

Answer 1

9%

Question 2

Where and when was Christianity founded?

Answer 2

Palestine in 33 AD

Question 3

Who founded Christianity?

Answer 3

Jesus of Nazareth

Question 4

What is largest religion in the world?

Answer 4

Christianity(2 billion professed believers)

Question 5

What are the three branches of Christianity?

Answer 5

Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism

Question 6

When and where was Islam founded?

Answer 6

Saudi Arabia in 7th century AD

Question 7

What is the fastest growing religion due to belief in large families?

Answer 7

Islam

Question 8

What is the most notable religion?

Answer 8

Christianity

Question 9

What is the original language in Christianity?

Answer 9

Aramaic

Question 10

At what age did Jesus begin his teachings and healing ministry?

Answer 10

30-33

Question 11

What is the center of Christianity?

Answer 11

Jesus’s life teachings

Question 12

What did Jesus’s life teachings focus on?

Answer 12

The kingdom of God

Question 13

What are the first five books known as in Christianity?

Answer 13

The mosaic law(new interpretation)

Question 14

What did Jesus’s life teachings emphasize?

Answer 14

To love God above all and to treat your neighbor as you would treat yourself

Question 15

What happened in 64 AD?

Answer 15

Nero and the Great Fire

Question 16

Christians were viewed as superstitious by the Romans during what time period?

Answer 16

2nd-3rd centuries

Question 17

Who put an end to the Christian persecution in Rome?

Answer 17

Emperor Constantine(converts to Christianity in 4th century AD)

Question 18

What is the council of Nicea?

Answer 18

Issue or Arianism: Jesus was greater than man but lesser than God

Question 19

What are the five pillars of faith in the Islamic religion?

Answer 19

Shahad-profess before 2 Muslims “there is no God but Allah”
Salat-5 ritual prayers a day in direction of Mecca
Zakat-alms tax(giving to the needy)
Sawm-fast during Ramadan(adults abstain from food;drinks and intercourse during day)
Hajj-pilgrimage once in a Muslim’s life to Mecca

Question 20

Why is Jerusalem important to the Muslims?

Answer 20

Dome of the rock; the Al-Aqsa Mosque

Question 21

Who was Jesus according to the Muslims?

Answer 21

True prophet of God, had a Virginia birth, did not die on the cross and therefore was not resurrected

Question 22

Who founded Islam?

Answer 22

Muhammad

Angel Gabriel visited him in a cave to deliver the message of God

Question 23

What does Islam mean?

Answer 23

Submission

Question 24

Who wrote the Quran?

Answer 24

Muhammad

Question 25

What are the two Maine holy texts in the religion Islam?

Answer 25

Quran-Muhammad’s meeting with Gabriel

Hadith-historical account of Muhammad and his followers

Question 26

When and who was Judaism founded?

Answer 26

By Abraham of the bible in 2,500 BC

Question 27

What is the oldest religion?

Answer 27

Judaism

Question 28

What do the Jews believe?

Answer 28

One god(monotheism), Jesus is not the messiah, Jesus didn’t have a Virgin birth, Jesus was a ordinary Jewish preacher and a false messiah

Question 29

What is Mitzvah?

Answer 29

Celebrates the day Moses receives instructions from God to create the Ten Commandments

Question 30

Who built the temple in Israel?

Answer 30

King Solomon after making Jerusalem the capital of Judaism

Question 31

Why is Israel important to the Jews?

Answer 31

Considered sacred an mention in prayers

Question 32

What are the main holy text in Judaism?

Answer 32

Tanakh-acronym for Torah

Torah-first five books of the bible that is a law. IT IS NOT A HOLY TEXT!!!

Question 33

What was the Black Plague?

Answer 33

Jews were accused of poisoning the wells

Question 34

What is Zionism?

Answer 34

Movement calling for a Jewish star after WWII. Stared if they had their own homeland to begin with the holocaust(6M Jewish deaths)never would have occurred. Formed the state of Israel

Question 35

What are some Jewish traditions?

Answer 35

Sabbath-observed each Saturday(no work)

Kashrut-eat only food God deemed kosher(stay away from pork, shellfish, any meal with dairy and milk in it)

Question 36

Why is Jerusalem important to the Christians?

Answer 36

They go there to see the cite of passion, crucification, and resurrection of Jesus

Question 37

What are the Christian views of the religions?

Answer 37

Islam-false

Judaism-true but with incomplete revelations(such as the Jews denying the resurrection of Jesus)

Question 38

What are the three main types of religions?

Answer 38

Islam, Judaism, and Christianity