Languages and Religions Formative

Question 1

Who is the founder of Judaism?

Answer 1

Abraham

Question 2

Who is the founder of Christianity?

Answer 2

Jesus

Question 3

Who is the founder of Islam?

Answer 3

Muhammad

Question 4

What is the Holy Book of Judaism?

Answer 4

Torah

Question 5

What is the holy book of Christianty?

Answer 5

Bible

Question 6

What is the holy book of Islam?

Answer 6

Koran

Question 7

What are the flowers of Judaism called?

Answer 7

Jews

Question 8

What are the followers of Christianity called?

Answer 8

Christians

Question 9

What are the followers of Islam called?

Answer 9

Muslims

Question 10

How many followers of Judaism are there?

Answer 10

15 million

Question 11

How many followers of Christianity are there?

Answer 11

2.1 Billion

Question 12

How many followers of Islam are there?

Answer 12

1.3 Billion

Question 13

Which is the oldest religion?

Answer 13

Judaism

Question 14

Which is the most popular religion?

Answer 14

Christianity

Question 15

Which is the fastest-growing religion?

Answer 15

Islam

Question 16

What are the five main languages of Europe?

Answer 16

German, English, Russian, French and Italian

Question 17

The United States and Europe are close in size. Which has more people - the U.S or Europe?

Answer 17

Europe

Question 18

How many native languages are there in Europe?

Answer 18

More than 200 native languages (in the U.S, English is the one dominant native language).

Question 19

What are the three main categories of languages in Europe?

Answer 19

1. Germanic
2. Romance Languages
3. Slavic Languages

Question 20

Where are Romance languages found?

Answer 20

Southern and Western parts of Europe

Question 21

What are the three Romance languages?

Answer 21

French, Italian and Spanish

Question 22

What are the Romance languages based on?

Answer 22

They are based on the language of the Ancient Roman Empire: Latin. (Latin is no longer spoken in any country)

Question 23

What countries speak French?

Answer 23

France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and the European Union (65-80 million people)

Question 24

What countries speak Italian?

Answer 24

Italy, Switzerland and the European Union (63 million people)

Question 25

Where are the Slavic languages found?

Answer 25

They are found in central and Eastern Europe

Question 26

What is the most widely spoken Slavic language?

Answer 26

Russian

Question 27

What is the largest native language in Europe?

Answer 27

Russian (140 million people)

Question 28

What countries speak Russian?

Answer 28

Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (and it is a minor language in Ukraine). It is not an official language of the European Union.

Question 29

What alphabet does the Germanic and Romance languages use?

Answer 29

Roman (although they may not punctuate the words the same and some characters may be different).

Question 30

What alphabet does the Slavic languages use?

Answer 30

Slavic languages use the Cyrillic Alphabet (which looks very different).

Question 31

What have Europeans done to make communication easier?

Answer 31

1. Most school children learn 1 or 2 other languages beside their own
2. Many countries choose to learn English
3. Many countries have more than one “official language”

Question 32

Which religion is the first recorded faith to worship only one God?

Answer 32

Judaism

Question 33

Which religion is celebrated by Jewish people?

Answer 33

Judaism

Question 34

Which religion is the faith of Muslims?

Answer 34

Islam

Question 35

Which religion is most dominant in Western and Eastern Europe?

Answer 35

Christianity

Question 36

What are the two major divisions of Christianity in Europe?

Answer 36

1. Catholic
2. Protestants