Unit 3 World Religions Outline

Question 1

What are the holy cities of Islam

Answer 1

Mecca and Medina

Question 2

What is a Caste system

Answer 2

A ranking system that you are born into

Question 3

How is Buddhism different than Hinduism

Answer 3

Buddhism has one founder and is monotheistic and Hinduism does not have a founder and polytheistic.

Question 4

Homeland for Jewish people

Answer 4

Isreal

Question 5

What does the soul’s rebirth mean

Answer 5

Reincarnation

Question 6

What does Buddha mean

Answer 6

Enlightened one

Question 7

What is the Torah

Answer 7

The Jewish bible

Question 8

Monotheism

Answer 8

when the religion only believs in one god

Question 9

Polytheism

Answer 9

When the religion believes in mutliple gods.

Question 10

Beliefs of Islam religon

Answer 10

There is only one god name Allah and the five pillars

Question 11

Eightfold path

Answer 11

a balance course in the Buddhisms life (the middle way).

Question 12

Four noble truths

Answer 12

beliefs based on the teachings of the Buddha

Question 13

Majority of the followers of _______ religion are concentrated in isreal and north america

Answer 13

judiasim

Question 14

majority of the followers of _____ religion are concentrated in the middle east northern africa and pakistan

Answer 14

islam

Question 15

majority of the followers of _______ religion are concentrated in east and southeast asia

Answer 15

buddhism

Question 16

what do christians believe

Answer 16

there is only one god, holy trinity and Jesus

Question 17

what do the religions of Christianity, Judiasm and islam have in common

Answer 17

They are all monothestic

Question 18

What is the islam book of prayer called

Answer 18

koran

Question 19

charcteristics of hinduism

Answer 19

the religion beleives in one god.

Question 20

how are christanity and islam alike

Answer 20

they both believe in one god

Question 21

founder of islam

Answer 21

Muhammad

Question 22

Founder of buddhism

Answer 22

sid harter Gautama