World Religions

Question 1

Disciple

Answer 1

A follower of religious doctrines

Question 2

Caste

Answer 2

Divides society into groups based on a characteristic

Question 3

Scripture

Answer 3

A spiritual book or text that is associated with a certain belief or religion

Question 4

Heretical

Answer 4

Having a different opinion than what’s usually accepted

Question 5

Monotheism

Answer 5

The belief that there is only one God

Question 6

Monotheism was a significant new idea because it

Answer 6

Asserted that there was only one god

Question 7

Monotheism replaced polytheism by

Answer 7

Making one deity all-knowing and ever-present

Question 8

This individual is considered the founding father of the Hebrew people

Answer 8

Abraham

Question 9

Moses is important to the Jews for all the following reasons except

Answer 9

He settled them in the “promised land”

Question 10

Which of the following is a fundamental Jewish scripture?

Answer 10

Torah

Question 11

The Jewish notion of a “covalent” holds that

Answer 11

God will always deliver on his promises to the Jewish people