World History Religions Vocabulary

HOLY BOOK OF ISLAM

• Bible

• Vedas

• Qu'ran

• Torah

Holy Book of Christianity

• Torah

• Koran

• Genesis

• Bible

Holy Book of Judaism

• Bible

• Gospels

• Koran

• Torah

Sacred Texts of Hinduism

• Qu'ran

• Vedas

• Brahman

• Shiva

Moral code that Hindus must follow

• karma

• dharma

• Vedas

• Moksha

Belief in one god

• polytheism

• monotheism

• unotheism

• Singular god theory

Pilgrimage to Mecca required of all able Muslims

• hajj

• raja

• dojo

• ramadan

Hindu and Buddhist belief that your actions in this life will affect your fate in the next life -- like earning points

• dharma

• karma

• shawarma

• reincarnation

Profession of faith, fasting, charity, daily prayer, hajj

• five of the ten commandments

• karma

• dharma

• five pillars of islam

Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are called this, because they share a common prophet

• monotheistic religions

• Abrahamic religions

• polytheistic religions

• Middle Eastern religions