Southeast Asia Belief Systems

Which text is considered the holy to the religion of Islam?

• Torah

• New Testment

• Qur'an

• Vedas

Which of the following is a philosophy and NOT a religion?

• Confucianism
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Islam

Which of the following religions started in India?

• Islam
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Shintoism

Buddha taught that people can be free of suffering (Nirvana) if they give up...

• their families
• education
• food and water
• selfish desires for power, wealth, and pleasure

Where was Shintoism founded?

• Korea
• China
• Japan
• Vietnam

What is the caste system?

• the name of the Hindu priesthood
• the division of people in society based on social class and heredity
• the name for the way labor in China is divided between men and women
• a method for selecting people to run for political office

This religion originated in India and follows the teachings of one man.

• Islam
• Buddhism 
• Judaism
• Shintoism

About 80% of India's people follow this religion.

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Islam
• Shintosim

Which of these religions is monotheistic? 

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Islam

The Vedas is the name of the sacred text of this religion.

• Shintoism
• Islam
• Hinduism
• Buddhism