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WorksheetsWorld Religions Test
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 16mins
The founder of Islam is
Siddhartha Gautema
Muhammad
Jesus
Moses
Who is the founder of Christianity?
Abraham
Paul
Peter
Jesus
Christianity grew out of what other main religion?
Judaism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Shintoism
Both Judaism and Christianity share sacred writings contained in the ________.
Quran
Old Testament
New Testament
Talmud
Christianity and Judaism both teach the belief in one god, which is known as
Monotheism
Polytheism
Atheism
Agnosticim
What religion originated in the Indus Valley around 1400 BCE?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
Sikhism
What river is sacred to Hindus, who try to bathe daily in its water?
Indus
Amazon
Ganges
Nile
In Hinduism, a person's earthly duty or obligation is known as ______________.
karma
vishnu
virtue
dharma
This symbol represents the ______________ of Buddhism.
Eight-fold Path
Caste system
Four Hallowed Truths
helm
This diagram represents the Caste System of the ____ religion.
Buddhist
Muslim
Hindu
Shinto
The founder of Buddhism is ______.
Brahma
Siddhartha Gautema
Dharma
Karma Vishnu
Both Hinduism and Buddhism believe in the idea of rebirth known as ________________.
dharma
resurrection
karma
reincarnation
The Four Noble Truths are strong beliefs of ________________.
Judaism
Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
The people at the very bottom of the Hindu Caste Systerm are called the ______________.
Untouchables
Sudra
cast offs
lowlifes
What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
Upanishads
Ramayana
Vedas
Mahabharata
Who was the founder of Hinduism?
Abraham
Jesus
Siddhartha
There is not a single founder
The worship of many gods is known as ______________.
monotheism
polytheism
atheism
pantheism
Judaism traces its origins to a man named __________________.
Abraham
David
Noah
Jesus
The world’s oldest monotheistic religion is _______________.
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Catholicism
The first five books of the Christian Old Testament are the same ones contained in the Jewish book known as the ___________.
Talmud
Torah
Qur'an
Tripitaka
Judaism begin in the ancient land of Canaan in ___________.
Europe
the Middle East
Mesopotamia
Egypt
What is another name for the Jewish god?
Yeshuah
Yemen
Yahweh
Jesus
This symbol, the Star of David, represents what religion?
Jainism
Judaism
Greek Orthodoxy
Zoroastrianism
How many main branches of Judaism are there?
2
3
5
6
Judaism began when God made a __________ with Abraham.
consultation
conditional
pact
covenant
The "promised land" that God gave to Abraham and his descendants was called ______________.
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Canaan
Syria
Like Christianity and Judaism, the Islamic religion is _____.
nontheistic
polytheistic
monotheistic
atheistic
The two major cities where Islam began are ____.
Mecca and Medina
Bethlehem and Jerusalem
Israel and Syria
Nazareth and Joppa
The founder of Islam is _____.
Muhammad
Jesus
Allah
Adam
Muhammad received visions from ________, who commanded him to spread the message of Islam.
Allah
Brahmin
Osama
Buddha
The Muslim holy book is called the __________.
Qur'an
Torah
Bible
Tripitaka
Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 Pillars of Islam?
Holy wars against Christians
Allah is the one God
Give money to the poor
Fast during Ramadan
One of the Five Pillars of Islam is is to pray ______ times a day facing Mecca.
1
10
3
5
The basic teachings of Buddhism are called __________.
The Five Commandments
Shar'ia Law
The Four Noble Truths
The Eight-fold Noble Truths
What does "Buddha" mean?
Intelligent One
Enlightened One
Fast One
Religious One
Buddhism shares its roots with which other major religion?
Christianity
Confucianism
Hinduism
Taoism
In which country did Buddhism originate?
China
India
Thailand
Nepal
The three main branches of Christianity are _______.
Protestantism, Orthodox, Catholicism
Protestantism, Catholicism, Independents
Catholicism, Orthodox, Fundamentalists
Catholicism, Orthodox, Independents
Christianity was founded in the ancient land known as _____.
Egypt, right near the ancient pyramids.
Saudi Arabia.
Judea.
Persia, which is modern-day Iran.
Belief in the Trinity is held by _____________?
Jews, Christians, and Muslims
Most Christians
All polytheistic religions
ALL Protestant denominations
Which of the following is a tenet of Christianity?
Jesus is the son of God
God sent Jesus to save people from their sins by his death on the cross
Like Jesus, people can be resurrected after death and join God in eternal life
All of these choices
The sacred book of the Christians is called the...
Torah
Book of Prophets
Holy Bible
Psalms and Proverbs
According to Christian theology, the Holy Trinity is ____________.
God the Father, Jesus, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
A church in Jerusalem
three separate and individual gods
Jesus alone
The Christian Bible is comprised of the _______________?
Old and New Testament
Old and New Bible
Old and New Titlement
Old and New Christianity
The religion based on the teachings of Jesus is known as
Protestantism
Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
The belief in and worship of a god or gods, or any such system of belief and worship is called _______.
a sect
superstition
a denomination
religion
