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World Religion

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What world religion has the symbol of a cross?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

2.

What world religion has the symbol of Ohm?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

3.

What world religion has the symbol of the crescent moon?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Chrisitianity

d)

Islam

4.

What is the largest religion in the world?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Chrisitianity

d)

Islam

5.

Choose the 5 religions in order from oldest to newest (chronological)

a)

Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism

b)

Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam

c)

Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam

d)

Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism

6.

The Koran is a scared text of which religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Judaism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Buddhism

7.

The Torah is a sacred text of which religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Buddhism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Judaism

8.

Which religion believes in the law of karma, reincarnation and the caste system?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Judaism

d)

Islam

9.

Which religion has kosher laws, observes the Sabbath and has Hanukkah and Bar Mitzvahs?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Christianity

d)

Judaism

10.

Which religion believes in the 4 Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path and nirvana through meditation?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Judaism

d)

Islam

11.

What religion has the founder Abraham?

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Judaism

d)

Buddhism

12.

Which religion has a founder as Jesus Christ?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Islam

c)

Christianity

d)

Judaism

13.

Islam has 5 things that they must follow what is that called

a)

5 Pillars

b)

The Pillars of Truth

c)

The Truth Be Told

d)

The Columns of Greece

14.

The Middle Way

a)

Wanting to say something but choosing not to

b)

Moral conduct and compassion for all living things

c)

The condition of desiring everything

d)

The condition of preparing to be successful

15.

Who started the religion of Islam

a)

Buddha

b)

Jesus

c)

Moses

d)

Muhammad

16.

The belief that when you die your soul finds another body

a)

The Middle Way

b)

Reincarnation

c)

Nirvana

d)

Hajj

17.

He believed in treating people as you want to be treated

a)

Buddha

b)

Lao Tzu

c)

Mr. Daley

d)

Confucius

18.
Which of the following religious culture hearths is primarily found on the Arabian peninsula?
a)
Islam
b)
Hinduism
c)
Judaism
d)
Bhuddism
19.
What is the term for the belief that things are unknown and unknowable, therefore neither believes or disbelieves in existence of God?
a)
monotheistic
b)
polytheistic
c)
athiest
d)
agnostic
20.

What is a large and fundamental division within a religion called

a)

branch

b)

division

c)

sect

d)

none of the above

21.

Which of the following religions has the "5 pillars of faith?"

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

d)

Judaism

22.
Which text is essential to the practice of Islam?
a)
Qur’an
b)
New Testament
c)
Analects
d)
Torah
23.
Reincarnation is ___________.  
a)
Coming back as something else after you die
b)
Never dying
c)
Not being able to live
d)
The inability to breathe
24.
Which of the following religions doesn't have a specific founder?
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Hinduism
d)
Buddhism
25.
The belief in only one God.
a)
monotheism
b)
polytheism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Buddhism
26.

All of the following are characteristics of world religions EXCEPT

a)

they set down basic ethical principles

b)

they use sacred text

c)

they offer a message that appeals to diverse groups of peole

d)

they instruct people in how to reach heaven

27.

An important trait that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share is a belief in

a)

resurrection

b)

reincarnation

c)

a single God

d)

the Trinity

28.

According to Christian belief, Jesus was the Messiah, which means he was

a)

Chosen by God to save mankind

b)

destined to defeat the Roman Empire

c)

the father of the Jewish people

d)

the most important apostle

29.

According to the New Testament of the Christian Bible, three days after Jesus was crucified, he

a)

achieved enlightenment

b)

began performing miracles

c)

rose from the dead

d)

traveled to Jerusalem

30.

All of the following are part of the Five Pillars of Islam EXCEPT for

a)

charity

b)

marriage

c)

daily prayer

d)

fasting

31.

Muslims believe the Qur'an contains the complete message of God as revealed to

a)

Abraham

b)

Medina

c)

Moses

d)

Muhammad

32.

Hinduism traces its roots to Vedas, which are

a)

four different hereditary classes

b)

prophesies revealed to Muhammad

c)

sacred hymns, poems, and prayers

d)

traditional Hindu festivals

33.

In Buddhism, the Eightfold Path offers guidelines in how to achieve

a)

asceticism

b)

enlightenment

c)

eternal life

d)

reincarnation

34.

The belief in many gods.

a)

polytheism

b)

monotheism

c)

deity

d)

holy

35.

Belief in Hinduism that your next life will depend on your good or bad deeds in this life. The cycle of cause and effect.

a)

holy

b)

karma

c)

Siddhartha Gautama

d)

Vedas

36.

Who is the founder (based on his teaching) of Buddhism?

a)

Jesus

b)

Siddartha Guatama

c)

Abraham

d)

Mohammed

37.

What is the polytheistic religion in India?

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Judaism

d)

Hinduism

38.
What is the Arabic word for God?
a)
Yahweh
b)
Allah
c)
Jesus
d)
Quran
39.
This city is considered a holy place by ALL THREE Abrahamic religions
a)
Mecca
b)
Medina
c)
Jerusalem
d)
Chicago 
40.
Started in India
a)
Buddhism
b)
Hinduism
c)
both
41.
How many times per day are Muslims supposed to pray? 
a)
1
b)
3
c)
5
d)
7
42.
What is the world's biggest religion?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Judaism
c)
Christianity
d)
Islam
43.
Who do Jews, Christians, and Muslims trace their roots back to?  ***Think monotheism
a)
Abraham
b)
Muhammad
c)
Moses
d)
Constantine
44.

What is one of the names for the Jewish Holy Land?

a)

Holy Land

b)

Mecca

c)

Canaan

d)

America

45.

In the Buddhist religion, Nirvana is described as...

a)

A sick band.

b)

The afterlife achieved after your final incarnation.

c)

The state of liberation and freedom from suffering.

46.

What is Karma?

a)

The law of cause and effect.

b)

The way by which each individual creates his own destiny by his thoughts, words and deeds.

c)

The practice ahimsa, noninjury.

d)

Not a single soul will be deprived of this destiny.

47.

The two basic groups of Muslims are...

a)

Shi'ites

b)

Jews

c)

Mormons

d)

Sunnis

48.
Islam means ________.
a)
"surrendering oneself to the will of Allah"
b)
"surrendering to the will of God"
c)
"surrendering to the will of Muslin"
d)
"surrendering to the will of Karma"
49.
Sawm is ________.
a)
alms giving
b)
daily prayer
c)
fasting
d)
prilgrimage
50.
Sakat is ________.
a)
alms giving
b)
daily prayer
c)
fasting
d)
prilgrimage