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World Religions Quiz

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of religion is Christianity?

a)

Abrahamic

b)

Polytheistic

c)

Eastern

d)

Ethnic

2.

Who is the founder of Christianity?

a)

Jesus Christ

b)

Muhammad

c)

Abraham

d)

Guru Nanak

3.

Which religion is the second most popular in the United States?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Hinduism

d)

Buddhism

4.

What is the sacred text of Judaism?

a)

Bible

b)

Quran

c)

Torah

d)

Veda

5.

Which religion has the highest percentage of followers in Israel?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

d)

Sikhism

6.

Who is the founder of Islam?

a)

Jesus Christ

b)

Muhammad

c)

Abraham

d)

Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)

7.

What is the holy book of Islam?

a)

Bible

b)

Quran

c)

Torah

d)

Vedas

8.

What is the holy book of Christianity?

a)

Quran

b)

Bible

c)

Torah

d)

Veda

9.

Who is the founder of Buddhism?

a)

Jesus Christ

b)

Muhammad

c)

Abraham

d)

Siddhartha Gautama

10.

Which religion's followers worship in a mosque?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Islam

d)

Judaism

11.

Which religion began in India?

a)

Christianity

b)

Hinduism

c)

Islam

d)

Judaism

12.

Followers of which religion believe Jesus is the son of God and savior?

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Islam

d)

Hinduism

13.

Which is the oldest of the world's main religions?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Christianity

14.

In which religion is the ultimate goal is to reach Enlightenment and Nirvana?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Judaism

15.

Which religion was founded by the Prophet Muhammad?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Christianity

c)

Islam

d)

Buddhism

16.

Followers of which religion follow 5 Pillars of Faith?

a)

Judaism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

17.

What do Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have in common?

a)

They are all monotheistic.

b)

They all believe that Jesus was the Son of God and Messiah.

c)

They are all based on the same holy book.

d)

They are all universal religions

18.

What do Buddhism and Hinduism have in common?

a)

They are both monotheistic

b)

They are both based on four noble truths.

c)

They both have the same holy book.

d)

They both believe in reincarnation.

19.

What religion is the most predominant in the Middle East and North Africa?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Hinduism

d)

Buddhism

20.

What is the world's biggest religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Judaism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

21.

No known founder of this religion.

a)

Judaism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Islam

22.

Which of the following is not a monotheistic religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Judaism

d)

Hinduism

23.

The belief that life is a continuous cycle of rebirth and death is known as

a)

Sin

b)

Karma

c)

Reincarnation

d)

Caste system

24.
Where did Confucianism originate?
a)
Japan
b)
India
c)
Arabia
d)
China
25.

What is the religion of Muslims?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

26.

Followers of which religion make a pilgrimage Mecca, the location shown in the picture?

a)

Judaism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

d)

Hinduism

27.

What is the name for the Jewish holy book (first 5 books of the Bible in Hebrew)?

a)

Five Commandments

b)

Veda

c)

Torah

d)

Quran

28.

What word means the belief in many gods and goddesses?

a)

Polytheism

b)

Monotheism

c)

Pantheism

d)

Catechism

29.

Which country or region is mostly Jewish?

a)

United States

b)

China

c)

Middle East

d)

Israel

30.

Which of the following statements is not true of Christianity?

a)

People who practice this religion believe in reincarnation and Nirvana.

b)

Easter is an important religious holiday.

c)

This religion is based on the life and teachings of Jesus.

d)

The holy book of this religion is the Bible.

31.

On the map above, identify the number that shows the area of the world where three of the religions were founded.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

32.

What is the middle Eastern city where all Muslims who can afford to are supposed to go on a pilgrimage once in their life?

a)

Malta

b)

Adan

c)

Mecca

d)

Jerusalem

33.

The Hindu belief that means your good and bad actions cause good or bad results.

a)

Karma

b)

Dharma

c)

Nirvana

d)

Moksha

34.

Which Eastern philosophy is a system of ethics, education, and statesmanship. It also stresses love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct?

a)

Siddhartha Gautama

b)

Confucianism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Taoism

35.

For thousands of years many religions believe in more than one god. What type of religions are those?

a)

Sunni

b)

Moksha

c)

Polytheistic

d)

Monotheistic

36.

Place where Jews worship.

a)

Synagogue

b)

Mandir

c)

Mosque

d)

Muslims

37.

Buddhist place of worship.

a)

Temple

b)

Mosque

c)

Synagogue

d)

Church

38.

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are alike in that they all

a)

began as universal religions

b)

are examples of ethnic religions

c)

trace their heritage to Abraham

d)

started in a region that is now part of Europe

39.

Type of religion that tried to convert followers

a)

ethnic

b)

universal

c)

animism

d)

syncretic

40.

Type of religion that is localized and does not try to convert followers

a)

ethnic

b)

universal

c)

syncretic

d)

agnostic

41.

Belief that all animals, plants, trees, and objects in nature have a spirit

a)

polytheistic

b)

syncretic

c)

animism

d)

universal

42.

A ________ religion is one that was initially formed through the combination of multiple religions.

a)

animism

b)

autonomous

c)

hierarchical

d)

syncretic

43.

Select the three Eastern religions

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Islam

d)

Sikhism

44.

Buddhists believe that life is full of ​ (a)   and that the only way to end it is to reach ​ (b)   , a state of enlightenment.

Choose from the below words
suffering
nirvana
syncretic
failure
animism
religion
45.

Who celebrates Diwali?

a)

Hindu

b)

Christians

c)

Muslims

d)

Jewish

46.

Who celebrates Ramadan?

a)

Jewish

b)

Hindu

c)

Christians

d)

Muslims

47.

Belief in one God

a)

Monotheism

b)

Polytheism

48.

Jewish house of worship

a)

Synagogue

b)

Mosque

c)

Church

49.

A Muslim place of worship

a)

Mosque

b)

Synagogue

c)

Church

50.

Hanukkah & Yom Kippur

a)

Jewish Holidays

b)

Christian Holidays

c)

Islamic Holidays

51.

Christianity and Islam are similar in that both

a)

are polytheistic religions

b)

have practiced a strict code of nonviolence

c)

have the same religious holidays

d)

have roots in Judaism