World Religions Worksheet With Answers (Page 3 of 3) in pdf

Q U I Z

I S L A M

(1) What religion are these people? (matching)

Islamic

There is

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Christian?

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no God

(German scientist)

and star

but Allah

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Buddhist?

Islam was founded in the Middle East in 622 A.D.

(American boxer)

by Mohammad. Believers in Islam are called Moslems

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Hindu?

(or Muslims). There are about 1 billion Moslems in the

world, about 18% of the world’s population. They live

(Indian leader)

mainly in North Africa, in Asia (e.g. China and

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Jewish?

Indonesia) and in the Arab countries of the Middle East.

(Tibetan leader)

Friday is the Moslem holy day. Major holidays are

the Hajj (the pilgrimage to Mecca) and Ramadan (a

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Moslem?

special month of daily fasting). Moslems worship in a

(Nobel Prize winner)

mosque and believe in a book called the Koran (also

spelled Quran). The holiest places in Islam are the cities

(2) What job did they do before becoming religious

of Mecca and Medina (in Saudi Arabia) and Jerusalem.

leaders?

Islam is a monotheistic religion. The Moslem god is

called Allah. Moslems believe that people go to either

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heaven or hell after they die. Islam’s main sects are

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Sunni (90%) and Shi’ite (Iran). Moslems have some

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special customs. They’re not allowed to eat pork or

drink alcohol, and only eat specially-prepared halal

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food. They pray 5 times a day, facing Mecca. Some

prince

Moslem women wear veils and cover their bodies in

priest

black robes.

MOHAMMAD

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farmer

H I N D U I S M

(3) What religion is it?

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Hindu

(a) Alcohol and pork are taboo.

symbol

swastika

(b) They have an elephant god, Ganesh.

Hinduism originated in India in 1500 B.C. after the

(d) Monks often wear orange robes.

arrival of a people known as the Aryans. There are more

(e) They drink wine and eat bread in church.

than 750 million Hindus in the world, or about 13% of

(f) They pray five times a day, facing Mecca.

all people. India is the home to almost all Hindus.

(g) They don’t eat shellfish.

Hindus also live in places such as Nepal and in Bali,

(h) Women wear a red dot on the forehead.

Indonesia

(i) They often wear a cross on a necklace.

Hindus have no one holy weekday. Diwali

(j) They believe their religion is right.

(November), a festival of lights, is one of the main

RELIGION VOCABULARY

Hindu holidays. Hindus can worship either at home or

in a temple. Holy Hindu books include the Vedas, the

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Ramayana and the Bhagavad Gita. One of the most

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holy Hindu sites is the Ganges River in India.

atheist

Hinduism is polytheistic and has thousands of gods.

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Three main Hindu gods are Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

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Other gods include Ram, Kali and Krishna. Like

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Buddhists, Hindus believe in rebirth. There are many

Hindu sects. Hindus have some special customs and

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taboos. They don’t eat beef and never kill cows.

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Women put a red dot on their forehead called a tilak.

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sect*** DE

People believe in karma (fate), astrology and the caste

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system.

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