World Religions
Instructions: Major world religions, practices, and beliefs
- 1.
Which religion has the most followers worldwide?
ABuddhismBIslamCChristianityDHinduism - 2.
What is the holy book of Islam?
ATorahBVedasCBibleDQuran - 3.
In which country did Buddhism originate?
AIndiaBJapanCChinaDTibet - 4.
What is the name of the Jewish day of rest, observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening?
APassoverBSabbathCHanukkahDYom Kippur - 5.
Which Hindu festival is known as the 'Festival of Lights'?
AHoliBPongalCNavratriDDiwali - 6.
What is the name of the pilgrimage to Mecca that every able Muslim is expected to make at least once in their lifetime?
AHajjBRamadanCSalatDZakat - 7.
Siddhartha Gautama is the founder of which religion?
ABuddhismBSikhismCJainismDHinduism - 8.
Which religion uses the Tao Te Ching as one of its foundational texts?
AShintoBTaoismCConfucianismDBuddhism - 9.
The Golden Temple in Amritsar, India is the holiest site of which religion?
ABuddhismBSikhismCHinduismDJainism - 10.
What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
APrayer, Meditation, Fasting, Charity, StudyBLove, Hope, Faith, Charity, PeaceCTruth, Nonviolence, Charity, Prayer, DevotionDFaith, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, Pilgrimage - 11.
Which ancient religion from Persia was founded by the prophet Zoroaster and centers on the struggle between good and evil?
AZoroastrianismBManichaeismCBahaiDMithraism - 12.
In Christianity, what event does Easter celebrate?
AThe resurrection of JesusBThe Last SupperCThe birth of JesusDThe Ascension - 13.
The Eightfold Path is a central teaching in which religion?
ABuddhismBJainismCJudaismDHinduism - 14.
Shinto is the traditional religion of which country?
AChinaBJapanCKoreaDThailand - 15.
Which city is considered holy by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
AJerusalemBIstanbulCRomeDMecca