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SOL Review-Religions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the earliest form of religion? | animism |
| What is monotheism? | belief in one god |
| What is polytheism? | belief in more than one god |
| Who is the founder of Judaism? | Abraham |
| Who led the Hebrews out of Egypt? | Moses |
| What does Canaan mean? | promised land |
| Where was Abraham from? | Ur, Sumer |
| What is the holy book of Judaism? | Torah |
| What is the symbol of Judaism? | Star of David |
| What is the religion of Persia? | Zoroastrianism |
| Who founded Zoroastrianism? | Zoroaster |
| What is the symbol of Zoroastrianism? | Faravahar |
| What is the name of the Hebrew god? | Yahweh |
| What is the name of the Zoroastrian god? | Ahura Mazda |
| Who is the founder of Buddhism? | Siddhartha Gautama |
| Where was Buddhism founded? | Nepal (India) |
| What is the holy teachings of Buddhism? | Four Noble Truths, Dharma, Eightfold Path |
| In Buddhism, following the Eightfold Path will lead to what? | Nirvana |
| Is Hinduism monotheistic or polytheistic? | monotheistic |
| Who is the head god of Hinduism? | Brahma |
| What is the symbol of Hinduism? | Om |
| Who is the founder of Confucianism? | Confucius |
| Where was Hinduism founded? | India |
| Where was Confucianism founded? | China |
| Is Confucianism monotheistic or polytheistic? | neither |
| Who is the founder of Taoism? | Laozi |
| Where was Taoism founded? | China |
| What is the symbol of Taoism? | Yin and Yang |
| People living in harmony with nature is the basic belief of which religion? | Taoism |
| Who is the Greek king of the gods? | Zeus |
| Who is the Greek goddess of motherhood and marriage? | Hera |
| Who is the Greek god of music, the sun, and light? | Apollo |
| Who is the Greek goddess of the hunt and the moon? | Artemis |
| Who is the Greek goddess of love and beauty? | Aphrodite |
| Who is the Greek goddess of wisdom and war? | Athena |
| Who is the Roman king of the gods? | Jupiter |
| Who is the Roman god of music, the sun, and light? | Apollo |
| Who is the Roman goddess of motherhood and marriage? | Juno |
| Who is the Roman goddess of the hunt and the moon? | Diana |
| Who is the Roman goddess of love and beauty? | Venus |
| Who is the Roman goddess of wisdom and war? | Minerva |
| Who is the founder of Christianity? | Jesus of Nazareth |
| In what Empire was Christianity founded? | Roman |
| What is the symbol of Christianity? | cross |
| What is the holy book of Christianity? | New Testament |
| Who was a major apostle of Christianity? | Paul |
| What do Yin and Yang symbolize? | opposites that balance each other in harmony |
| What religion is native to Japan? | Shintoism |
| Who is the head goddess of Shintoism? | Amaterasu |
| What is a Shinto temple? | pagoda |
| What is the symbol of Shintoism? | torii |
| What are the sacred writings of Confucianism written by Confucius | Analects |
| What is the holy book of Islam? | Koran/Qu'ran |
| Who is the founder of Islam? | Muhammad? |
| Who was the first caliph of Islam? | Abu-Bakr |
| What is a caliph? | successor to Muhammad (leader of Islam) |
| Why did Islam split after Ali was assassinated? | they could not agree on who should be the leader |