Review of the Religions

Review of the Religions

What is the difference between a religious group and ethnic group?

Answer:

Buddhism

Origin:Where is it mostly practiced:Holy text:Beliefs/Gods:

Monotheistic/Polytheistic:

Hinduism

Origin:Where is it mostly practiced:Holy text:Beliefs/Gods:

Monotheistic/Polytheistic:

Islam

Origin:Where is it mostly practiced:Holy text:Beliefs/Gods:

Monotheistic/Polytheistic:

Shintoism

Origin:Where is it mostly practiced:Holy text:Beliefs/Gods:

Monotheistic/Polytheistic:

Confucianism

Origin:Where is it mostly practiced:Holy text:Beliefs/Gods:

Monotheistic/Polytheistic:

Judaism

Origin:Where is it mostly practiced:Holy text:Beliefs/Gods:

Monotheistic/Polytheistic:

Christianity

Origin:Where is it mostly practiced:Holy text:Beliefs/Gods:

Monotheistic/Polytheistic:

Tell where the ethnic group is found and a fact.

Arab-

Bantu-

Swahili-

Ashanti-

Answer the following questions on the slide.

1. Which religions are monotheistic?

2. Which religions are polytheistic?

3. Which religions have no gods?

4. Which religions believe in reincarnation?

5. Which religion has no holy book?

6. Which religion was founded by Siddhartha Gautama?

7. Which religion believes in Kami which inhabit all things?

8. Which religions believe in karma?

9. Which religion has the purpose to avoid suffering and gain Enlightenment?

10. Which religion practices the 5 Pillars?

11. Which religion believes in purity and respect for family, nature, and tradition?

• Shintoism

12. Which religion’s practices are to be good, honest citizens and to know your

place?

13. Of which religion is the caste system a part?

14. Which religion’s holy book is The Vedas?

15. To which religion do Torii Gates form the entrance to shrines?

16. In which religion is the cow sacred?

17. Which religions believe in an afterlife that includes a place of punishment and a place of

reward?

• Christianity

• Islam

18. Which religion’s belief is that an afterlife is beyond human understanding?

19. Which religion believes that the afterlife consists of rebirth until reaching

Moksha, or release?

20. Which religion believes that the afterlife consists of rebirth until reaching Nirvana, or

enlightenment?

• Buddhism