BIBLE
HOLY BOOK FOR CHRISTIAN FAITH.
QUR'AN/KORAN
HOLY BOOK FOR ISLAMIC FAITH.
TORAH
HOLY BOOK FOR JEWISH FAITH.
VEDAS
HOLY BOOK FOR HINDU FAITH.
TRIPITKA
HOLY BOOK FOR BUDDHIST FAITH.
ABRAHAM AND MOSES
FOUNDING LEADER AND PROPHET FOR JUDAISM
ABRAHAM AND MUHAMMAD
FOUNDING LEADER AND PROPHET FOR ISLAM
ABRAHAM AND JESUS
FOUNDING LEADER AND PROPHET FOR CHRISTIANITY
CHURCH
PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR CHRISTIANS
MOSQUE
PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR MUSLIMS
TEMPLE OR SYNAGOGUE
PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR JEWS
SIDDARTHA
FOUNDER OF BUDDHISM
PERSONAL SHRINE OR TEMPLE
PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR HINDUS
INDUS RIVER VALLEY
PLACE OF ORIGIN FOR HINDUISM
NORTHERN INDIA (MODERN DAY NEPAL)
PLACE OF ORIGIN FOR BUDDHISM
PALESTINE - SOUTHWEST ASIA
PLACE OF ORIGIN FOR CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM , & JUDAISM
SUNDAY
DAY OF WORSHIP FOR CHRISTIANS
FRIDAY
DAY OF WORSHIP FOR ISLAM
SATURDAY
DAY OF WORSHIP FOR JEWS
REINCARNATION
THE BELIEF OF HINDUS AND BUDDHISTS - THE CYCLE OF BIRTH, LIFE, DEATH,
AND REBIRTH
KARMA
THE BELIEF OF HINDUS AND BUDDHISTS - WHAT COMES AROUND GOES AROUND.
KARMA DETERMINES HOW ONE WILL LIVE THEIR NEXT LIFE.
TRADE AND MIGRATION
HOW HINDUISM SPREAD - RELIGIOUS DIFFUSION
CONQUERED LANDS & TRADE
How Islam spread - religious diffusion
CONQUERED LANDS & MISSION WORK
How Christianity spread - religious diffusion
MIGRATION & PERSECUTION
How Judaism spread - religious diffusion
TRADE
How Buddhism spread - religious diffusion
10 COMMANDMENTS
A common belief in all three monotheistic faiths (Christianity,
Islam, Judaism)
SACRAMENTS
(BAPTISM, COMMUNION, CONFIRMATION) - Cultural practices in Christianity
CHRISTMAS & EASTER
Two religious holidays that Christians celebrate a key leader, Jesus
RAMADAN - One of the FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM
A month long of fasting (from sun up to sun down) so Muslims can
understand what it is like to go without.
NO PORK - DIETARY RESTRICTION
Some Muslims do not eat pork due to religious beliefs.
KOSHER - DIETARY RESTRICTIONS
Some Jews follow the rules in the Torah that detail the types of food
that a Jewish person may eat and the ways in which it may be prepared.
BAR AND BAT MITZVAHS
A religious initiation ceremony of a Jewish boy/girl who has reached
the age of 13 and is ready to publicly practice the faith and accepts
the principles of Judaism.
HANUKKAH, YOM KIPPUR, PASSOVER, & ROSH HASHANAH
Important religious holidays that celebrate the Jewish faith.
VEGETARIANS
Many Buddhists and Hindus are vegetarians because they do not believe
in harming living things.
BRAHMAN
Hindus believe in may gods (polytheism) that are all a part of
Brahman - the universal soul of Hinduism.