Unit+One+Assessment

1. the Hindu deity with an elephant head

2. The pilgrimage to Mecca is called the ______________

3. Where was Muhammad born

4. A scripture sacred to both Jews and Christians

5. Buddha was born in this country

6. Buddha was born a beggar-True False

7. Moses received the ____________on Mount Sinai

8. The youngest major world religion

9. If someone was born in a year B.C.E. he or she was born

10. Indian authorities partially destroyed the ___________ which is important to the Sikhs

11. This empire ruled Palestine during the time of Jesus

12. The Destroyer god of the Hindu Trinity

13. Confucius was a hermit-True False  14. The most sacred river in India

15. If an event occurred in the 1700's it happened in what century?

16. Semitic religions originated in this area

17.Buddhists _______________in order to quiet the mind

18. Most Taoists can be found in Europe-True False

19. The place of worship for Muslims is called a

20. The world religion with the most followers

21. Medina and Mecca are located in Saudi Arabia-True False

22. Buddha had a son Answer: True False

23.The first Jewish patriarch

24. Jews celebrate Easter

25. Confucius put great emphasis on __________________in hope of restoring social order in China

26. Buddha taught that____________was the root of most suffering

27. Most Sikh men wear ______________on their heads

28. The Jewish holiday which celebrates the Exodus out of Egypt

29. The _____________is the leader of Tibetan Buddhism

30. Hinduism is a polytheistic religion True False  31-All religions try to convert others is true statement why is this the case.

32-What is a cult? Are there cults today? If any of the religions that you studied in this unit were started today would they be considered cults? why or why not? ||