WORLD RELIGIONS VOCABULARY

MISCELLANEOUS
  BCE  opinion
 CE  belief system
 belief  monotheism
 fact  polytheism

JUDAISM
 patriarch  Jerusalem
 semitic  Israel
 Abraham (connected to  Chosen People
Islam & Judaism)  Messiah
 Ishmael (connected to  Covenant
Islam & Judaism)  Bar/Bah Mitvah
 Isaac (connected to  Circumcision
Islam & Judaism)  Synagogue
 Ten Commandments  Star of David
 Moses  Chanukah
 Ten Plagues of Egypt  Torah
 Passover  Rabbi
 Idol

ISLAM

 Ka'bah  5 Pillars of Islam

 Koran -Shahada
 Muhammad -Salat
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 Muslim
-Sawn
 Medina -Hajj
 pligrimmage  Arabic/Muslim countries
 Revelation  Caliph
 Mecca  Imam
 Shi’ah sect  Mosque
 Sunni sect  Crescent & Star
HINDUISM
  Indus Valley (pariah)
 Ganges River -Jatis
 Vedas  guru
 Upanishads  meditation (Sri Yantra)
 Rig-Veda  Om (Aum)
 Brahma  Swastika
 Vishnu  Lotus
 Shiva  Cow
 Trimurti  Mandir
 Hindu Beliefs  Shrine
-Dharma  Ceremony of the
-Karma Sacred Thread
-Samsara -Power of Speech
 Caste System -Memory
-Brahmins -Intelligence
-Kshatriyas -Forgiveness
-Vaisyas -Steadfastness
-Sudras -Prosperity
-Untouchable -Good reputation

BUDDHISM

 Siddhartha Gotama  Monastery/Temple

 Enlightenment  Wheel of Law (Dharma
 Four Noble Truths Wheel)
-Dukka  Lotus
-Samudaya  White Elephant
-Nirodha  Bodhi Tree
-Magga  Dalai Lama
 Eightfold Path  Pilgrimage (India)
SIKHISM
  Guru Nanak -Kara
 Guru -Kirpan
 Punjab -Kaccha
 The 10 Sikh Gurus  Sikh Turban
 Guru Granth  Gurdwara
 The Khalsa  Golden Temple
 The Five K’s  Sword, Dagger and
-Kesh Shield
-Kangha  Ik Oankar

TAOISM
 Confucius  Eight Immortals
 Lao-Tzu  Zodiac
 The Analects  T’ai Chi
 Tao Te Ching