World Religions Study Guide

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Buddhism 6x 33.3% stumper $800 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $200 1993 Theravada is the form of this religion practiced in Sri Lanka & Southeast Asia

DJ $800 2016 The Abhidharma Pitaka is one of the "baskets", or texts, of this religion

DJ $2,000 DD 1990 The 1989 Nobel Peace Prize went to a follower of this religion

Vishnu 5x 25.0% stumper $800 avg J:2 DJ:2 FJ:1

DJ $600 1989 The Catholic trinity is the Father, Son & Holy Ghost & the Hindu trinity is Shiva, Brahma & this deity

J $1,000 2004 One of the great Hindu gods, he's also called the "Preserver"

FJ 2001 The world's largest religious structure, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, was built to honor this preserver deity

Islam 5x $300 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1989 Dervishes have been part of this religion for over 700 years, & some of them are still whirling

DJ $800 1991 The Sharia is the canon law of this religion

J $100 1987 Pakistan's capital is a new city, built in the 1960s to honor this religion

Hinduism 5x $440 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $200 1991 Our word juggernaut comes from the name of a god equated with Vishnu in this religion

DJ $800 1993 This religion's Rig Veda was composed orally around 1400-1200 B.C.

DJ $400 2024 Prithviraj Chauhan, who ruled in Rajasthan in the 12th century, is sometimes called the last emperor of this religion

Buddha 5x 20.0% stumper $480 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $400 1996 Suffering, cause, cessation & the path were his four noble truths

DJ $600 1996 His enlightenment has been dated to around 528 B.C. after a 7-week stay under the bodhi tree

J $400 1991 This title means enlightened one in Sanskrit

Muhammad 5x $740 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1990 As an infant, he was given to a nomadic wet nurse in the desert outside Mecca

J $600 2004 By definition, the Hashemites are either direct or collateral descendants of this prophet

DJ $2,000 2008 From 1934 to his death in 1975, he led the Nation of Islam

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