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Judaism, Christian, Islam Worksheet

This is a simple worksheet to you become more familiar with the world’s three major monotheistic religions. (monotheistic – believing in one G-d). Of the three religions, Judaism is the oldest, Christianity comes in the middle, and Islam is the youngest. Christianity has the most followers, then Islam, then, Judaism.

Use your textbook and your notes to find the answers.

| |Judaism |Christianity |Islam |

|Location where the religion was | | | |

|born. | | | |

|Two holy cities for this | | | |

|religion. | | | |

|Name of a house of worship in | | | |

|this religion. | | | |

|Name of a clergyman (or | | | |

|clergywoman) in each religion. | | | |

|Two important holidays. Bonus | | | |

|for more than two. | | | |

|Each religion has at least one | | | |

|major division. What is the | | | |

|major division within each | | | |

|religion? | | | |

|Name of each religion’s holy | | | |

|book. | | | |

| | | | |

|Part(s) of world where many | | | |

|followers of each religion live.| | | |

| | | | |

Suggested Answers

| |Judaism |Christianity |Islam |

|Location where each religion was|Israel/Palestine. (more | Israel/Palestine (called Judea |Mecca & Medina in western modern|

|born. |detail)The two Talmuds were |during the life of Jesus). (more|day Saudi Arabia. (more detail)|

| |written in modern day Iraq & |detail) Further development of |Muhammad was born in Mecca, |

| |Palestine, with the one from |Christianity took place around |traveled extensively as a |

| |Iraq (the Babylonian Talmud) |the two capitals of the Roman |merchant, first preached in |

| |being more important. |Empire, Rome & Constantinople. |Mecca, and first established a |

| | |Protestantism developed in |successful Islamic community in |

| | |several locations in northern |Medina.. |

| | |Europe. | |

|Holiest places for this |The Western Wall in Jerusalem. |The Church of the Holy Sepulchre|Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem. |

|religion. |(more detail) Hebron, Safad, & |in Jerusalem. (more detail) |(more detail) Muslims must make|

| |Tiberias are the three other |Rome is highly important to |pilgrimages to Mecca & Medina at|

| |holiest cities. |Roman Catholics. There are |least once in a lifetime. The |

| | |pilgrimage locations in many |cities of Qom, Najaf, and |

| | |countries. |Karbala are highly important to |

| | | |Shiites. |

|Name of a house of worship in |A synagogue. (More detail) |A church. |A mosque. (more detail) The |

|this religion. |Many Reform and Conservative | |word “mosque” derives from the |

| |American Jews call their | |Arabic word “masjid,” which |

| |synagogue “a temple.” Jews | |means “to bow.” |

| |whose ancestors spoke Yiddish | | |

| |may call synagogue a “shul,” a | | |

| |word that derives from the | | |

| |Yiddish word for “school.” | | |

|Name of a clergyman (or |A rabbi |A priest, for Catholics & the |An imam. |

|clergywoman) in each religion. | |Eastern Orthodox. A minister, | |

| | |for Protestants | |

|Two important holidays. Bonus |Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashana, |Christmas, Easter, Good Friday. |Eid al Fitr (end of Ramadan) Eid|

|for more than two. |Passover, Simchat Torah, |(more detail) Catholics have |al Adha (feast of sacrifice. It|

| | |various saints’ days. |commemorates Abraham’s |

| | | |willingness to sacrifice his |

| | | |son, Ishmael.) |

|Each religion has at least one |Ashkenazi Jews & Sephardi Jews. |Catholics, Protestants, & |Sunnis & Shiites. (more detail)|

|major division. What is the |(more detail) Ashkenazi Jews’ |Eastern Orthodox. (more detail)|Shiite Islam is further |

|major division within each |ancestors come from Northern & |There are small Christian groups|subdivided into scores of sects.|

|religion? |Eastern Europe, Sephardi Jews’ |in the Middle East that are | |

| |ancestors came from Spain and |neither Catholic, Protestant, | |

| |the Mediterranean region. The |nor Orthodox. | |

| |Sephardi/Ashkenazi division is | | |

| |ethnic, but there are small | | |

| |religious divisions too. | | |

| |Karaite Jews do not believe in | | |

| |the Talmud. | | |

|Name of each religion’s holy |The Torah. |The Bible. (more detail) The |The Koran. |

|book. | |Bible is the Torah, plus the New| |

| | |Testament. | |

|Part(s) of world where many |Israel, New York, Baltimore, LA,|Europe, the Americas, Australia.|North Africa, western Asia, |

|followers of each religion live.|London, France, Antwerp. | |central Asia, the Indian |

| | | |subcontinent, Indonesia. |

| | | |Growing populations in the US & |

| | | |Europe. |

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