Name _____________________________________ Mods_________
For the following questions, answer:
C for Christians/Christianity
J for Jews/Judaism
M for Islam/Muslims.
Some questions have multiple answers, so write all that apply. (1/2 point each)
__________ 1. Jerusalem is a holy city.
__________ 2. Believe that the Messiah/Savior/Prophet has not yet come.
__________ 3. Consider the Old Testament to be a holy book.
__________ 4. Faith from which the other two branched off.
__________ 5. Jesus Christ was/is the Messiah/Savior/Prophet.
__________ 6. Believe that Jesus is an honored prophet, but not God’s chosen Messiah/Savior/Prophet.
__________ 7. The Koran is the holy book.
__________ 8. Some members keep strict kosher laws on what can and cannot be eaten.
__________ 9. God is called Allah.
__________ 10. Believe in the concept of heaven/paradise and hell.
__________ 11. Pray five times a day in the direction of Mecca.
__________ 12. The savior of this faith had his words and deeds recorded soon after his death.
__________ 13. The savior of this faith had his words and deeds recorded in the decades and even centuries after his death.
__________ 14. Follow a lunar calendar.
__________ 15. Some followers believe in the importance of baptism.
__________ 16. Followers pray towards the Kaaba and strive to make a pilgrimage to see it at least once in a lifetime.
__________ 17. The Apostles carried on the faith after the death of the Messiah/Savior/Prophet.
__________ 18. Celebrate Passover to commemorate Moses’ leadership of their people from slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land.
__________ 19. The holy book includes the Four Gospels.
__________ 20. Fought wars to protect the temple in Jerusalem.
__________ 21. Fought wars to capture the holy city of Mecca.
__________ 22. Celebrate Easter as the day when the Messiah/Savior/Prophet rose from the dead.
Continue on to the back.
For the following questions, answer:
C for Christians/Christianity
J for Jews/Judaism
M for Islam/Muslims.
Some questions have multiple answers, so write all that apply. (1/2 point each)
__________ 23. Persecuted by the Romans.
__________ 24. The angel, Gabriel, visited the Messiah/Savior/Prophet to tell God’s words.
__________ 25. The Messiah/Savior/Prophet was married to an older woman.
__________ 26. The Messiah/Savior/Prophet was born from a virgin.
__________ 27. Bans the eating of pork.
__________ 28. The holy book is kept in scrolls and called the Torah.
__________ 29. There is no church hierarchy, just rabbis at the local level.
__________ 30. The highest church leaders (caliphs) are either chosen by the followers or are descendants of the Messiah/Savior/Prophet.
__________ 31. Fast from sunrise to sunset during the holy month of Ramadan.
__________ 32. Celebrate the miracle of the oil that rededicated and purified the holy temple.
__________ 33. Celebrate Christmas as the day of the Messiah/Savior/Prophet’s birthday.
__________ 34. Believe in Noah’s flood.
__________ 35. Use prayer rugs and pray by touching their heads to the ground.
__________ 36. Sometimes its members take communion to signify the blood and body of the Messiah/Savior/Prophet.
__________ 37. Believe in holy wars or jihad.
__________ 38. Do not allow for polygamy today.
__________ 39. Bans the consumption of alcohol.
__________ 40. Branches of its churches are either headed by ministers, the pope, or the patriarch.
1. Which one of Abraham’s sons is believed to be the father of the Jewish people?
2. Which one of Abraham’s sons is believed to be the father of the Arab people?
3. Christians have churches, Jews have _________________, and Muslims have ______________.
4. Muslims call God by the name of ______________and Jews use the name _________________.