World Religions

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Across 2. In the Hindu religion _______ means "obtaining liberation" 4. The Hindu belief that "what goes around comes around" 5. spiritual leader of Judaism 8. spiritual leader of Christianity 10. birthplace of Hinduism and Buddhism 14. symbol for Buddhism 15. How many "Noble Truths" are there? 16. persecution of the Jews by Hitler 17. Founder of Islam 19. the sacred text of Judaism that contains the first five books of the Old Testament 22. The basic tenents of Hinduism are found where? 24. Hindu holiday also known as the Festival of Lights 25. Branch of Judaism that can be described as "middle of the road" 27. Sacred text of Christianity 28. birthplace of Christianity and Judaism 30. Muslim house of worship 31. The oldest of the religions descussed 32. The youngest of the five major religions

Down 1. Hindu house of worship 3. Buddhist spiritual leader 6. The Dahamapada is referred to as their holy book, but this religion has no "sacred text" in the truest sense 7. the most conservative of the branches of Judaism 9. The basic tenents of Judaism and Christianity 11. Birthplace of Islam 12. The oldest monotheistic religion that was developed in Israel 13. Youngest branch of Christianity/Broke away from the Catholic Church 18. There are 2 branches of Islam - Shi ite and what? 20. the symbol for Judaism 21. What is the sacred textof Islam? 23. How many "pillars" are there in Islam? 24. According to Buddhist belief, pain and suffering are caused by what? 26. Symbol of Christianity 29. Symbol for Hinduism

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