Question

4. Fill in the blanks.

_______ - system of beliefs & practices that help people and their place in it

• Christianity - promises entry to heaven & forgiveness for sins through belief in ______
  • Catholicism + Eastern Orthodoxy + Protestant = 80% of Christians
• Islam - fastest growing religion in the world
  • Dominant religion in Middle East + North Africa + Central Asia + South Asia
  •  ______ - Islam's holy book w/ same figures as  ______ but with Muhammad as "final prophet"
• Hinduism - largest religion
  • Mostly reside in  ______ and  ______
  • View existence as cyclic (Karma + reincarnation)
• Buddhism - most prevalent in  ______  + Japan + Taiwan + Singapore
  • Siddharta Gautama - founder who was raised in privilege but committed himself to end human suffering when first exposed to the sick' and impoverished
  • Nirvana - escape from the cycle of death and birth, sought by all Buddhists
• Judaism -3 million Jews
  •  ______ only country w majority Jews (next biggest Jewish population is US)