The Five Key Religions

Christianity is a very popular religion around the world today. It started around 30 AD. The teachings of Christianity began to spread around the Roman Empire. Their teachings are based in their holy book called The Holy Bible. It is estimated that Christianity has about 2.2 billion following worldwide today. The central figure is Jesus Christ, meaning this is a monotheistic religion. About 40% of the Americas, 26% of Europe, 24% of Sub-Saharan Africa, 13% of Asia-Pacific, and 1% of Mid East-North Africa believe in the concept of Christianity.

Islam, next to Christianity, is the most popular religion around the world. It was started in around 622 CE by Muhammad the Prophet in Mecca. The Quraan is the holy book in the Islamic faith. Islam claims to have about 1.5 billion followers. Allah is the central figure, meaning Islam is a monotheistic religion. The geographical concentration includes Africa and the Middle East.

Buddhism was founded by a prince named Siddhartha Gautama around 460 BC. The holy book is called the Tipitaka and they claim about 2 million followers. Buddha is the central figure in Buddhism, meaning this religion is also monotheistic. The place with the largest number of Buddhist in the world is called Tibet.

Hinduism was founded around 1500-500 BC in India. The holy book is called the Vedas and they claim to have about 950 million followers. 

Test Questions

1. Parts of a groups everyday life is.... (cultural characters)

2. What are some examples of cultural characters? (language, religion, ethnic heritage)

3. Name a nation that is bilingual? (Canada)

4. What is the world language? (English)

5. Name 3 of the 5 world religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism)

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October 5

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God Grew Tired of Us (Final Day)

Today in class, we finished the movie entitled 'God Grew Tired of Us.' This movie was about how the people from Sudan, coming to America to make a better life for themselves and their family back in the U.N Refugee Camps. The movie ended by saying what happened to the main people in the movie. Panther got married back in Africa and reunited with his mother and brothers. He also received a Bachelors degree and wants to open a school in Africa. John Bul is now working to get his Bachelors degree and wants to open a medical clinic in Africa. He also united with his family. Daniel is now working in job core. But sadly, he found no members of his family. I think we could help the Lost Boys by donating money to organizations or fundraising. We could also make a school-wide project and have everyone become aware of the Lost Boys and the Civil War in Sudan.