| A | B |
|---|
| filial piety | respect for parents |
| Lao-Tze | founder of Daoism |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| reincarnation | rebirth of the soul in a new body |
| dharma | moral and religious duties of an individual |
| karma | deeds of a person's life that affect existence in the next life |
| Siddhartha Gautama | founder of Buddhism |
| Mohammed | founder of Islam |
| Judaism | religion that influenced the development of Christianity and Islam |
| Torah | sacred scriptures of Judaism |
| Dao | "the way" |
| yin and yang | forces that balance each other in nature |
| Bible | sacred text of Christianity |
| Confucius | China's most influential philosopher |
| Five Pillars | fundamental beliefs of Islam |
| pilgrimage | religious journey |
| mosque | Muslim house of worship |
| Kaaba | Muslim holy place in Mecca |
| hijra | Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 AD |
| Sharia | system of Islamic law |
| diaspora | scattering of people, as when Jews were forced to leave Palestine |
| Koran (Quran) | sacred scriptures of Islam |
