| A | B |
|---|
| society | a group of people with common ways of life |
| religion | beliefs and rituals centering around a god or gods |
| influence | a power that affects someone or something |
| generalization | a general statement that identifies a common pattern |
| Judaism | started in Middle East by Abraham |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| Bible | holy book of Judaism and Christianity |
| Ten Commandments | rules to live by which were given to Moses by God |
| Christianity | based on the teachings of Jesus Christ |
| Jesus | preached a life of brotherhood, peace, and charity to Jews and non-Jews |
| Apostles | followers of Jesus who spread his beliefs |
| Islam | religion started in Middle East by Mohammed |
| Muslims | followers of Islam |
| castes | social groups that Hindus are born into to |
| Koran | holy book of Islam |
| Hinduism | a religion that began in India |
| Reincarnation | belief that after death, a person's spririt is reborn in another living thing |
| Buddhism | developed in India from Hinduism |
| Nirvana | blessed happiness and peace which alows one to be freed from being reborn |
| tolerance | ability or action of recognizing and respecting the beliefs and behavior of others. |
