World Religion Origin Sites Trivia Quiz

Answer: Egypt

According to Coptic tradition, the apostle Mark established Coptic Orthodox Christianity in Egypt in the First Century. The Coptic Church is centered in Alexandria. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations in the mid 1990s, is a Coptic Christian.

Answer: Japan

Kami are the spirits of Shintoism, and are often represented in the West as spirits of nature. Amaterasu is the sun goddess, and one of the major deities.

Answer: Persia

Zoroaster, the Persian prophet, taught about the worldly struggle between the forces of good and those of evil. Zoroastrianism is an early form of monotheism, and many feel that it influenced Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Zoroaster's death is placed by various sources as anywhere from 6000 to 570 B.C. Today there are about 150,000 to 200,000 Zoroastrian, mostly in India and Iran.

Answer: India

In the 2001 census in India Hindus made up over 80% of the population, followed by Muslims (over 10%), Christians (about 2%), and Sikhs (nearly 2%). The great spread of Buddhism to China and Southeast Asia came during the reign of the Maurya emperor Asoka, who lived in the Third Century BCE.

Answer: China

Founded by Laozi, Taoism seeks the perfect balance of natural forces yin and yang.

Answer: Haiti

According to "How Voodoo Works," voodoo features one supreme god, but there are "hundreds of thousands" of spirits or lesser gods believers deal with. Followers are possessed by these spirits, called loa in Haiti. The religion results from a mixture of animistic West African religions brought by slaves to the New World, the animism of Carib natives, and the Roman Catholicism of the colonizers of the West Indies.

Answer: New York

Through divine visions, Joseph Smith Jr, was led to discover two buried golden plates, which he transcribed into the Book of Mormon. The church was organized on 6 April, 1830, in Fayette, Seneca County, New York.

Answer: Japan

Although Zen Buddhism began in China, where it is called Ch'an, most Westerners associate it with Japan. Japanese Zen is most often associated with the use of riddles for meditation. Both the terms "Zen" and "Ch'an" come from the Sanskrit "dhyana," meaning meditation. Perhaps the most famous Zen riddle is "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"

Answer: Aztecs of Mexico

The Aztecs believed that the gods needed constant supplies of fresh blood, which would explain why Itzli might be an important deity. Creation, the sun, and the rain include gods within probably any people's pantheon. It is said that Montezuma II believed the Spanish invader Cortes might be the returning Quetzalcoatl, who had left for parts unknown, but vowing to return, and no doubt contributed to the Aztecs' downfall.

Answer: knowledge

My search for the origins of Hinduism was very eye-opening and pretty much negated most of what the history books I've always taught out of say. The English cognate for "veda" is "wit," as Sanskrit and English are both Indo-European languages. The newest theories of the origin of Hinduism seem to indicate that it grew out of the Aryan experience in the Indus Valley, rather than having been brought there.