BELLRINGER

• QUIETLY, WHAT ARE A FEW THINGS

THAT CAUSE CONFLICT BETWEEN
YOU AND OTHERS
 Terms
Unit 5: Spread of Culture and
Religion (A.D. 300–1000)

On the next slide are two maps. Are

they the same or different? Explain
 MIDDLE EAST
The birthplace of monotheistic religions
 7 major world religions
• JUDAISM
• CHRISTIANITY
• ISLAM
• HINDUISM
• BUDDHISM
• CONFUCIANISM
• TAOISM
 Poly=many Mono=one
Theism=worship god
• POLYTHEISM • monotheism
• COVENANT • PERSECUTE
• FILIAL PIETY • CULTURE
• REINCARNATION • MOSQUE
 4 MORAL LAW BOOKS
• TORAH-HOLY WRITING OF JUDAISM
• VEDAS-MORAL LAW OF HINDUS
• QUR’AN-MUSLIM HOLY LAWS
• BIBLE-CHRISTIAN MORAL LAWS
What characteristic defines you the
most as a person?
• RELIGION is the most significant element
that binds a cultural group together. At the
same time, religion can be the most divisive
element within a group.

Religions have shaped cultures, especially in

their defining of moral standards, religious
holidays, and the literature, art, and
architecture which pervade those societies.
From how people dress to how people greet
one another, from what people eat to how
people get married, from how people decide
on a career to how people spend their money
 Judaism Islam Hinduism Buddhism Confucianism Taoism

Religions

Dates

Leaders

Text/Writing

Holy Sites

Beliefs

Regions

Divisions

Empires