World Religions

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The creator and ruler worshipped in many faiths (3)
  2. 4. Central figure of Christianity, born in Bethlehem (5)
  3. 6. A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings (12)
  4. 8. The monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly (7)
  5. 10. Any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit (plural) (5)
  6. 11. Any of several breeds of Indian cattle (6)
  7. 13. Muslim name for the one and only God (5)
  8. 14. Religion that follows the Quran (5)

Down

  1. 1. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew (5)
  2. 3. Leader of Black Muslims who campaigned for independence for Black Americans (8)
  3. 5. The religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal (8)
  4. 7. A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH (6)
  5. 9. The sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca (5)
  6. 11. Holy book of Christianity (5)
  7. 12. The auspicious one (5)