1. (Don’t write down; think about it and prepare to share out)
Warm Up
(Don’t write down; think about it and prepare to share out)
What do YOU think is the largest religion in the world? Why?
As of 2010, Christianity was by far the world's largest religion, with an estimated 2.2 billion adherents, nearly a third (31%) of all 6.9 billion people on Earth. Islam was second, with 1.6 billion adherents, or 23% of the global population

2. Unit 1 Day 5 Chapter 4 Section 1 pgs.71-77
Basics of Culture
Unit 1 Day 5
Chapter 4 Section 1 pgs.71-77

3. What is culture? All products of human work and thought
Ties us to groups and separates us from others
Examples:
Food and shelter
Religion
Political organization
Education
Language
Society: Group shares a region, identity, and culture

4. What are the different kinds of change?
Innovation: Meeting a need by creation
Examples: baskets or clay pots
Diffusion: Spread of ideas
Examples: internet and internet sales
Acculturation: Society adapts or adopts
Examples: wearing jeans and flip flops
Society changes. Some change very quickly and some change very slowly.

5. What are the major religions?
There are 5 of them!!
They CAN fall into 3 categories:
1. Monotheistic
Belief in one god
2. Polytheistic
Belief in many gods
3. Animistic
Belief in divine forces of nature

6. What is Judaism? Oldest monotheistic religion 4,000 years old
Basic laws and teaching in Hebrew Bible
Followers called Jews

7. What is Christianity? Founded over 2,000 years ago Also monotheistic
Followers called Christians
Teachings from Jesus in New Testament Bible

8. What is Islam? Monotheistic Followers called Muslims
Muhammed brought messages from Allah
Qur’an is the holy book
Founded 1,400 years ago

9. What is Hinduism and Buddhism?
Oldest religion at 5,000 years ago
Polytheistic with many gods
However monotheistic with supreme God, Brahman
Reincarnation
Founded 2,500 years ago
Founded by Siddhartha Gautama
Reach a state of Nirvana
Does not fit into category
Nontheistic religions are traditions of thought within religions—some otherwise aligned with theism, others not—in which nontheism informs religious beliefs or practices.[1]

10. TODAY’S ASSIGNMENT
You will complete two Venn diagrams --1st one: Compare/Contrast the 2 religions Christianity and Judaism --2nd one: Compare/Contrast the 2 religions of Islam and Hinduism --You need to have AT LEAST four (4) bullet points in EACH section!