Select the correct ending to the following statements and explain what areas or countries the other choices are true of.

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Discuss the questions preceding the text.

1. The religion in Japan is …

a. Buddhism

b. Islam

c. Shintoism

2. The holy book of Muslims is …

a. the Bible

b. the Koran

c. the Vedas

3. Islam came into being … Christianity.

a. before

b. after

c. at the same time with

4. Of religious in practice today the oldest is …

a. Christianity

b. Islam

c. Judaism

5. There is no prophet-like figure in …

a. Islam

b. Buddhism

c. Hinduism

6. A religion that directs itself to the purification of life and consciousness, not to the worship of a God figure is …

a. Buddhism

b. Judaism

c. Islam

3. Develop the following ideas and let your classmates add to what you can say.

1. The predominant religions are …, they are practiced in …

2. Religion teaches about … and prescribes …

3. The holy books are …

4. The founder of Christianity is …

5. God is believed to deliver a religious message to …

6. A major religion that unlike others does not have an organizational hierarchy is…

7. Basic elements of a religion are …