The document discusses various aspects of different religions and cultures around the world. It provides information on the founders and origins of Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Key facts include that Siddhartha Gautama founded Buddhism in 563 BCE, the goal of Buddhists is to escape the cycle of death and rebirth through enlightenment, and Jesus Christ founded Christianity in 0 AD. The document also discusses cultural diversity in Africa and religious structures like Angkor Wat.

1. Cultural Studies
1. Who was the founder of Buddhism and when was he born?
Siddhartha Gautama was the founder, and he was born in 563 B.C.E.
2. What a Buddhist is required to do if he wants to reach the holiest life?
Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta.
3. What’s animism?
Animism is the belief that everything in nature has a spirit.
4. Why Buddhism was not popular in India in the past?
Because it was concerned a great deal with charms and magic.
5. How did Asoka build Buddhism to be a better religion?
Asoka built Buddhist temple and Sanghas throughout his empire.
6. Buddhism was against two ideas in Hinduism. What are those two points?
The caste system and the special position of the Brahmins.
7. What’s Pali?
Pali is a middle Indo-Aryan language of Indian subcontinent.
8. What are the two main ideas of Buddhism?
Theravanda and Mahayana.
9. Who tried to make Buddhism easy for simple people to understand? What are
the good points of Buddhism?
Buddhist missionaries. Good points: people with little learning or no learning at all could
listen to and understand.
10. Why was Buddhism split into two? And what are the two types of Buddhism?
Buddhism had followers who could not agree on the interpretation of Buddha’s teaching.
11. Which is the oldest religion in the world and when did it probably start?
Hinduism and it started around 1,500 B.C.E.
12. What is the probable population of Jews?
Judaism.
13. One country has the majority of Jews. What is it?
Israel.
14. Do Cambodian people still use Sanskrit or not nowadays? Give 3 examples of Sanskrit
words that we still use today.
Yes, Cambodian people do. Ex: preta-phala-sati.
15. Who made Buddhism become popular?
King Asoka.
16. What is the probable population of Buddhists in the world?
From 230 million to 1.691 billion.
17. Which country is the origin of Islam? Who was the founder of Islam?
Indonesia. Mahammad was the founder of Islam.
18. What are the main reasons Islam can spread widely around the world?
Muslim armies were aided by the belief that any Muslim who died in battle was sure to
inter paradise.

2. 19. Where is Mecca? When Muslims pray, what do they have to do?
Mecca is in Saudi Arabia. When Muslim prays, they turn towards Mecca and pray five
times a day.
20. Who’s Dalai Lama?
Dalai Lama was the ruler of Tibet until Chinese communist forced invaded Tibet in 1950.
21. Why North Korea cannot be a developed country like South Korea?
Because North Korea is communist and South Korea is democracy.
22. How many countries in Muslim world which have recently changed their regimes?
What are they?
4: Pakistan, Turkey, Maldives, and Malaysia.
23. What’s language?
Language is a system of communication used by the people of a particular country.
24. Which continent that has the most diverse cultures, vegetation, languages and beliefs?
Africa.
25. What is the most important goal of every Buddhist?
The most important goal of every Buddhist is to escape the cycle of death and rebirth by
achieving enlightenment.
26. What is the most important goal of every Hindu?
The most important goal of every Hindu is release from the cycle of rebirth.
27. What are the two types of family?
Nuclear family and Extended family.
28. What was the population of the world as of 2011?
7 billion people.
29. What is the largest religious structure in the world?
Angkor Wat, Cambodia is the largest religious structure in the world.
30. Who was the founder of Christianity and when did it begin?
Jesus Christ was the founder of Christianity and it began when he was born in 0000 A.D.