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• Hinduism
• number of adherents: 1.1 billion (third largest)
• call them Hindus
• geographic location: India and Nepal\
• holy book: The Vedas - eternal truths revealed to ancient sages; composed in verse form (meant to be sung and easily memorized)
• founder: no distinct founder- it is a series of intellectual or philosophical points of view, rather than a rigid, strict set of beliefs- probably the oldest explant religion although Hinduism is less a religion than a way of life, or a faith

• Buddhism
• number of adherents are 500 million to 15 billion 
• call them Buddhists
• geographic location is Southeast Asia, China, Nepal, Japan( there are 1.2 million in the U.S.)
• founder is Siddhartha Gautama
• denominations are Tibetan, Zen, Theravada, Amidst
• Four Noble Truths- there is suffering, attachment to desire is the origin of suffering, The eightfold path will lead to the cessation of suffering
• The eightfold path: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right dedication

• Judaism 
• number of adherents are 14-18 million(ninth)
• call them Jews
• geographic location is Israel (6.4 million, 75.4%), U.S. (5.3 million- 7 million, 1.7%-2.6%)
• founder is Abraham
• holy book is The Torah (The first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy)
• beliefs are ethical of human kind, ten commandments, 13 principals of faith