Review for India Quiz
Where is India?
Label the Ganges and Indus River
Label the Himalayan Mountains and the Hindu Kush mountains.
Label the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengles
Which mountain range does Mount Everest belong to?
Answer: Himalayans
What are the sacred text of Hinduism?
Answer: Vedas and Upanishads
Which religion was found by the ARYANS with their beliefs first being passed down from generation to generation?
Answer: Hinduism
Who founded Buddhism?
Answer: Siddhartha Guatama (Buddha).
Who spread Buddhism throughout India, China and the rest of Asia? How did this person spread the religion?
Answer: Asoka and through missionaries
How did the Aryans get around the physical features to invade India?
Answer: Khyber Pass
What did the city of Mohenjo- Daro have, that many cities still have today?
Answer: Sewers
What language did the Aryans speak?
Answer: Sanskirt
In the Caste System, who were the Kshatriyas, Vaistas and the Sudras ?
Answer Kshatriyas (noble fighters) Vaistas (ordinary people) Sudras (peasants) Untouchables
True or False? One cannot move from the caste to which they are born.
Answer: True
Which civilization did Asoka rule?
Answer: Mauryan Empire
Was the Hindu religion considered polytheistic or monotheistic?
Vocab: knowledge that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences
Answer: Karma
In the Hindu religion, every living thing is made up of this and it is the all-powerful force.
Answer: Brahman
What is the atman in Hindu religion?
Answer: Soul
What is the life goal for every Hindu?
Answer: The goal of existence is a union of one’s atman with Brahman. - Moksha
Vocab: Rebirth based upon karma
Answer: Reincarnation
True or False? Moksha can be reached in one life time
Answer: False
Vocab: This refers to the religious and moral duties of a person
Answer: Dharma
What is the life goal for Buddhist?
Answer: Reach Nirvana (union with the universe and release from the cycle of rebirth
True or False? Men and women are treated equal in the Buddhist religion.
Answer: True
What is the holy book of Buddhist?
Answer: Tripitaka or “The Three Baskets of Wisdom”
What is this known as in the Buddhist religion? 1.All beings suffer- it is part of being human 2.People are driven by worldly desires which cause the soul to be reincarnated 3.By eliminating desire, people can eliminate suffering 4.Desire can be eliminated and Nirvana attained by following the Eight Fold Path
Answer: Four Noble Truths
What are these known as in the Buddhist religion? 1.Right View– See things through and grasp the things around you. 2.Right intention– Commitment to ethical and mental self improvement. 3.Right Speech- Don’t lie. 4.Right Action- Golden rule. 5.Right Livelihood- Earn your living in a legal and peaceful way. 6.Right Effort- Need to try to live appropriately. 7.Right Mindfulness- To see things as they are. 8.Right Concentration- All thought directed onto one objective, usually meditation
Answer: Eightfold Path