Hinduism

Hinduism

Ancient India

Multiple Choice

What is the word used to identify the 4 main social classes described in the Vedas?

• Jatis

• Varnas

• Vedas

• caste system

Multiple Choice

What are jatis?

• Followers of Mahatma Gandhi

• The first homes built in the Indus River Valley

• Social groups that determine jobs

• Another name for the untouchables

Multiple Choice

Along which two physical features did the earliest civilizations in India develop?

• Deccan Plateau and Easter Ghats

• Hindu Kush and the Himalayas

• Indus River and Thar Desert

Multiple Choice

Which city was one of the earliest in the Indus River Valley?

• Mohenjo Daro

• Mesopotamia

Multiple Choice

What is Sanskrit?

• ancient Indian language

• holy stories

Multiple Choice

The belief that a person' soul is reborn into a new body after death is

• reincarnation

• karma

• monism

Multiple Choice

There is a founder of Hinduism

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Hindus believe in a supreme power called Brahman.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Hindu belief that one has a duty to live an honorable life is

• karma

• dharma

• samsara

Multiple Choice

Hindus believe in a continuous cycle of birth, death, and rebirth called...

• samsara

• dharma

• karma

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The _____________ are a collection of ancient sacred writings

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The __________ system is a rigid class structure in India that developed out of the Vedas.