India: Religion and Empires

India: Religion and Empires

Learning Targets:

• ​I can compare and contrast Hinduism and Buddhism by completing the Unit Notes

• ​I can identify the important features of Mauryan and Gupta Empires by completing the Unit Notes

​Open your notes and complete question #15!

• ​List 2 of your own "dharmas," along with the good and bad karma that results.

Open Ended

1. What do you want to be reincarnated as?

2. What do you need to do to make this happen?

Multiple Choice

Is Hinduism monotheistic or polytheistic?

• Monotheistic

• Polytheistic

Multiple Choice

What term can be applied to this phrase, "what goes around, comes around."

• karma

• dharma

• reincarnation

• moksha

Multiple Choice

What is the best definition of dharma?

• one's moral duty

• luck

• future consequences

• rebirth in the next life

Open Ended

What is the relationship between the caste system and Hinduism?

Multiple Choice

Who is the founder of Buddhism?

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Uknown

• Zoroaster

• Abraham

• Jesus

Multiple Choice

What is the focal point of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism?

• the causes of suffering

• how to be reincarnated

• how to achieve enligh

• the causes of happiness

Multiple Choice

What is the significance of the Eightfold Path?

• It provides steps to end suf

• It is a religious code that gives punishments for crimes

• It is the holy book for Buddhism

• It is heaven for Buddhists

Multiple Select

What are the legacies of Mauryan Empire?

• Expanded the size of Empire

• Spread Buddhism across India and East Asia

• Improved the lives of Indian people with hospitals and roads

• Spread Hinduism across India and East As

• Unified India

Multiple Select

How did Buddhism spread across South and East Asia under Asoka?

• He sent missionaries to spread

• He had pillars constructed with the teachings of Buddhism

• He built Stupas so people had places of worship

• The conquered territories were forced to follow Buddhism

• He personally traveled around spreading the teaching of Buddhism

Multiple Choice

What religion spread under the Gupta dynasty?

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Islam

• Zoroastrianism

Multiple Choice

What is NOT an accomplishment of the Gupta Golden Age?

• Arabic Numerals & Concept of 0

• Medical accompl

• Literature

• Cotton textiles

• Conquered China