Hinduism

Multiple Choice

Over 1.25 billion people practice Hinduism worldwide. How many do you think live in India?

• 100 million

• 500 million

• 1,000 million

Multiple Choice

Infer:  Hinduism spread with Aryan culture more than 4,000 years ago.  Over those many years, it has:

• Stayed exactly the same.

• Changed slowly over time.

Multiple Choice

Hinduism teaches that the ultimate reality connected to the Universe is Brahman, the Supreme _______ that is Everything and rules over everything.

• Force / Spirit / Consciousness

• Darkness / Destruction

Multiple Choice

Samsara is the cycle of:

• reincarnation

• nirvana

• finality

Multiple Choice

Karma directs the flow of life for living souls (atman).  Those who do good will have good things happen to them and those who do bad:

• Also have good happen to them.

• Will have bad things happen to them.

Multiple Choice

To have good Karma, Hindus believe that every person must do their moral ______, or Dharma, for their caste.

• bathing

• duty

• exercises

Multiple Choice

The Hindu caste system is a social hierarchy. This means that people in a higher caste have ___ social status, prestige, wealth or power.

• more

• less

Multiple Choice

Hinduism teaches that only the __________ caste of people can escape the cycle of samsara.

• lowest

• highest

Multiple Choice

This creates a system of defernece and reverence towards anyone in a higher caste. This means that you would:

• always seek to treat them well.

• always seek to do them harm.