Ancient India -- Religion

​Ancient India - Religion

Multiple Choice

Which two rivers helped farming villages happen in India?

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Indus and Ganges

Multiple Choice

Where is the Indian Subcontinent located?

• Europe

• Asia

• North America

• Africa

Multiple Choice

a seasonal wind that carries heavy rains

• storm

• monsoon

• cold front

• warm front

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What mountain range separates the Indian Subcontinent from the rest of the continent?

• The Rockies

• The Grand Tetons

• The Himalayas

• The Sierra Madre

​Hinduism

​It began about 4000 years ago, linked to the people who lived near to the Indus River in about 1500 BC.

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There is not a person who started Hinduism .​

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How many years ago was Hinduism created?

• 2022 years ago

• 500 years ago

• 4,000 years ago

• 10 years ago

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Who was the founder of Hinduism?

• Abraham
• Jesus
• Siddhartha 
• No real founder

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One of the world's oldest and largest religions that was founded in India...

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Judaism

​Hinduism

• ​Hinduism is believed to be the world’s oldest religion (4,000 years old!)

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• ​Followers are called Hindus

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• Polytheistic​

Multiple Choice

A religion that believes in one god...

• Mythology

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Atheism

Multiple Choice

A religion that believes in many gods is...

• monotheistic

• atheistic

• mythological

• polytheistic

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Hindus are polytheistic.

• True

• False

Hindus believe in one supreme God -- Brahma, "the Creator"

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Supreme means the highest​

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He has four arms and four faces, looking in the four directions.

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Brahma is the Hindu god who

• destroys

• created the world

• protects the world

• makes fire

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How many faces did Brahma have?

• 3

• 7

• 600

• 4

​Atman

Brahman is the source of all existence and is present in every thing and every place. The human soul, called atman, is part of the universal Brahman.

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Atman is like the:

• soul

• body

• brain

• thoughts

​Reincarnation

Hindus generally believe that when someone dies, the atman is reborn in another body. A soul may return many times in human, animal, or even plant form.

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True or False : Hindus believe that you live only one lifetime.

• True

• False

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The belief that that your soul is reborn again and again after death is called...

• karma

• sin

• reincarnation

• brahman

Open Ended

What is reincarnation?

​Karma

Karma – good and bad actions committed during one’s life – affects which living thing the soul will be reborn into.

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It mainly means that the actions of an individual will determine his or her future. If you do good, then you can expect good to happen to you, but if you do bad, you can only expect bad to happen to you.

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Open Ended

How does karma work?

Multiple Choice

If a person has good karma, they may be reincarnated into a better body.

• true

• false

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Karma means ______.

• reincarnation

• actions and their consequences

• cosmic law

• social positions people are born into

​Buddhism came AFTER Hinduism

Reorder

Put these in order, starting with which came FIRST.

• Stone Age

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Today

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Buddhism is one of the five largest religions in the world.

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Buddhists thank Buddha for his teachings.

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Buddha started Buddhism​

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​Buddhism

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Multiple Choice

Who was the founder of Buddhism? 

• Confucius
• Ashoka
• Buddha

• Attilla

​They believe Buddha didn't have any anger or hatred. Buddhists believe he is the wisest and most kind person in this world who spent his life teaching others about his understanding of the world.

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His statue reminds Buddhists of loving, kindness, and caring.

​Who was Buddha?

The Buddha was born around 500 BCE in Lumbini, which was part of northern India, but is now part of Nepal.

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The Buddha was a man of great wisdom and compassion. He taught people how to overcome suffering.

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​A real prince

There was once a wealthy prince in India called Siddhartha Gautama. One day, Siddhartha Gautama left his palace and saw people who were old and sick. He saw people who were very poor.

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He realized that all people suffered.

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Buddha was born as a ________.

• pauper
• prince
• king
• rich brat

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Buddha was a real person in history.

• True

• False

Poll

What is suffering? Check all that apply.

• Physical pain (eg a broken bone)

• Emotional pain (eg a broken heart)

• Change that we don't want (eg someone moves away)

• From being a person. What is the point of all this?

​Becoming Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama meditated under the Bodhi tree. He thought about how people could learn to stop suffering.

When he had reached an answer, he became the Buddha.

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​Buddha means enlightened one,

a knower.

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-The Buddha told people not to worship him -- he was NOT a god

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-He told people to take responsibility for their own lives and actions.

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The Buddha was a god.

• true

• false

​Teaching others

Buddha decided he would teach others about his new wisdom and understanding about the world. He created the Four Noble Truths to help people end their suffering.​

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Open Ended

What is a human need?

Open Ended

What is a human want?

Multiple Choice

What is the first noble truth?

____________ exists.

• heaven

• suffering

• pleasure

• truth

Multiple Choice

Buddha hoped to teach people:

• how to not suffer

• how to live forever

• how to become rich

• how to be smart

Multiple Choice

Buddha believed that suffering is caused by people's _________.

• enemies
• needs
• wants
• gossiping

​Some similarities

Buddhists believe in karma. This means that our past actions affect us, either positively or negatively, and that what we do in the present time will affect us in the future.

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​Some similarities

Buddhists believe in the cycle of reincarnation, which means a living being is ‘reborn’ as another living being after their death.​

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People who have lived good lives are reincarnated as ‘higher order’ animals than people who have lived bad lives.

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Multiple Select

Buddhism and Hinduism both believe in:

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• reincarnation

• karma

• Brahman

• 4 noble truths

If a person has lived an exceptionally good life, it is believed that they escape the cycle and spend eternity in the heavenly realms. This is called nirvana.

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​Nirvana

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Multiple Choice

Nirvana is like:

• school

• heaven

• Earth

• outter space

​Meditation

Meditation is of great importance for Buddhists. In fact, Buddha became enlightened after a long period of time spent meditating. Buddhists believe it is important to clear the mind of worries and to resist distractions. This helps to open one’s mind to wisdom and understanding.

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Poll

Have you ever tried meditating?

• yes

• no

• I don't know what you mean

Multiple Select

What TWO religions originated in India

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Catholicism

• Judaism