Hinduism and Buddhism

Poll

Where do you think Hinduism ranks in the top five world religions?

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• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

​Influence of Indus River
Civilizations

Multiple Choice

What early river civilization influenced the development of Hinduism?

• Egyptian

• Chinese

• Indus

• Mesopotamian

Draw

Draw an arrow from each of the two terms to the part of the picture that represents that term.

Match

Match the following:

• Moksha

• Atman

• Brahman

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

Hinduism's final destination

An individual soul

The united world soul

Belief in more than one god

Belief in one god

• Hinduism's final destination

• An individual soul

• The united world soul

• Belief in more than one god

• Belief in one god

​When they divided Purusa, how many ways did they apportion him? What was his mouth? What were his arms? What were his thighs, his feet declared to be? His mouth was the Brahmin, his arms were the Kshatriya, his thighs the Vaishya; from his feet the Shudra was born.

​Hindu
Caste
System

Reorder

Reorder the following from the highest social caste (1) to the lowest (5)

• Brahmins (priests)

• Kshatriyas (nobles & warriors)

• Vaishyas (merchants, artisans, farmers)

• Shudras (servants, laborers, slaves)

• Dalits (untouchables - casteless)

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Match

Match the following

• Karma

• Dharma

• Reincarnation

• Moksha

How your deeds affect your fate in futures lives

The duties and obligations of your caste

Rebirth of the soul into a new living being

Breaking out of the cycle of reincarnation

• How your deeds affect your fate in futures lives

• The duties and obligations of your caste

• Rebirth of the soul into a new living being

• Breaking out of the cycle of reincarnation

Open Ended

How does the Hindu system of karma and dharma enforce India's social class structure?

Poll

Where do you think Buddhism ranks in the top five world religions?

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• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

in India

Early Life - Prophecy

Multiple Choice

The final state of painlessness and selflessness in Buddhism

• Nirvana

• Moksha

• Valhalla

• Heaven

Reorder

Reorder the following Four Noble Truths in their logical order:

• Life is filled with suffering and sorrow

• The cause of suffering is selfish desires

• The way to end suffering is to end selfish desires

• The way to end desire is to follow the middle way

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

Another name for the Middle Way

• Bringing balance to the force

• The Eightfold Path

• The Narrow Road

• The Center Road

Multiple Choice

The Buddhist sacred texts are called the

• Rig Veda

• Buddhist Bible

• Upanishads

• Tripitaka

Multiple Choice

Which of the following IS NOT a reason the spread of Buddhism?

• Military conquest

• Missionaries

• Trade

• Dislike of Hinduism

Drag and Drop

According to this map, Buddhism started in ​ ​ ​

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but migrated ​

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. Modern countries like Japan and South Korea are ​

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Buddhist, meaning that they see the Buddha as a ​

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.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

India

east

Mahayana

god

man

west

Theravada

Cambodia