Learning About World Religion: Buddhism

What does "Buddha" mean?

• "Lifted One"
• "Awakened One"
• "Shining One"
• "Sleeping One"

Where was Prince Siddhartha born?

• Pakistan
• India
• China
• Egypt

Which of the following is a basic Buddhist belief?

• teaching simple principles
• embracing people from any level of society
• reaching enlightenment
• all answers apply

What two possible futures did the Hindu priests predict for Prince Siddhartha?

•  a powerful warrior or brilliant poet
• a poor man or religious follower
• a religious king or truthful leader
• a great ruler or enlightened being

What did Siddhartha's father most want his son to become?

• a powerful ruler
• a great religious leader
• a strong warrior
• a husband and father

Siddhartha's father wanted to prevent his son from

• being well educated.
• marrying.
• seeing people suffer.
• living a life of luxury.

What happened when Siddhartha was 29?

• He had a son and began to travel outside of his palaces.
• He traveled to many different countries to experience different cultures.
• He became very sick and was forced to become an ascetic.
• He got married to a young noblewoman and built her a new palace.

Siddhartha was inspired to leave his royal life and search for enlightenment when he saw

• happiness.
• suffering.
• greed.
• wealth.

On the prince's first trip outside the palace, he saw a thin, weak man walking along the road. This person was

• old.
• sick.
• dying.
• all answers apply.

The three forms of suffering that Siddhartha encountered were 

• aging, greed, and health.
• sickness, knowledge, and aging.
• aging, sickness, and death.
• death, persecution, and sickness.