Hinduism/Buddhism

Which civilization develop what we call Hinduism today?

• The Harappans

• The Aryans

• The Brahmans

• The Varnas

Originally the religion of the Aryans was called...

• Brahmanism

• Hinduism

• Jainism

• Buddhism

Name the collections of sacred hymns and poems where all of the Aryan/Hindu beliefs were written down

• The Valence

• The Varnas

• The Vedas

• The Vegas

Society was broken into different castes. How many were there to start with?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

How did Brahmanism evolve into Hinduism?

• different priests were elected to be the gods' profits and expand the religion

• overtime the beliefs written in the Vedas began to blend with other cultures as the religion spread

• Buddha declared the official change to Hinduism

• the Aryans were conquered and all of their books were burned

According to Hinduism, after death people are reborn into new bodies depending on their what?

• moksha

• mahimsa

• djarma

• karma

In the Vedas it is written that the world began when ..

• Siva used a sacred cow to form the universe

• Vishnu slept on a giant cobra

• Brahma pulled apart a lotus flower and created the world out of its pedals

• Ganesha sneezed the universe out of his elephant trunk

Which of the following is NOT a Hindu belief

• A universal spirit named Brahman is the source of all souls in the universe

• Every person has a soul that will one day rejoin with Brahman

• Following the Four Noble Truths will help a person reach Nirvana

• People's souls are reincarnated many times depending on their karma

The highest-ranking caste was...

• All the answers are correct

• the warriors

• the merchants

• the priests

Siddhartha decided that the purpose of life is to avoid suffering. Please check all the causes of suffering, according to Siddhartha.

• wanting what we don't have

• wanting to keep what we already

  have

• being burdened with things we do not want

• knowing that you only live once