Religions in India

What were Aryan priests called?

• Shudra

• Kshatriyas

• Brahmins

• Vaishyas

What was the religious books that Brahmanism and Hinduism were based on?

• Aryans

• Vedas

• Epics

• Hymns

Where did Hinduism begin?

• the Ganges river valley

• the Himalayas

• India, the Indus Valley civilization

• In Egypt

True or False: in Hinduism, they believed in only one god

• True

• False

What is reincarnation?

• a person's duty to do what is right

• the fixed social class into which a person is born

• the spiritual force or god in Hinduism

• rebirth of a soul in a new body

What is dharma?

• a person's duty or what is right for him or her

• rebirth of a soul in a new body

• a fixed social class into which a person is born

• the spiritual force or god

What is brahman?

• a person's duty or what is right for him or her

• the rebirth of a soul in a new body

• In Hinduism, the supreme cosmic consciousness, spiritual force, or god.

• fixed social class into which a person is born

What is a caste?

• rebirth of a soul in a new body

• a person's duty or what is right for him or her.

• the main god in Hinduism

• fixed social class into which a person is born

Which three are Hindu gods/goddesses?

• seth, ra, osiris

• zeus, hera, hades

• brahma, vishnu, and shiva

• marduk, enkidu, gilgamesh

What is the spiritual goal of a Hindu's life?

• to achieve nirvana

• to achieve moksha and end the cycle of birth, death and rebirth

• to achieve karma

• to follow the eight fold path