Indian Vocabulary Quiz

Hinduism is ...

• A game the children play

• Main religion in India; believes in reincarnation.

• A special food

Reincarnation:

• A type of flower

• A device the Indians used to get from one place to another

• to live a life then die and be reborn to a new life.

True or false:

Gandhi was a man of peace that lived in India and promoted social change.

• True

• False

Ganges River was a...

• sacred river that flows through India.

• place of trade

• place of great fishing and drinking

Caste system is

• something the doctors put on broken bones

• hierarchical system for their pets

• hierarchical social system that one must go through.

Overpopulation:

• crowded conditions that lead to pollution and crime.

• crowded conditions that cause people to become rich

• crowded conditions in the palace

Karma:

• a situation one gets in when in trouble

• a queen's name

• soul’s condition once you die that determines whether you improve once reincarnated or not.

Moksha:

• princess of India.

• to be released from living; eternal peace.

• what happens when you do something bad.

Himalayan Mountains:

• natural border between India and Russia

• natural border between India and America

• natural border between India and China.

The Taj Mahal is......

• The king's castle

• The people's church

• Burial mausoleum built of white marble; big tourist attraction.