2021 Ancient India Quiz

Why did the lower castes of Ancient India have hope for their future?

• They believed in reincarnation and the caste system.

• They believed in Jesus

• They believed in monsoons.

• They believed in Sanskrit.

What was the name of the weather pattern that brought winds and rains to the farmers of India?

• typhoons

• tornadoes

• monsoons

• Droughts

How did the people of ancient India get into a particular caste?

• They took a test.

• They chose it.

• They were elected to it.

• They were born into it.

People can build good or bad _________which influences how they are born in another life.

• Karma

• Moksha

• Dharma

• Ahimsa

Hindus believe in a universal god called ____________.

• Veda

• Brahman

• Hindu

• Vishnu

Before becoming the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama grew up as a __________.

• street beggar

• untouchable

• poor farmer

• rich prince

According to the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism, what must be overcome to end suffering?

• Desire
• Nirvana
• Anger
• Shopping

The Buddha explained the steps and path toward achieving Nirvana in which writing?

• the Eightfold Path

• the Four Noble Truths

• the Three Causes of Human Suffering

• the Middle Way

The goal of Buddhists is to end the cycle of reincarnation and reach ___________.

• Moksha

• Nirvana

• Understanding

• Reincarnation

When he left the palace walls, what did Siddartha Gautama witness for the first time?

• Illness

• Death

• Old Age

• All of the above