Ancient India Quiz 3

In Hinduism, who is the creator god?

• Brahma

• Shiva

• Vishnu

• Rama

In Hinduism what river in India is seen as sacred and referred to as "Mother"?

• Indus River

• Mississippi River

• Nile River

• Ganges River

Who is the god who "caught" Ma Ganga in his hair when she came down to earth?

• Brahma

• Visnu

• Shiva

• Ramu

In the podcast we listened to, Benjamin is part of this lower caste system community (Appropriate Word Choice and Spelling counts!)

This religion follows the teachings of "the enlightened one"

• Jainism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Islam

This is the Jainism belief of non-violence. Gandhi represented this when he led the peaceful Indian Independence movement.

• Ahimsa

• Moksha

• Reincarnation

• Karma

Which of the follow represents the idea of karma?

• A person who does good things in this life is reborn into a higher caste.

• A person who does bad things in this life is reborn into a high caste.

• A person is reborn many times.

• A dog is reborn as a dog.

These are the three religions that developed in ancient India around the same time.

• Hinduism, Buddhism, Joanism

• Judaism, Christianity, Islam

• Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism

• Judaism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism

Which leader helped India gain independence from Britain by using non-violence?

• Aryans

• Shiva

• Gandhi

• Ma Ganga

Who is depicted in this statue?

• Gandhi

• Shiva

• Buddha

• Ma Ganga