India Vocab Practice

True or False:

Hindu worship is primarily an individual act with personal offerings to the deities.

Answer explanation

not a well-known religion

Birth, death and rebirth of the human soul over and over again is known as _____________________ and also ________________.

• Moksha

• reincarnation

• Samsara

• Brahma

The union of a human soul with Brahman. Reaching this perfect state of understanding ends the reincarnation cycle _______________.

• reincarnation

• Hinduism

• Samsara

• Moksha

Day after day, the man removed dead carcasses from the roadway as part of his job. He is an ________________.

• Caste

• Shiva

• Vishnu

• Untouchable

Every day, the woman performs her duties as it is part of her spiritual path. She is fulfilling her ______________________.

• Dharma

• Mantra

• Avatar

• Karma

These Indo-European people called the ________________ migrated to India.

• Aryans

• Hindu

• Brahma

• Shiva

The religious hymns of the Aryans are called__________.

The segregated system that divides people into social classes in India is called the _________________ system.

Hindus are polytheistic, believing in a main god with many faces. The names of the three main gods are _______________, ___________________, and ____________________.

• Brahma

• Shiva

• Vishnu

• samsara

• Vedas

Hindus believe that their ____________________ will help them reincarnate into a higher caste.