Hinduism and Buddhism Exam

Which of the following statements is an accurate description of both Buddhism and Hinduism?

• The caste system was an outgrowth of Hinduism but became identified also with Buddhism.

• Neither religion placed importance on the individual’s efforts to seek release from rebirth.

• Buddhism made use of formal rituals, but Hinduism did not.

• Both religions taught the importance of karma in affecting a person’s fate.

“And what, O priests, is the noble truth of the path leading to the cessation of misery? It is…right belief, right resolve, right speech, right behavior, right occupation, right effort, right contemplation, right concentration.”

These words describe a teaching of which religion?

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

The Buddhist social order included

• Strict adherence to patriarchal authority

• Opposition to caste systems

• Well-defined gender-role distinctions

• Emphasis on well-educated rulers

Which major language family arose as a result of migrations beginning in central Asia and spreading to Europe?

• Indo-European

• Romance

• Germanic

• Sino-Tibetan

The fundamental doctrine of Buddhism was known as the

• Second Triad

• Ahimsa Path

• Four Noble Truths

• Vedas

In Hinduism the highest goal of the individual soul was

• to follow the Four Noble Truths

• to escape the cycle of birth and rebirth and enter into permanent union with Brahman

• to enter into permanent union with Indra and thus escape the cycle of permanent rebirth

• to fulfill the individual's special destiny as spelled out in the process of predestination

Reincarnation is the Hindu

• belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form.

• method of training that is supposed to lead to oneness with

  Brahman.

• must worship the leader as a god.

• of a woman is superior.

The Eightfold Path includes the idea that we must

• trust our senses over our minds.

• worship images of the Buddha.

• do work that uplifts our being.

• disregard the Four Noble Truths.

Siddhārtha Gautama accepted the idea of reincarnation, but he rejected

• the idea that life is full of suffering.

• the concept that it is possible to achieve nirvana.

• the division of human beings into rigidly defined castes.

• the necessity of meditation as a way to see the world in a new way.

All of these countries were influenced by Hinduism except?

• Sumatra

• Sri Lanka

• Java

• China