Asia - Ethnic/Religious Groups

This is a group of people who share common cultural characteristics.

• Religious Group

• Ethnic Group

• Traditions Group

• None of these

A religious group, is a group of people who share a common what?

• circle of friends

• ethnic background

• belief system

• none of these

True or False: People from different ethnic groups may share the same religion; however, they may be from different cultures.

• True

• False

Which religion is the 4th largest in the world with 6% of the population being Buddhist.

• Shintoism

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

Buddhism was founded by who?

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Gandhi

• Shiva

• Vishnu

Buddha recorded his teachings in what holy book, that teaches that suffering exists in the world, but humans can overcome it by becoming enlightened.

• Four Noble Truths

• Nirvana

• Karma

• Tripitaka

Buddhists believe in _______, a cycle of birth and rebirth, where one's behavior in this life determines what one becomes in the next life.

• reincarnation

• Karma

• happiness and peace

• Nirvana

_______ is the goal of Buddhists.

• happiness and peace

• reincarnation

• karma

• Nirvana

Today, Hinduism is largely practiced in India where over ___% of Indians are Hindu.

• 50

• 10

• 80

• 75

True or False: Hindus are polytheistic, meaning they believe in many gods and goddesses.

• True

• False