Ancient India's religions

Obedience to the moral laws of the universe is best described as which word relating to Hinduism?

• nirvana

• dharma

• reincarnation

• The Four Noble Truths

Reincarnation is best defined as the

• the one universal spirit

• a state of complete peace and contentment

• rebirth of the soul after one's physical body dies

• force deciding forms and caste a person is reborn into

Buddhists want to achieve a state of perfect contentment by NOT desiring physical comforts. What is that state of perfect contenment known as?

• nirvana

• reincarnation

• the caste system of India

• karma

Karma is

• rebirth of the soul

• another name for the caste system in ancient India

• the state of perfect contentment that Buddhists want to achieve

• a force that decides the form which a person will be reincarnated into

Who is the founder of Buddhism and where is he from?

• Siddhartha Gautama from India

• Abraham from Ur in Mesopotamia

• King Tutankhamun from Egypt

• King David from Bethlehem in Israel

In Hinduism, the one universal creator or spirit is called

• Buddha

• a pharaoh

• Brahman

• a holy man or guru

The Buddha taught that the only way to find truth and reach nirvana, the state of complete contentment was to give up

• the Four Noble Truths.

• suffering.

• all desires.

• the caste system and dharma.

This is a section of Indian literature that includes an ancient religious and heroic poem.

• the Bhagavad Gita, one of India's sacred texts

• the Brahmin caste of priests and holy men

• the Dalits, who were outcasts in ancient India

• algebra, a study of mathematical equations

Which Indian invention affected the study of mathematics and science?

• India's literature, the Bhagavad Gita and its poem, Ramayana

• geometry

• the symbol and idea of zero

• Buddhism

Which members were not considered a part of ancient India's social caste system?

• Buddhists

• Dalits

• Sudras

• Kshatriyas