Ancient India

When people were finally free from all earthly concerns, they would reach nirvana, which is not a physical place. Nirvana is an emotional or spiritual state and a feeling of perfect peace and

• place

• happiness

• varna

• peace

Hindus believe they have to earn a better existence in the next life. In order to that they must follow dharma, or their personal

• duty

• life

• choice

• status

In Hinduism, the idea of reincarnation is closely related to karma, things you do in this life determines how you will be reborn. According to karma, peoples ________ in life is not an accident.

• reborn

• karma

• status

• life

According to Hinduism, reincarnation is the rebirth of the ______.

• mind

• soul

• body

• life

Hindus believe that in reincarnation, each soul must pass through many lives because most souls do not reunite with _______ immediately after death.

• Brahman

• Brahmin

• nirvana

• varna

In Hinduism, the varna you reached in reincarnation, the rebirth of the soul, depended on which two things?

• Karma and karma

• dharma and soul

• karma and dharma

• dharma

India, home to the Himalayan mountain range (includes Mount Everest) and known to be a peninsula and subcontinent, had many monsoons which affected Indias....

• climate

• sanskrit

• change

• Buddhism

the four social classes of ancient India are called varnas, you were born into a varna. The order from highest class to lowest class is Priests (brahmins), Kshatriyas (warriors and rulers), Vaisyas (common people), and Sudras (unskilled laborers, servants). What is this varna system also called?

• Cast system

• Hinduism

• Brahman

• Caste System

In the Caste system, every varna had thousands of smaller groups called jati. The varna you were born into determined your job and social life for how long?

• your life

• until you moved up

• a few years

• you moved as you got older

Buddhism, one of today's largest religions, believes that one reason people suffer in life was that they cared too much about the wrong things. Wanting things like fame, money, and personal possessions filled people with greed or anger. In order to combat this, Buddha taught his followers to seek spiritual truth by following what?

• reincarnation

• Caste System

• The Four Noble Truths

• karma