Review Test in World Religion

1.     What is the basic code of ethics for lay followers of Buddhism?

• Four Noble Truths

• Five Precepts

• Law of Karma

• Law of Dependent Arising

Teachers and thinkers who left their homes to think and talk about religious ideas.

• Brahmans

• Gurus

• Kshatriyas

• Priests

Which word refers to a person's duty based on their age, gender, and caste.

• Ahimsa

• Dharma

• Karma

• Moksha

The Effect of a person's actions in this and previous lives.

• Ahimsa

• Dharma

• Karma

• Moksha

The final goal for Hindus, liberation from reincarnation.

• Brahman

• Moksha

• Reincarnation

• Yoga

A person's duty or what is right for him or her.

• Ahimsa

• Dharma

• Karma

• Moksha

The final goal for Hindus is the liberation from reincarnation. Which word describes this?

• Brahman

• Guru

• Moksha

• Epic poem

 A long story of heroes told in verse.

• Epic poem

• Scriptures

• Tanakh

• Vedas

Which word describes the belief that all actions have a equal consequence?

• Ahimsa

• Dharma

• Karma

• Moksha

Why did ancient Hindus believe that the law of karma proved the universe was fair?

• Each person had an equal opportunity to rise to higher social classes.

• Once a soul had be reborn as a person, it could never be reborn as an animal.

• Even in ancient times, people in all social classes were treated equally.

• Souls would be rewarded or punished for the good and evil they had done.