South Asia Test Review

a god or goddess

• Vedas
• moksha
• caste
• diety

the belief in more than one god or in many gods

• dharma
• polytheism
• reincarnation
• diety

a collection of sacred hymns composed by the Aryans of ancient India

• caste
• Vedas
• karma
• jati

the rebirth of a soul in a new body

• reincarnation
• polytheism
• Nirvana
• moksha

a fixed social class a person is born into

• Vedas
• Nirvana
• caste
• deity

one's duty or what is right for him/her

• deity
• karma
• dharma
• moksha

the effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives

• karma
• dharma
• moksha
• caste

a state of blissful peace without desire or suffering

• Nirvana
• Vedas
• reincarnation
• caste

liberation from reincarnation; for a Hindu it means their soul becomes one with Brahma

• polytheism
• dharma
• Nirvana
• moksha

One of the great cities of the Indus River Valley

• Harrappa
• Aryans
• Vedas
• Jainism