9th Unit 2 #1 Hinduism

Hinduism is an example of a _______________ belief system.

• Monotheistic [1 god]

• Polytheistic [more than 1 god]

The Aryans were a _____________ group who migrated to present-day India.

• permanent settlement

• nomadic

This diagram illustrates

• The Hindu caste system

• Ancient China's belief in the Mandate of Heaven

• Buddhism's Eightfold Path to Enlightenment

• Christianity's Ten Commandments

The Hindu Caste System is a social class system that

• was rigid [no movement]

• allowed for people to move between social classes

Completing the dharma of your caste would result in

• moving to a better social class in the present lifetime

• being reborn into a better social class in the next life

Based on this diagram of reincarnation, achieving Moksha means the soul reached its highest point and

• freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth

• would continue to be reborn, but into lower social classes

The Hindu belief system originated in the

• Nile River Valley Civilization

• Mesopotamian River Valley Civilization

• Indus River Valley Civilization

• Yellow River Valley Civilization