9th Unit 2 #2: Buddhism

Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, a

• farmer

• priest

• prince

• nomadic herder

Buddhism developed as a way to

• worship gods

• answer questions about human life

Buddhism originally developed in

• India

• China

• Burma

• Sumatra

The ____________ explains the cause of all suffering.

• Eightfold Path

• Dharma

• Karma

• Four Noble Truths

The _____________ is a set of guidelines for ending suffering by changing our actions.

• Four Noble Truths

• Karma

• Moksha

• Eightfold Path

According to Buddhism, the state of peace and the end of the cycle of rebirth is called

• Reincarnation

• Nirvana

Buddhists believe that the cycle of reincarnation [rebirth]

• will never end

• can end

_______________ does NOT believe in the rigid caste system [social classes].

• Buddhism

• Hinduism