Quiz on Indian History and Culture

India is on which continent?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• North America

Who founded Hinduism?

• Buddha

• Veda

• Aryans

• No single person

Why were Untouchables excluded from other Indians?

• They wanted to stay pure.

• They shared all their goods.

• They had to eat a special diet.

• They did the work others considered beneath them.

An ancient Indian language and the language of sacred texts.

• Vedas

• Sanskrit

• Brahmins

• Caste System

A particular JOB that a person is born into.

• Jatis

• Castes

• Vedas

• Varnas

A belief found in Hinduism and other Indian traditions that a person has a duty or obligation to do their assigned job in this life.

• Veda

• Varna

• Dharma

• Brahman

• Karma

A concept found in Hinduism and other Indian traditions about how the good and evil done in a past life determines what happens to one's soul in the next life.

• Brahman

• Varna

• Vedas

• Sanskrit

• Karma

Select 2: The belief in a continuous cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.

• Brahman

• Reincarnation

• Karma

• Samsara

What symbol best represents samsara, the Hindu view of birth, life, death and rebirth?

• tree

• circle

• triangle

• cow

Why do Hindus want to escape the cycle of samsara?

• so that they don't have to keep interacting with the Brahman

• so that they can improve their karma

• so your soul can escape and achieve moksha (reunited with the creator)

• it helps them to make important pilgrimages to places like the Ganges River