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Hinduism & Buddhism Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What text was used to begin Hinduism?
a)
Upanishads
b)
Ramayana
c)
Vedas
d)
Mahabharata
2.
Who was the founder of Hinduism?
a)
Abraham
b)
Jesus
c)
Siddhartha 
d)
No real founder
3.
This determines the state of your reincarnation
a)
Vedas
b)
Karma
c)
Aryans
d)
Upanishads
4.
What land mass separates India from modern day China?
a)
Arabian Sea
b)
Himalayan Mountains
c)
The Gobi Desert
d)
The Indus River
5.
Which of the following is not associated (connected) with the teachings of Hinduism?
a)
reincarnation
b)
caste system
c)
karma
d)
nirvana
6.
The supreme being known as the preserver is ____________.
a)
Karma
b)
Vishnu
c)
Shiva
d)
Dharma
7.
A person's earthly duty or obligation is known as ______________.
a)
karma
b)
vishnu
c)
moksha
d)
dharma
8.
What is the name of Hinduism's supreme power?
a)
Brahman
b)
Atman
c)
Varna
d)
Shiva
9.
What is the system that divides society into groups based upon a person's wealth, birth or occupation?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Vishnu
c)
Caste
d)
Moksha
10.
A Hindu person's earthly duty or obligation to accept their birth caste is known as ______________.
a)
karma
b)
vishnu
c)
moksha
d)
dharma
11.
A wandering sage told Suddhodana that Siddhartha would become ________________
a)
a great king if he were exposed to suffering.
b)
a world leader if he were exposed to suffering.
c)
a great teacher if he were exposed to suffering.
d)
a great teacher and king if he were exposed to suffering.
12.
At the age of 29, shocked by the suffering in the world, Siddhartha left the palace and became a __________
a)
an ascetic.
b)
Catholic monk.
c)
priest to the rural poor.
d)
gypsy.
13.
Siddhartha became known as the Buddha after he ______________
a)
reached the holy age of sixty-five.
b)
resisted Mara’s temptations and became enlightened.
c)
left the palace to become a wandering renunciate.
d)
told his followers about the four noble truths.
14.
Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of _____________
a)
Judaism.
b)
Christianity.
c)
Shinto.
d)
Buddhism.
15.
Siddhartha’s young life was free from suffering because _____________
a)
he was destined to become the Buddha.
b)
his father kept him within the palace walls and hid unpleasant things from him.
c)
he was born in a utopian community.
d)
all children were protected from the harshness of the world during that time.
16.
Which one of these is NOT one of the 8 fold path
a)
Right Action
b)
Right Speech
Right Speech
c)
Right Charity
d)
Right Livelihood
17.
What Is The Goal Of Buddhism?
a)
To Go To Heaven
b)
To Be Enlightened 
c)
The Reincarnate 
d)
To Go To The Afterlife 
18.
Who Is The Founder Of Buddhism 
a)
Siddhartha Gautama 
b)
Pranab Mukherjee
c)
Justin Trudeau
d)
Xi Jinping 
19.
The heart of Buddha's teachings is contained in what? 
a)
The Four Noble Truths
b)
Nirvana
c)
Dharma
d)
Illusions 
20.
If a person gave up all desires he or she would reach? 
a)
Reincarnation 
b)
Karma
c)
Dharma
d)
Nirvana
21.
The Sumerian writing system was called
a)
Sargon
b)
Cyrillian
c)
cuneiform
d)
hieroglypics
22.
Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?
a)
the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
b)
the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
c)
the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
d)
the Euphrates and the Tigris
23.
Greek has many _________that are like mini countries.
a)
counties
b)
city-states
c)
provinces
d)
parishes
24.

A _______________ is a form of government in which citizens elect their leaders.

a)

an empire

b)

a monarchy

c)

a republic

d)

a colony

25.

Gladiator fights to the death was an outside influence from _________________.

a)

Etruscan

b)

Greek

c)

Chinese

d)

French

26.

How did the Romans get fresh water to their large cities?

a)

They used ocean water to drink

b)

They dug deep wells that provided water

c)

They built aqueducts to carry it from the countryside

d)

They traded with the Greeks who had large freshwater lakes

27.

What was the term used to refer to common people in Rome?

a)

Plebeians

b)

Patricians

c)

Consuls

28.
He was a dictator of Rome and later killed by senators because he became too powerful.
a)
Julius Ceasar
b)
Ceasar Augustus
c)
Constantine
d)
Sparticus 
29.
___________ is considered to be the founder of Judaism.
a)
Abraham
b)
Jesus
c)
David
d)
Muhammad
30.

Which are the two major rivers that flow through China?

a)

The Yellow and Red Rivers

b)

The Yellow and Yangtze Rivers

c)

The Yangtze and East Rivers

d)

The Yingtze ane Yangtze Rivers

31.

Which geographical feature to closest to number two?

a)

Tibet Plateau

b)

Yellow River

c)

Yangze River

d)

Gobi Desert

32.

Which of the following statements best describes the Sahel

a)

The Sahel is the northern desert of Africa.

b)

The Sahel is one of Africa's many deserts

c)

The Sahel is the transition zone between the Sahara to the north and the Savanna to the south

d)

The Sahel is located in the Sahara desert

33.

Which of the following oceans is to the west of Africa

a)

THE ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

34.

Which geographical feature is closest to number three?

a)

Tibet Plateau

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Yangtze River

d)

Yellow River

35.
Rome's most important legislative or law-making body of 300 Patrician men was called the
a)
 Forum
b)
House of Representatives
c)
Congress
d)
Senate