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WorksheetsHinduism and India
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
INDIA is in which continent?
Europe
Africa
Asia
South America
Which item represents the cycle of birth, life, death?
A scale
A statue
A temple
A wheel
Which animal became a symbol for the Hindu belief in reverence (a deep respect) for life?
Cow
Sheep
Elephant
Goat
What is good Karma needed for?
to do yoga
To escape the cycle of rebirth Samsara
to be a good person
Maintain the caste system
What is one way Hindu's teach their children about religion?
Making them go to temple everyday
Playing computer games
Telling them stories from the vedas
sending them to school to become brahmins
What is atman?
Hindu word for Sun
the soul
a city
the name of a Brahmin
What is a journey to a Holy place called?
Pilgrimage
Veda
Varna
Reincarnation
Which caste would say this: "It is my duty to study the holy Vedas so that I may teach them"?
Kshatriyas
Vaishyas
Shudras
Brahmins
The belief that a person's soul is reborn into a new body after death is___________
Rebirth
Immortality
Reincarnation
Veda
Which job was a Vaishyas most likely to do?
Plow a field
Be part of the government
Be a warrior
Herd sheep
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:
Sanskrit
Karma
Vedas
Varna
The four social classes, or Varnas, are...
Brahmins, jatis, castes, and vedas
Brahmins, Kshatriyas, vedas, jatis
Brahmins, Kshatriyas, vedas, dharma
Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras
The Vedas are the roots to Hinduism. What are they?
A collection of sacred texts
Ancient people from Europe
Name for God
The bible
What can you do if you know Sanskrit?
Run for political office
Speak spanish
Read ancient texts
become a shudra
Who were the Aryans?
the highest caste in Indian society
Nomadic people
Tribes of southern INDIA
a group of ancient scribes
Who founded Hinduism?
Buddha
No single person (Two cultures)
Vedas
Aryans
