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Hinduism and India

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

INDIA is in which continent?

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

South America

2.

Which item represents the cycle of birth, life, death?

a)

A scale

b)

A statue

c)

A temple

d)

A wheel

3.

Which animal became a symbol for the Hindu belief in reverence (a deep respect) for life?

a)

Cow

b)

Sheep

c)

Elephant

d)

Goat

4.

What is good Karma needed for?

a)

to do yoga

b)

To escape the cycle of rebirth Samsara

c)

to be a good person

d)

Maintain the caste system

5.

What is one way Hindu's teach their children about religion?

a)

Making them go to temple everyday

b)

Playing computer games

c)

Telling them stories from the vedas

d)

sending them to school to become brahmins

6.

What is atman?

a)

Hindu word for Sun

b)

the soul

c)

a city

d)

the name of a Brahmin

7.

What is a journey to a Holy place called?

a)

Pilgrimage

b)

Veda

c)

Varna

d)

Reincarnation

8.

Which caste would say this: "It is my duty to study the holy Vedas so that I may teach them"?

a)

Kshatriyas

b)

Vaishyas

c)

Shudras

d)

Brahmins

9.

The belief that a person's soul is reborn into a new body after death is___________

a)

Rebirth

b)

Immortality

c)

Reincarnation

d)

Veda

10.

Which job was a Vaishyas most likely to do?

a)

Plow a field

b)

Be part of the government

c)

Be a warrior

d)

Herd sheep

11.

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:

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Karma

c)

Vedas

d)

Varna

12.

The four social classes, or Varnas, are...

a)

Brahmins, jatis, castes, and vedas

b)

Brahmins, Kshatriyas, vedas, jatis

c)

Brahmins, Kshatriyas, vedas, dharma

d)

Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras

13.

The Vedas are the roots to Hinduism. What are they?

a)

A collection of sacred texts

b)

Ancient people from Europe

c)

Name for God

d)

The bible

14.

What can you do if you know Sanskrit?

a)

Run for political office

b)

Speak spanish

c)

Read ancient texts

d)

become a shudra

15.

Who were the Aryans?

a)

the highest caste in Indian society

b)

Nomadic people

c)

Tribes of southern INDIA

d)

a group of ancient scribes

16.

Who founded Hinduism?

a)

Buddha

b)

No single person (Two cultures)

c)

Vedas

d)

Aryans