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WorksheetsSoutheast Asia's Belief Systems
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What is an Ethnic Group?
Choose ALL That Apply
Share only a religion
This is a group of people who share common cultural characteristics.
They are identified on the basis of religion, race, or national origin.
Ethnic groups share language
This group can have many things in common: Shared history, physical appearance, language, religion, traditions, customs, holidays, food, etc.
Religious Group
Family Group
Ethnic Group
Nationality Group
An Ethnic Group also has
Choose ALL that apply
Common characteristics that have been part of their community for generations.
Always live in only one place on the earth
A common culture that is shared by its members
All have a common nationality
Southern and Eastern Asia’s population has
only one ethnic group
only one religious group
2 very distinct ethnic groups
a unique blend of many ethnic groups.
What choice below BEST describes a religious group?
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All members have the same cultural background
Always share the same traditions that are handed down through the generations.
A group of people who share a common belief system.
Is identified based on mutual religious beliefs and practices.
What is the BEST description of a religious group
A group of people that share the same traditions and customs.
A group of people that share the same ancestry.
A group of people that believe in the same god (or gods) and have a common sacred text with a specific set of rules about how to live.
A group of people that share the same nationality, holidays, and food choices.
A religious group can be
Choose all that APPLY
People from different ethnic groups
May be from various cultural groups
People that share a historical bloodline.
People of all the same race or nationality.
The most predominant religious groups in Southerine and Eastern Asia are
Christianity and Shintoism
Islam and Judaism
Confucianism and Catholicism
Buddhism and Hinduism.
Which religious group is based on a religious philosophy
Christianity
Shintoism
Islam
Buddism
Which religious group is based on a religious philosophy
Christianity
Judaism
Confucianism
Islam
Buddism started when?
Around 30 CE (Common Era)
1000 BCE (Before Common Era)
600 CE (Common Era)
Around 500 BCE (Before Common Era)
Buddism began where?
India
China
Japan
Taiwan
Today, Buddhism is the _____________ largest religion in the world with ______% of the population being Buddhist.
2nd and 10%
8th and 25%
3rd and 5%
4th and 6%
Buddism's religion largest numbers of followers are found in these countries
Southwestern Asia
Southern and Eastern Asis
Southwestern Asia and Europe
Europe and Southern Asia
Buddhism was founded by this person
Siddhartha Gautama.
Mohammad
Jesus Christ
Moses
The founder of Buddhism before becoming a monk was this.
a shipbuilder and merchant.
restaurant owner
a rich man who led a life of luxury;
governor of a Chinese province
Siddhartha Gautama left his life of luxury because
he saw that everyone around him was sick and needed a doctor
he knew that someday he would be poor and have to help others any way
he was thrown out of his palace and was longer a prince
he was troubled by the poverty and suffering that he saw around him.
After Siddhartha Gautama gave up his wealth and becoming a monk, he traveled around India in search of what?
He was hoping to find out why people had to suffer.
He was wanting to help others be cured of diseases.
He wanted to share his fortunes and search for those in poverty.
He wanted to ask people if they understood that suffering is a good thing.
What does Buddha mean?
Savior
Enlightened One
Crimson Bronze Statue
Chinese Food
Guatama felt that people could find peace
if they could find a job that rewards them well
give up their lives
live in big homes and have servants
if they could reject greed and desire.
Buddha did this to find the unhappiness of man, when he finally thought he understood what had to be done.
meditating
Ate large meals
Stared into the sun
take a shower
Buddha recorded his basic teachings in this
Koran
Tripitaka
Torah
Almanac
In the book Tripitaka wrote by Buddha is this information
The holy book explaining the Creation process and development of human life on earth
The holy book that explains how the wealthy will inherit the earth and become soldiers of mankind
The holy book that teaches that suffering exists in the world but humans can overcome it by becoming enlightened.
The holy book that teaches that humans need to become vegans and only eat bamboo shoots cooked in olive oil.
What was the main teachings of Buddha called?
The Holy Bible
The Torah Truths
The Way Teachings
Four Noble Truths in life
Buddism teaches that humans will encounter a cycle of life where each person is born, dies and comes back as another person or animal and is called
Death nevermore
Always in life
Peaceful transition
reincarnation
Buddhist do not beleive in these
god or gods
angels and demons
death and taxes
heaven or eternal punishment
What does Buddha's Four Noble Truths include
Basic instructions for living a life once and then becoming a celetrl star.
Basic instructions that teach everything in life is meaningless and no amount of money can solve human problems.
Basic instructions that infer that if yo are a wonderful person you can teach social studies religious courses to students.
basic instructions that teach suffering exists in the world and humans much reach enlightenment to rise above it
This is the ultimte goal for Buddhist
Savannah
Nirvana
Clarification
Narnia
Nirvana is the ultimate goal of Buddhists and it means
state of enlightenment where one can have happiness and peace.
state of enlightenment where one can have hope and prosperity
state of enlightenment where one can have world peace and tranquility
state of enlightenment where one can have all things that the world offers and more
In order to achieve Nirvana, a person must follow The eight rules for conduct. What does Buddha call the rules for conduct?
Milky Way
Middle Way
Middle Insight
Middle Magnitude
Where is the Mahabodhi temple located?
China
Japan
Indonesia
India
Why did Buddha so to the Mahabodhi temple in India?
To listen to the band Nirvana
To practice his rules of conduct
To celebrate Nirvana
To achieve Nirvana
What kind of tree did Bubbha sit under when he received Nirvana?
Bodhi tree
Bonzai tree
Temple Tree
Cyprus Tree
Where did Hinduism develop and in what year?
ancient China around 1450 BCE (before common era)
modern India around 1849 CE. (common era)
ancient India around 1500 BCE. (before common era)
civilized Indonesia around 1642 (common Era)
Hinduism is largely practiced in this country where over 80% claim to be Hindu.
China
Japan
Iran
India
Hindus are polytheistic. What does polytheistic mean
belief in one god
belief in many gods
belief in no gods
belief in many humans are gods
In Hinduism the two most popular gods are
Shinto and Vacay
ophthalmologist and Pediatrician
Shanghai and Delphi
Shiva and Vishnu
One of Hinduism's sacred books that is used often is called
Vedas
Volvo
Vega
Verdus
The Vedas, the sacred book of Hinduism, is composed of complicated
prayers, meal preparation, and sacrifice
prayers, rituals, and hymns
Prayers, acceptable transportation, and eclipses
classical literature, songs about the sun, and dances
Like Buddhist, Hindu people believe in this as well?
adaptation
spiritualism
reincarnation
carne polo
All Hindus believe in reincarnation. What is reincarnation?
a cycle of wheels meant to advance society
a cycle of rebirth and destruction of the human soul
a cycle of human souls becoming celestral stars and returning to the earth
a cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
Hindu and Buddhist religious grouds believe that the soul does not die with the body, but enters
the body of another human being to live another life.
the body of another being (human or animal) to live another life.
the body of another animal being to live another life.
the body of a star and travels to another galaxy
In Hinduism, a person’s ________________ (good or bad behavior) in one life determines his or her position, wealth, and social class in the next life.
kuma
kama
karma
knuma
A soul is reincarnated over and over again until it is good enough to achieve this
muskox
nirvana
moksha
munchie
The goal of Hindus is to achieve moksha. What is moksha
peace and freedom from human inequality
freedom from one self-image
peace and freedom, but never-ending reincarnation
peace and freedom from the cycle of reincarnation
Hindus live by the caste system. What is the caste system?
a belief that ancestors repeat their lives over and over again with more prosperity each time
a belief that social class is hereditary and does not change throughout a person’s life.
a belief that each life is a way to make oneself better over and over again.
a belief that exercise leads to a life of luxury and independence
Many of these in India are still awarded based on caste connections
Cars
Houses
Food
Jobs
The caste system in India divides people into 4 main classes. Which choice below is not part of the caste system?
Vaishyas
Brahmans
Matadors
Shudras
Kashatriyas
What is the highest caste class in India?
Kashatriyas (warriors, rulers, soldiers)
Vaishyas (merchants, traders, small farmers)
Brahmans (priests and wise men)
Shudras (peasants and field workers)
Shintoism: Where and when did it start?
In China around the 12th century
In India around the 19th century
In Indonesia around the 2nd century
In Japan around the 5h century
Which choice below accurately describes Shintoism?
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a belief system that is unique to Japan.
Shintoism was once the official state religion of Japan
It has not spread to other parts of the world.
is practiced in China
is still widely honored among the Japanese today
Shintoism is based on the traditional Japanese teaching that everything in nature contains this
karma, philosophy of life
shinto, spirit of the earth
kamli, or spirit of the truth
kami, or the spirit of a god.
Many Japanese believe that these in Japan are home to these kami and are considered very sacred
mountains and rivers
streets and alleys
lakes and trees
fish and dragons
In the belief system of Shintoism, it follows . . . .
A sacred text that must be adhered to at all times
No set of rituals
no single, primary god or text
to shun others
Shintoists follow daily rituals that help
their soul stay holy and sacred
abide by their ancestral rules and regulations
connect them to nature and to their ancestors
set goals for their spiritual life
Shintoism also teaches that __________________ purity (cleanliness) is more important than ____________ purity.
spiritual / moral
physical / moral
spiritual / physical
character / pleasure
Followers must perform many ceremonies and rituals to do this
honor their ancestors and keep the world healthy
respect nature and purify the world of discretions
answer the question of reincarnation
cleanse and purify the world.
Since Shinto offers no ideas of a moral code, a god, or life after death, many Japanese who practice Shinto
also practice another religion as well.
never practice another religion
makeup and follow their own god or gods
develop their own set of moral code.
The Philosophy of Confucianism was started in what country
in India around 200 CE
In Indonesia around 1000 BCE
In China around the 6th century BCE
In China around 121 BCE
Confucius created THIS structure for social life and politics that every person should follow in order to bring peace to China.
Five Pillars of Peace
a moral structure
The Road to Prosperity
Set of rules that everyone had to follow
Confucianism is based on this
Following many gods and traditions
treating animals with respect and kindness without eating them
The belief that all living things possess a soul and must be worshipped
on society and traditions and does not follow one ruling god.
Confucianism teaches that each person has a place in society and
that he or she must accept that position if society is to function in harmony.
each person must rise above their circumstances and achieve greatness
all people should be equal without any one person being in charge of another person.
create a utopia where everyone lives in conflict with others
Confucianism teaches that
no one should be in one type of relationship
all must take from the world and never give back
allow all to do what they want
there are five basic types of relationships in society
Confucius teaches the Golden Rule. What is the Golden Rule?
"Be sure to pay back unkind deeds with unkind deeds"
“What you do not like when done unto yourself, do not unto others.”
Allow others to take advantage of you
For every good deed, one will receive gold
