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Week 2 Introducing Buddhism

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In which country did Buddhism start?
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Nepal
d)
Japan
2.
In what year did Hinduism start, approximately?
a)
48 BC
b)
4800 BC
c)
480 BC
d)
480 AD
3.
Number and percentage of Buddhists in the world
a)
520 million/7%
b)
52 million/0.7%
c)
5.2 million/0.07%
4.
How big a religion is Buddhism in the world?
a)
Largest
b)
Third largest
c)
Fifth largest
d)
Fourth largest
5.
Where do most Buddhists live?
a)
North America
b)
East Asia
c)
Europe
d)
Africa
6.
Where and when was the Buddha born?
a)
China, 48 BC
b)
India, 4800 BC
c)
Nepal, 480 BC
d)
Japan, 48 AD
7.

What was the name of the Buddha?

a)

Prince Siddhartha Gautama

b)

Prince Buddha

c)

Prince Robert

d)

Prince Suddhodana Tharu

8.
True or false? Prince Siddhartha Gautama´s dad only wanted Siddartha to see and have nice things and did not want him to go outside.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
9.
Why did Prince Siddhartha Gautama´s dad only want his son to see and have nice things?
a)
He wanted him to be the next Buddha
b)
He wanted him to be the next King
c)
He wanted him to marry a princess
10.

Why did Prince Siddhartha Gautama´s not want his son to go outside?

a)

He wanted his son to tidy his bedroom

b)

He wanted his son to pray to the Buddha

c)

If his son saw people suffering, he would want to help and not want to be a King

11.

True or false? Siddharta left the palace when he was aged 29. He saw an old man, a sick man and a dead man and he wondered why people do anything in life when old age, sickness and death affects everyone?

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

12.

Siddartha stopped being a prince and became a monk when he saw who?

a)

A happy buddha who was meditating under a tree

b)

A singing priest with a big smile

c)

A monk who had given up everything and was wise and happy! Yay! (No adult says ´Yay!´, Mr. Robert.)

d)

A laughing nun, riding a bike

13.
What answer did Siddartha want to find?
a)
An answer to life´s suffering
b)
An answer to the life of the Buddha
c)
An answer to how to meditate
d)
An answer to how to do yoga
14.
For how long did Siddharta do yoga, meditation and fasting in the forest for?
a)
6 years
b)
60 years
c)
1 year
d)
2 years
15.
True or false? After six years of not eating, Siddharta did not have an answer to life´s suffering!
a)
True
b)
False
16.

In Buddhism, enlightenment is when you discover the ultimate truth. But what is enlightenment called in Buddhism?

a)
Meditation
b)
Nirvana
c)
Yoga
d)
Karma
17.
To achieve enlightenment (Nirvana), Siddartha lived a life that was not like a rich Prince and not like a poor starving monk. What was this called?
a)
The yoga way
b)
The meditation way
c)
The middle way
d)
The Buddha way

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