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Buddhism

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 4hrs 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the basic teachings of Buddhism called?
a)
Ten Commandments
b)
Shar'ia Law
c)
The Four Noble Truths
d)
The Five Noble Truths
2.
Where did Buddhism originate and where did it spread?
a)
China.  Leading faith in the Americas and Middle East.
b)
China.  Spread to the rest of Asia
c)
India.  Leading religion in the Americas and the Middle East
d)
India.  Leading faith in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, China, Japan & Korea
3.

Buddha's real name was Siddhartha Gautama.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What does the word Buddha mean?

a)

enlightened

b)

chosen

c)

to wake or be enlightened

d)

predicted

5.

Buddha is a person not a title.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

There has been/ will only be one Buddha; his name is Siddhartha Gautama.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

The title of Buddha is

a)

a term that shows a person has attained supreme truth and wisdom

b)

a term that shows a person has gone to a religious school

c)

a term that shows that a person is well known and liked

8.

Match the following

a)

Buddhism

1.

focuses on life on earth, not the afterlife

b)

Buddha

2.

said he was not a god, and that whether or not there is a god is not important

c)

Siddhartha Gautama

3.

Hindu prince in 500s BC who was disillusioned with the realities of life

9.

Gautama was of the ​ (a)   caste, but said that a ​ (b)   born person could gain enough ​ (c)   in one lifetime to escape the cycle of ​ (d)   .

Choose from the below words
warrior
low
wisdom
death and rebirth
high
soldier
religioin
religion
death
rebirth
10.

Why does Buddhism appeal to Hindus?

a)

they had been told that they earned their terrible living conditions

b)

they had been raised with the ideas of Buddhism

c)

it was a religion that matched the countries way of thinking

11.

finish this quote: The message is simple and does not involve a ​ (a)   . A pure soul is a ​ (b)   soul. If man acts from an ​ (c)   thought, ​ (d)   follows him. If he acts from a ​ (e)   thought, happiness follows him like a shadow.

Choose from the below words
god
happy
impure
pain
kind
12.

Buddhists seek______.

a)

moderation

b)

wealth

c)

poverty

d)

followers

13.

Match the four Nobel truths with their meaning

a)

Life is universal in suffering and misery

1.

life has suffering

b)

suffering results from desires fulfilled or unfulfilled

2.

there is a cause to our suffering

c)

there is an end to

3.

suffering

d)

The end to suffering is contained

4.

in the eight fold path

14.

The Eightfold Path can be described as

a)

a staircase, mastering one step at a time

b)

a ladder, where you can go up and down

c)

a slide, where all of humanity is sliding down

15.

Anyone can reach Nirvana by following the Eighfold Path.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

Reorder the first four steps of the Eightfold Path in the correct order

a)

Right knowledge

b)

purpose

c)

speech

d)

action

1)
2)
3)
4)
17.

Reorder the last four steps of the Eightfold Path in the correct order.

a)

living

b)

effort

c)

mindfullness

d)

meditation

1)
2)
3)
4)
18.

Buddha has achieved Nirvana. What does Nirvana mean?

a)

peace of the soul

b)

peace of the body

c)

peace with your health

d)

peace with your mind

19.

Nirvana is self-understanding. It's pursuit is called

a)

living a skillful life

b)

living a god filled life

c)

living a healthy life

20.

What are the elements from Hinduism? (more than one answer

a)

Karma

b)

Reincarnation

c)

Meditation

d)

Respect for all living things

21.

Match the following

a)

Dali Lama

1.

spiritual leader

b)

Theravada or Hinayana

2.

original Buddhists that saw him as a teacher-moral codes

c)

Mahayana

3.

see Buddha as a god

22.

What countries go with each division

23.

​ (a)   is the leader of Tibetan ​ (b)   . He has been in exile in ​ (c)   since ​ (d)   conquered Tibet. He says "My religion is very ​ (e)   , my religion is kindness."

Choose from the below words
Dalai Lama
Buddhism
India
China
simple