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WorksheetsBuddhism Quiz
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 47mins
Siddhartha Gautama
Founder of Hinduism
Egyptian Pharaoh
Sumerian Scribe
Founder of Buddhism
The Eightfold Path
The Buddhist guidelines for how to live.
The Hindu guidelines for how to achieve moksha
The Egyptian path through the afterlife
Four Noble Truths
The four truths about the world that guide Buddhists
The four truths about the world that guide Hindus
An ancient text written in sanskrit.
A law code in ancient India
Nirvana
A state of being free of suffering that ends the cycle of reincarnation
An ancient text, written in sanskrit, detailing the four noble truths
A sacred place in India
A state of being compounded by want and desire.
Siddhartha Gautama
Founder of Hinduism
Egyptian Pharaoh
Sumerian Scribe
Founder of Buddhism
Nirvana
A state of being free of suffering that ends the cycle of reincarnation
An ancient text, written in sanskrit, detailing the four noble truths
A sacred place in India
A state of being compounded by want and desire.
Buddhism
A religion founded in India and based off of Hinduism
A religion that is not practiced today
A religion that is basically the same as Hinduism
A religion that worships following your desires
The Middle Way
Living in balance and not with extremes
Living to the extremes
A sacred place to Buddhists in ancient India
A road in India
The system that gives a rigid structure to Hindu's social and religious lives
Caste
The world's oldest religion and the predominant religion of India
An ancient Indian language. That many of the classic texts of Hinduism were written in.
Sanksrit
Hieratic
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
When Siddhartha left home, what answer was he seeking?
Why was there so much pain and suffering in the world?
Why do people grow old and die?
Why does the Caste System not allow marriage between groups?
Why are the Phillies the worst team in the history of professional sports?
Which of the following is NOT something that both Hinduism and Buddhism have in common?
Both have a founder
Both believe in Reincarnation and Karma
Both originated in India
Both worship in Temples
According to the Four Noble Truths, ____________ is a part of life; no one can escape it
Jealousy
Anger
Suffering
Middle School
Siddhartha chose to give up the luxuries of life in the palace but not completely deny his body what it needs to be healthy. He chose:
The Right Path
The Middle Path
The Middle Truth
The Yellow Brick Road
According to the teachings of Buddha, why do people suffer?
Because they are rude and mean to others
Because they live in poverty or sickness
Because they had Mr. Stewart as a SS Teacher
Because they desire things that do not have
Which of these groups would have LOVED the concept of Buddhism and the Buddha's teachings?
Brahmins
Kshatriyas
Sudras
Dalits (Untouchables)
What does "Buddha" mean?
"He who holds the answers"
"The all-knowing"
"The enlightened one"
"He who becomes one"
Place of origin
Nepal
India
China
Place of worship
church
synagogue
temple
To be born again
nirvana
karma
reincarnation
Consequences of your actions. When you do good, good things happen to you. When you do bad things, bad things happen to you.
Karma
Nirvana
Reincarnation
Their heaven. A state of perfect peace with out desire or suffering. You do not reincarnate anymore.
Karma
Nirvana
Reincarnation
- Life is suffering. 2. We suffer because we desire things. 3. If you stop desiring you will stop suffering. 4. If you follow the Eightfold Path you will stop suffering.
The Eightfold Path
The Four Noble Truths
What did Siddhartha Gautama see in his travels that upset him?
He saw too many people that were stealing from the poor and giving to the rich
He saw too many homes that needed to be repaired
He saw too many people that needed to bathe
He saw beggars, people who were ill, and people broken down by age with nowhere to go
According to Buddha's teaching, why do people suffer?
People suffer because they desire worldly things and self-satisfaction
People suffer because they want to
People suffer because they are mean
People suffer because they don't go to school
Missionaries
People who spread a religion into a new area
People who are on a mission from their emperor
A religious cult of Buddhism
Followers of the prophet Mission
Siddhartha's father wanted to prevent his son from
being well educated.
marrying.
seeing people suffer.
living a life of luxury.
Siddhartha was inspired to leave his royal life and search for enlightenment when he saw
happiness.
suffering.
greed.
wealth.
The three forms of suffering that Siddhartha encountered were
aging, greed, and health.
sickness, knowledge, and aging.
aging, sickness, and death.
death, persecution, and sickness.
The teachings of "right understanding," "right action," and "right concentration" are part of the
Four Noble Truths.
ascetic lifestyle.
Hindu religion.
Eightfold Path.
Which is NOT an example of Right Speech
Speaking kindly to others
Being truthful and honest
Trying not to talk too much
Lying and swearing
Focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas
fasting
mediatation
nirvana
