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Caste System Quiz with vocab

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What job(s) did the Brahmins have in the caste system?
a)
priests
b)
rulers and warriors
c)
merchants, traders farmers
d)
farmers and peasants
2.

Karma

a)

Thinker or teacher

b)

In Hinduism, the effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives

c)

Avoiding doing harm to any living being

d)

Brahman

3.
Which part of the body represents Brahmin in the caste system?
a)
Feet
b)
Mouth
c)
Thighs
d)
Arms
4.
What job(s) did the Vaishyas have in the caste system?
a)
priests
b)
rulers and warriors
c)
merchants, traders, business owners
d)
farmers and peasants
5.
Which part of the body represents Sudras on the caste system?
a)
Feet
b)
Mouth
c)
Arms
d)
Thighs
6.

Reincarnation

a)

Karma

b)

Thinker or teacher

c)

A person's duty to do what's right

d)

Rebirth of a new soul in a new body

7.

Brahmanism

a)

thinker or teacher

b)

Religion of Vedic, India, based on priests, particularly sacrifices to the gods

c)

Liberation from reincarnation

d)

Rebirth of a soul in a new body

8.
Which body part represents Vaishyas in the caste system?
a)
Arms
b)
Thighs
c)
Feet
d)
Mouth
9.

Ahimsa

a)

Avoiding doing harm to any living thing

b)

Liberation from reincarnation

c)

A person's duty or what is right for him or her

d)

Religion of Vedic, India, based on priests, particularly sacrifices to the gods

10.
What job(s) did the Sudras have in the caste system?
a)
priests
b)
rulers and warriors
c)
merchants, traders, business owners
d)
farmers and peasants
11.
What was the name of the people who did the dirty jobs no one else wanted to do?
a)
Dalits
b)
Sudras
c)
Brahmins
d)
Kshatriayas
12.

Guru

a)

Thinker or teacher

b)

Liberation of reincarnation

c)

Rebirth

d)

Sudras

13.
Which part of the body represents Kshatriya on the caste system?
a)
Arms
b)
Mouth
c)
Feet
d)
Thighs
14.
What job(s) did the Kshatriyas have in the caste system?
a)
priests
b)
rulers and warriors
c)
merchants, traders, business people
d)
farmers and peasants
15.

Moksha

a)

A person's duty or what is right for him or her

b)

Liberation from reincarnation

c)

Avoiding doing harm to any living thing

d)

In Hinduisum, the supreme cosmic consciousness, spirital force, or God

16.
How could someone enter a higher caste?
a)
By working hard
b)
By learning how to read
c)
By marrying someone in a higher caste
d)
You cannot move into a higher caste in your lifetime
17.

Brahman

a)

Thinker or teacher

b)

Rebirth of a soul in a new body

c)

In Hinduism, the supreme cosmic consciousness, spiritual force, or God

d)

Top of caste system

18.
How is the caste system represented?
a)
As a pyramid
b)
As a circle
c)
As a body
d)
As a triangle
19.

Dharma

a)

Brahman

b)

a person's duty to do what's right.

c)

thinker or teacher

d)

liberation from reincarnation