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Hinduism & Buddhism Review
1. Draw a pyramid of the Caste System in India and explain each.
2. How does reincarnation support the Caste System?
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3. Summarize the life of Buddha.
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4. List the Eightfold Path in your own words.
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5. Explain the Four Noble Truths.
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6. Be prepared to defend dilemmas.
Vocabulary Builder
History of Ancient India
Section 2
DIRECTIONS Read the FALSE statement below. Replace each underlined
word with one from the word bank that makes each sentence TRUE.
nonviolence
Jainism
atman
Brahman
Hinduism
caste system
reincarnation
1. The Jainism divided the Indian society into groups based on rank,
wealth, and occupation.
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2. Hinduism is based on four major principles: Injure no life, tell the truth,
do not steal, and own no property.
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3. Brahma the Creator, Siva the Destroyer, and Vishnu the Preserver are the
three major gods of Brahmanism, the largest religion in India Society.
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4. Karma is the avoidance of violent actions, which was practiced by the
Jains.
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5. Hindus believe that souls are born and reborn many times, each time into
a new body, which is a process called Mahavira.
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6. According to Hindu teachings, everyone has a soul, or Brahman, inside
them.
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7. Hindus believe that a person’s ultimate goal should be to reunite their
soul with karma, the universal spirit.
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History of Ancient India
Vocabulary Builder
Section 3
DIRECTIONS Answer each question by writing a sentence that contains at
least one word from the word bank.
The Buddah
meditation
Buddhism
missionaries
fasting
nirvana
1.According to Buddhist teachings, if people can overcome their desire and
ignorance, they will reach what?
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2. What did Siddhartha do to free his mind from daily concerns?
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3. Who did the king send to spread the religious beliefs of Buddhism?
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4. What is the term that means “Enlightened One?”
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5. What is the religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha?
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DIRECTIONS Read the FALSE statement below. Replace each underlined
word with one from the word bank that makes each sentence TRUE.
Mahayana
missionaries
nirvana
6. The Buddha was opposed to the caste system and taught that anyone
could achieve meditation no matter what caste they had belonged to in
life.
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7. Buddhism split into two major branches called Theravada and
Meditation.
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8. Nirvana traveled throughout Asia, eventually spreading Buddhism to
China, Korea, and Japan.