Download Social Studies: Hinduism and Buddhism Quiz Study Guide

Social Studies: Hinduism and Buddhism Quiz Study Guide
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1. What is the book Buddhists follow when they pray?
Vedas
2. Who founded Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama, a former prince
3. What word means “the cycle of rebirth”?
reincarnation
4. Name the three main gods in Hinduism.
Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu
5. When you die, what happens to you if you’ve followed the rules of Hinduism
and had good karma?
you are reborn into a higher caste system
6. Who is currently exiled in India and tours the world spreading the idea of
peace?
The Dalai Lama
7. What word means “the social classes in the Hindu religion”?
caste system
8. Who founded Hinduism?
Trick question! No one knows!
9. What are the two branches of Buddhism?
Theravada and Mahayana
10. What word means “the lasting peace that Buddhists seek”?
nirvana
11. What are three things people do when practicing Hinduism?
obeying one’s dharma, practicing yoga, be a vegetarian
12. Why are Untouchables not part of the social classes?
their karma from their previous lives was so bad that other people don’t want
to be around them
13. What does a person need to use to experience life, according to Buddhism?
their five sense
14. What word means “to focus the mind inward”?
meditate
15. What word means “the idea of being all knowing”?
enlightenment
16. What rules do Buddhists follow to help them make the right decisions?
The Eightfold Path
17. What word means “one who lives a life of contemplation and self-denial for
religious purposes”?
ascetic