WH big test

Question 1

These people become the dominat group of India and their beliefs helps start the basics of Hinduism

Answer 1

Aryans

Question 2

In Ancient India this divided Indian society into castes or levels based on a persons birth or occupation

Answer 2

Varna

Question 3

priest that are the highest varna or caste in ancient India

Answer 3

Brahmin

Question 4

Hinduism is one of the world most______ religions

Answer 4

complex,oldest,tolerant

Question 5

This religion that originated in India,based upon the beliefs of Aryans and Indus peoples.

Answer 5

Hinduisms

Question 6

In Hinduisms and Buddhism,the effects that good or bad actions have on a person’s souls

Answer 6

karma

Question 7

The ancient sacred language of India and Hinduism

Answer 7

Sanskrit

Question 8

considered unclean,they are the outcastes of Hindu society

Answer 8

Dalit

Question 9

containing Aryan,Sanskrit prayer,hymns and rituals these are the oldest holy books in Hinduism

Answer 9

Vedas

Question 10

Doing the job of your caste,doing your duty as a human

Answer 10

Dharma

Question 11

This is the cycle of death and rebirth

Answer 11

Samsara

Question 12

The warrior in Hinduism, the second highest in the caste system

Question 13

The belief in many gods

Answer 13

polytheism

Question 14

The modern day country in which Hinduism and Buddhism began

Answer 14

India

Question 15

River valley where the Aryan settled

Answer 15

Indus

Question 16

In Hinduism,when you do your dharma as a Brahmin, this is the end of the cycle of rebirth

Answer 16

Moksha

Question 17

A Kshatriya prince,who started a new religion without the caste system, became the Buddha

Answer 17

Siddhartha

Question 18

For a Hindu,finding enlightenment,the meaning of human life and escaping the suffer of rebirth is

Answer 18

Moksha

Question 19

Found in India,this is the holiest and most sacred river in Hinduism

Answer 19

Ganges river

Question 20

This is the belief in one god

Answer 20

Monotheism

Question 21

In Ancient India,this varna includes the merchants

Answer 21

Vaishya

Question 22

In the caste system this varna includes the servants and laborers

Answer 22

Shudra

Question 23

Which of the following do both Buddhism and Hinduism have in common

Answer 23

The belief in Samsara

Question 24

The main message of the story of the Bhagavad Gita is

Answer 24

To perform the dharma of your caste

Question 25

In Hinduism doing your dharma involves

Answer 25

Performing the duties of your caste

Question 26

The third god of the Trimurti is known as destroyer

Answer 26

shiva

Question 27

A warrior dies while fighting bravely in battle, you can refer that

Answer 27

he performed his dharma, and he will be reincarnated in higher caste

Question 28

One of the Trimurti this god is the preserver of life and he has 10 important avatars

Answer 28

Vishnu

Question 29

Hindu worship in a temple that vary in size from small village shrines to large building called

Answer 29

Mandirs

Question 30

Many Hindus pilgrimage to the holy city of Varanasi to die, it is located on the______ river

Answer 30

Ganges River

Question 31

Holy men who live ascetic life to achieve spiritual enlightenment are called

Answer 31

Sadhus

Question 32

Which of these is not part of the Trimurti

Answer 32

Hanuman

Question 33

Hinduism emerged near what river

Answer 33

Indus

Question 34

Which god do Hindus believe is the creator of the world and all creatures

Answer 34

Brahma

Question 35

Who are the two main charterers in the sacred epic the Ramayana

Answer 35

Rama and Sita

Question 36

The Hindu festival that celebrates spring,love, new life and fun

Answer 36

Holi

Question 37

This popular god is fav of students because he removes obstacles

Answer 37

Ganesha

Question 38

This "festival of light" symbolizes the spiritual " victory of light over darkness and good over evil

Answer 38

Diwali

Question 39

This ancient,sacred epic is the story of two branches of a family who battles for the throne of a kingdom

Answer 39

Mahabharata

Question 40

This religious that includes essays written by ascetics on the ideas and teaching of Hinduism

Answer 40

Upanishads