How does karma relate to reincarnation?

Determines what type of life a person gets reincarnated to.

What is reincarnation?

belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form

Started as ruthless but became enlightened when he found Buddhism

Long, narrative poem that teaches lessons

What is the Indian caste system?

A system of social classes that couldn’t be changed.

How did Asoka view other religions?

He favored Buddhism but tolerated other religions.

What was the life of an untouchable like?

Did menial and degrading tasks (collecting trash and handling dead bodies)

How did India's mountains and surrounding water influence its development?

Made it very easy to trade with other civilizations

What is a subcontinent?

a large landmass smaller than a continent

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1
How does karma relate to reincarnation?
Has no connection.
Someone's karma influences how long their life is.
Determines what type of life a person gets reincarnated to.
Someon's Karma influences who they can marry.
2
A religion based on the teachings of Siddhārtha Gautama .
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism
None of the above
3
What are the major beliefs of Buddhism
Four noble truths
Reincarnation
All the above
achieve enlightenment is by following the Eight-Fold Path
4
The language of the Aryan people.
Dharma
Monsoons
Moksha
Sanskrit
5
What is the Golden Age in India and which Indian empire created it?
Gupta Empire
Buddhist
Bhagavad Vita
Maurya
6
Cities built with the same layout and same features.
Mohenjo-Daro
Karma
Reincarnation
Planned Cities
7
Hindu word for end of cycle of reincarnation
Dharma
Moksha
Monsoons
Caste System
8
What is reincarnation?
belief that a woman is superior
method of training that is supposed to lead to oneness with Brahman
idea that people must worship the leader as a god
belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form
9
Divine law
Divine law
Monsoons
Epic poems
Dharma
10
Describe Asoka.
A ruthless conquerer
An enlightened leader
Started as ruthless but became enlightened when he found Buddhism
None of the above
11
Epic poems
Hindu
A system of social classes that couldn’t be changed
Long, narrative poem that teaches lessons
Sanskrit
12
What is the Indian caste system?
A system of social classes that couldn’t be changed.
A system to be put on a television show
A system of social classes
A system of social classes that could be moved up by marriage
13
How did Asoka view other religions?
He rejected both Hinduism and Buddhism.
He favored Hinduism and banned all other religions.
Wanted everyone to convert to Buddhism.
He favored Buddhism but tolerated other religions.
14
What was the life of an untouchable like?
Did menial and degrading tasks (collecting trash and handling dead bodies)
Farmers, Merchants
None of the above
Priest and Scholars
15
Sacred texts in Hinduism
Quran
Vedas
Bible
Our textbook
16
What concepts did the ancient Indian civilization contribute to modern mathematics?
use of positive & negative integers
Addition
concept of zero
numerals
17
The religion that supports the caste system.
Hinduism
None of the above
Christianity
Buddhism
18
According to Hindu teachings, ____________ is the practice of breathing exercise as a path to spiritual insight.
Planned Cities
Subcontinent
Yoga
Vedas
19
A system of social classes that couldn’t be changed
Vedas
Mohenjo-Daro
Caste System
Buddhism
20
What two important rivers begin in the Himalaya Mountains and influenced India’s development?
Tigris & Euphrates
Mississippi & Ohio
Nile & Indus
Indus & Ganges
21
What religion did Asoka adopt?
Hinduism
Brahmanism
Buddhism
Christianity
22
What are the major beliefs of Hinduism?
All the above
Reincarnation
Karma
23
How did India's mountains and surrounding water influence its development?
Limited contact between the subcontinent and the rest of the world
Made it very easy to trade with other civilizations
Provided easy contact with Asian lands
Encouraged invasions by other countries to the east & west
24
What is a subcontinent?
a state
A small island
a large landmass smaller than a continent
Region
25
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
Siddhārtha Gautama
Chandragupta
Asoka
Buddha
26
In Ancient Indian society, what caste were the priests in?
the Vaisyas.
the Brahmins
the Sudras
the Kshatriyas

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