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Buddhism
Southeastern/Eastern Asia Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the three divisions of Buddhism | Mahayana, Theravada, Vajrayana |
| Which division is the prevalent form of Buddhism in Myanmar, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand; The name means "Way of the Elders" and it follows the earliest teachings of buddhism emphasizing the monastic life; the ideal is the arhat | Theravada |
| Which division is called the "Great Vehicle" and is the largest division of Buddhism; it is the prevalent form of Buddhism in China, Korea, and Japan and the followers revere boddhisattvas and consider compassion the supreme goal? | Mahayana |
| Which division is the prevalent form of Buddhism in Tibet and is the Vehicle of the Diamond? | Vajrayana |
| True or False... Vajrayana Buddhists believe that you can propel yourself to nirvana during this lifetime? | True |
| The first Buddhist monastic community was called the _______? | Sangha |
| The Buddha believed that salvation must be won through what? | determined efforts of the human mind |
| When the Buddha looked deep within himself, he discovered what? | that everything is in constant change |
| What does Buddha mean? | "to awaken" or "im awake" |
| What are the four passing sights? | 1) old man 2) diseased man→ saw reality of illness 3) corpse→ learned of death 4) ascetic→ gave him hope |
| What are the Noble Eightfold Paths | 1) right views 2) right intentions 3) right speech 4) right conduct 5) right livelihood 6) right mindfulness 7) right effort 8) right meditation |
| What are the Five Precepts | 1) Do not take life 2) Do not take what is not given 3) Do not engage in sensual misconduct 4) Do not use false speech 5) Do not drink intoxicants |
| most populous democratic nation? | India |
| Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges are one of the _____ mountains in the world. | Highest |
| what is the Ganges river considered? | sacred water |
| South Asia has 1/5 of worlds popul;ation and ___ of its poorest inhabitants. | 2/3 |
| What is the Middle Way? | discovered by Buddha and it rejects extreme asceticism and healthy spiritual life depends on a healthy physical life |
| What are the Four Noble Truths? | 1) to live is to suffer 2) suffering is caused by desire 3) suffering can be brought to a stop 4) the solution to suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path |
| Name the three jewels of Buddhism? | 1) buddha 2) Dharma 3) Sanga |
| What are the three marks of existence? | 1) Anatta 2) Anicca 3) Dukkha |
| Anatta is? | "no self" ; no ultimate reality; essence of Buddhism is there is no essence |
| Anicca is? | "impermanence" ; existence is constantly changing |
| Dukkha is? | "suffering" |
| How do you propel yourself to nirvana? | Mandalas--patterned icons that excite Mudras-- choreographed hand movements Mantras-- chants |
| Who is the most revered & respected lama in the world? | Dalai Lama |
| This country invaded South Korea in 1950 to start the Korean War. | North Korea |
| The Mekong River is the main highway. This country is very poor and is wedged between Thailand and Vietnam. | Laos |
| The name of this courntry means "free country" and they have enjoyed 700 years of independence through skillful diplomacy. | Thailand |
| Shintoism and Buddhism are the main religions of this country. It is the 2nd largest industrial economy in the world. | Japan |
| This country has the world's fourth largest population, and the largest Islamic population. | Indonesia |
| Communists under Ho Chi Minh led the resistance against the Japenese occupation durring WWII. Ho Chi Minh City was formerly called Saigon. | Vietnam |
| Formerly called Burma, this country is now controlled by a military dictatorship. The Irrawaddy River is the main highway. | Myanmar |
| This country has the world's largest population and is the third largest nation in size. | China |
| In 1975 Communists called the Khmer Rouge killed over a million people in this country. In 1979 Vietnam drove the Khmer Rouge out of power and after Vietnams withdrawal in 1989, the country moved toward democracy. | Cambodia |
| Chiang Kaishek and his followers fled here when the Communists took over China in 1949. | Taiwan |
| this country was ruled by Spanish for 300 years and the U.S. ruled it for 50 years after the Spanish-American War in 1898 | Philippines |
| The world's largest landlocked nation. People still live in yurts there. | Mongolia |
| This country has the largest Christian minority of any country on the Asian mainland. In two decades, this country went from a poor agricultural country to one of themost posperous Little Dragons. | South Korea |
| This country is a federation of independent sultanates; top producer of rubber, tin and palm oil. | Singapore |
| Residents of this country are mostly Muslims. This country is split in two by a strip of land owned by another country. | Brunei |
| Who was the leader of the communist revolution in China 1949? | Mao Zedong |
| This the world's most northern desert and covers the southern third of Mongolia. | Gobi Desert |
| Considered the richest of the Little Dragons, considered the dominant shipping port for Southeast Asia since 1819 | Singapore |
| The name of the guiding principle used in North Korea, means "self-reliant." | Juche |
| Seven million people are packed into this former British colonial city that converted to China in 1997 | Hong Kong |
| Indus river location of on of the world's _______ civilizations. | oldest |
| what year did islam come to subcontinent? | 700 |
| when did Genghis Khan and troops occupy the Punjab? | 1250 |
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