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TeamSpenceBudd/Hindu
TeamSpence Buddhism Hinduism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hinduism began in... during... | India; 1700BCE |
| The... began Hinduism | Aryans |
| Siddhartha Gautama was born in 563BCE to a ... family? | Kshatriya |
| Buddhism began in what country? | India |
| What do you call the oldest text of Hindu scriptures? | Vedas |
| Siddhartha Gautama searched for enlightenment under what kind of tree? | bo tree |
| How long did Siddhartha Gautama search for enlightenment under the tree? | 49 days |
| What is the Rig Veda? | has over 1,000 hymns, Hinduism |
| What are found in the Upanishads? | stories and fables about how to lead life |
| Siddhartha Gautama became who? | Buddha |
| Buddha means what? | "The Enlightened One" |
| What caste are the priests in Hinduism? | Brahmins |
| Untouchables are also called what? | Untouchables |
| Buddha's first sermon in 528 BCE was called what? | "Turning the Wheel of the Law" |
| True or False: There are no set rules for being a Hindu | True |
| Living a moderate life with quiet contemplation, thoughtful reflection and self control to keep from seeking material goods is a belief among who? | Buddhists |
| A Buddhist's life-long goal is to reach what? | Nirvana; release from the cycle of rebirth |
| In Hinduism, the supreme spirit that is everything is called what? | Brahman |
| Brahma is? | The chief Hindu god- the Creator |
| Who is Shiva? | Hindu god; the destroyer |
| Unlike Hinduism, Buddhism appealed to all people because... | it didn't have class distinctions and used vernacular languages |
| In the Hindu faith, Vishnu was | "The Preserver" |
| Buddhists and Hindus believe in Karma, which is? | The belief that what people do good or bad will eventually come back to them |
| Shakti is who? | Hindu mother goddess, wife of Shiva |
| Has no ministers, priests, caliphs, etc? | Buddhism |
| What is Dharma? | truth, righteousness, law, justice and duty of people |
| Shrines to Buddha are commonly called what? | Stupas |
| In Hinduism, Artha is what? | The pursuit of economic well-being and prosperity |
| Hindus believe in Samsara, which is what? | The cycle of death and rebirth. Commonly called reincarnation |
| What is Moksha? | A goal of escaping the cycle of reincarnation; Hindu belief |
| Buddhists who had attained enlightenment but stayed n Earth to help other people are called what? | Bodhisattvas |
| What are the four paths that lead Hindus to moksha? | Good workds, knowledge, devotion, and meditation |
| Buddhist monasteries are for what? | Providing guidance and education; not worship |
| Buddhism was spread by which Mauryan emperor? | Ashoka |
| The Hindu temples are called what? | Mandirs |
| The Mahabharata is what? | Hindu; longest poem in the world; many stories (most popular is the Bhagavad Gita) uses easy terms to explain the expectations of Hinduism and the promises of Salvation |
| Ramayana is a Hindu story of what? | love of Rama and his wife Sita who are the ideal husband and wife- devoted to one another |
| Buddhism was spread along the Silk roads by who? | Merchants |
| which emperors helped Hinduism become the dominant religion? | Gupta |
| The Bhakti movement did what? | tried to erase the distinction between Hinduism and Islam |
| Tang emperors and Confucists didn't like Buddhist in China so they did what? | Unsuccessfully ordered the religion to stop |
| Neo-Confucianists believe what? | Confucist at the core, but accepted Buddhist thought |
| What are the castes of Hindu's in order? | Brahmins(priests) Kshatriyas (rulers and warriors) Vaishyas (artistans, merchants, storekeepers, farmers) Shudras( unskilled workers) |
| The Hindu word "atman" is what? | the soul of all living things |
| Hinduism was developed from the beliefs of who? | Dravidians and Aryans |
| What is the main god that Hindus believe in? | Brahmin |
| What is artha? | Pursuit of economic well being and nonest prosperity |
| What do you call obedience to religious beliefs and moral laws? | Dharma |
| What is Kama? | social and physical pleasures of life. |
| When a Hindu reaches Moksha, they will be with who? | Brahmin |
| Samsara refers to what? | The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. |
| Krishna and Rama are different forms of which Hindu god? | Vishnu |
| Which river is considered holy and a goddess to Hindus? | Ganges. |
| Brahma has four faces. This represents what? | How he rules four points of a compass. |
| Buddhism was introduced to China in which century BCE? | 2nd |
| Buddhism didn't gain much support until after which Chinese dynasty? | Han |
| Buddhist missionaries began to translate their terms into chinese ideas. Many of which they borrowed from? | Daoists. |
| In the 840s, emperors of which which empire ordered monasteries to be closed? | Tang |
| Buddhism was spread along which major trade route into China? | The Silk Roads |
| Buddhism came to be known in what year? | 500 BCE. |
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