Hinduism Flashcard

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The Vedas are honored as sacred texts of this religion?

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Hinduism

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Which one of the following correctly describes the origins of Hinduism? Options: The Aryans migrated into the Indus River Valley bringing their beliefs of living in a strict caste. Each caste could work their way out of the caste by living a good life now so that in the next life, they could move up in rank.

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The Aryans migrated into the Indus River Valley bringing their beliefs of living in a strict caste. Each caste could work their way out of the caste by living a good life now so that in the next life, they could move up in rank.

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Which Hindu belief is represented in the graphic of Shiva "the destroyer" with arrows cycling around him, indicating that once people die, they can be reborn into another life on earth?

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reincarnation

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Which statement replaces the question mark in this list of the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism? All life is suffering. People suffer because they desire worldly things and want to satisfy themselves. ? The only way to stop desiring things is to follow the Eightfold Path.

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The way to end suffering is to stop desiring things.

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The sacred texts of Buddhism are called the...

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Tripitaka

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Identify which achievement is an achievement of ancient India: The invention of fire for cooking food, The mathematical concept of zero, Metal tools, Cuneiform.

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The mathematical concept of zero

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Identify a medical advancement of ancient India.

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Advanced surgery

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According to Hindu belief, the concept that good or bad actions in this life affect a person in the next life is known as...

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karma

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According to Hindu belief, what is dharma?

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moral and religious law that governs behavior