History Aryans Test 1 review

What is the Caste System?

• A social class system

• A system of paying taxes

• A system for rebuilding houses after monsoons

• A religious system

Founder of Buddhism

• Chandragupta I

• Chadragupta II

• Ashoka

• Siddhartha Gautama

Who can reach Moksha?

• anyone who follows the Eightfold Path

• only the Emperor

• Brahmins

• The untouchables

According to Buddha, how does one eliminate desires?

• have good Karma

• read the Sutras

• fast

• follow the Eightfold Path

Siddhartha Gautama become known as

• Buddha

• Way of Life

• Great One

• The Giver of Life

The ultimate goal of Hinduism is to

• reach reincarnation

• reach moksha

• to become an untouchable

• to have bad karma

Buddhism is...

• Monotheistic

• Polytheistic

• Neither

What was Siddhartha's childhood like?

• He grew up poor and as an orphan

• He was a prince who lived a sheltered childhood

• He had a wide circle of friends from all parts of town

• He was the son of a middle class family

Siddhartha's mother had a dream that Siddhartha would either be a great ruler OR a great spiritual leader. Which did she want for Siddhartha?

• She wanted him to be a great ruler.

• She wanted him to be a great spiritual leader.

What happened when Siddhartha left his palace at the age of 29?

• He came back after a week of fun travels

• He was recognized and celebrated everywhere he went

• He never saw the outside of his palace

• He saw pain and suffering for the first time