World History: Buddhism

What is Buddism?

• language spoken primarily in the south

• popular northern school

• popular western haircut

• Popular eastern religion/philosophy

When did Buddhism begin?

• 100 CE

• 727 BCE

• 277 CE

• 566 BCE

What is another name for Siddhartha Gautama?

• Gandhi
• Confucius
• Muhammad
• Buddha

Who founded Buddhism?

• Mahatma Gandhi
• Confucius
• Siddhartha Gautama
• Jesus Christ

Where did Buddhism begin?

• Thailand
• China
• India
• Japan

Siddhartha was born into a poor family of commoners

• True

• False

Siddhartha was born a prince.

• True

• False

Which one is true?

• Before he was born, priests predicted that Siddhartha would die young. To prevent this, his parents gave the young child to the temple, to be raised by the priests. They raised him to be the first Buddha.

• Priests predicted he would become a Buddha.

Which one is true?

• Siddhartha's father wanted him to be a Buddha and was glad.

• Siddhartha's father did not want him to be a Buddha and wanted him to be king.

Siddhartha's father did not want him to be a Buddha and wanted him to be king, so he distracted him with servants, amusements, wealth, palaces, & a beautiful wife.

• True

• False