Ancient Civilizations - Chapter 8 Buddhism

To calm or empty the mind, often by focusing on a single object

• Meditate

• Nirvana

• Compassion

• Ascetic

• Monk

Males that live in a monastery

• Meditate

• Nirvana

• Compassion

• Ascetic

• Monk

Caring for others

• Meditate

• Nirvana

• Compassion

• Ascetic

• Monk

A state of peacefulness with no suffering or desire

• Meditate

• Nirvana

• Compassion

• Ascetic

• Monk

People that practice very extreme self-denial as part of their religious life

• Meditate

• Nirvana

• Compassion

• Ascetic

• Monk

Wearing scratchy clothes and not bathing is an example of a(n) ____________ person

• meditative

• enlightened

• compassionate

• Ascetic

• Monk

When Buddha was born a prince, what was his name?

• Siddhartha Gautama

• The Little Prince

• The Buddha

• The Bodhi Tree

The Hindu gurus taught Siddhartha that one way to escape rebirth, or reincarnation, was called what?

• nirvana

• meditation

• salvation

• enlightenment

A fortuneteller predicted that the Buddha would become either a religious leader or a what?

• a mighty king that would unite India

• a mighty monk that would achieve enlightenment

• a mighty Ascetic who would end suffering for all

• a Bodhi Tree

Who were the first group of people that Buddha studied with in order to learn the truth about life?

• The Ascetics

• Hindu gurus

• Monks

• Nuns