Lesson Quiz 7-2 Ancient India

DIRECTIONS: Matching Match each item with its definition. Match the following:

• Karma

• obedience to the moral law of the universe

• dharma

• an Indian faith whose followers do not believe in a supreme being; they emphasize nonviolence and respect for all living things

• emotional or spiritual state of peace

• nirvana

• the rebirth of the soul

• a force that decides the forms that people will be reborn into in their next lives

• Jainism

• reincarnation

Which is one of the oldest religions in the world and is the world’s third largest religion today?

• Aryanism

• Jainism

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

In Hinduism, the one universal spirit, or creator, is called

• Indra

• Krishna

• Siva

• Brahman

Who founded Buddhism during the 500s B.C.E.?

• the Dalai Lama

• Lakshmi

• Sarawati

• Siddhartha Gautama

The Buddha believed that the only way to find truth was to give up

• all desires.

• the Four Noble Truths.

• the Eightfold Path.

• suffering.

The two groups of Buddhists who spread the Buddha’s ideas to Southeast Asia were

• Nirvana and Varna.

• Ceylon and Sri Lanka.

• Dharma and Karma.

• Theravada and Mahayana.