Hinduism

Question 1

What were Hindu core beliefs?

Answer 1

hymns and poems
religious prayers
magical spells
lists of the gods and goddesses.

Question 2

Caste System in order – bottom to top

Answer 2

Dalit
Shudras
Vaishyas
Kshatriyas
Brahmins

Question 3

Which group was made up of priests?

Answer 3

Brahmins

Question 4

Which group was made up of laborers and work-intensive jobs?

Answer 4

Shudras

Question 5

Which group was viewed as impure and untouchable?

Answer 5

Dalits

Question 6

Which group was made up of military leaders and politicians?

Answer 6

Kshatriyas

Question 7

Which group was made up of middle-class merchants and farmers?

Answer 7

Vaishyas

Question 8

Which group was made up of business executives and professionals?

Answer 8

Brahmins

Question 9

Which group collected trash and disposed of the dead?

Answer 9

Dalits

Question 10

Brahman

Answer 10

Everything is part of a “Universal Soul or Spirit”

Question 11

Atman

Answer 11

All living things have an individual self/soul

Question 12

Achieving moksha

Answer 12

One must unite their atman with Brahman

Question 13

Karma

Answer 13

The sum total of one’s actions both good and bad

Question 14

Samsara

Answer 14

The soul passes through a cycle of successive lives