Using New Words Ch. 7

Question 1

In the _________ a persons place in society an be altered only through __________________.

Answer 1

Caste System

Reincarnation

Question 2

At Mohenjo-Daro archeologists have found remains of a

large fort or ___________.

Answer 2

Cidadel

Question 3

Around 1500 B.C. the Aryans began to migrate to the Indian __________.

Answer 3

Subcontinent

Question 4

The beginnings of the religion called ________ can be found in the Ancient songs called the “Books of Knowledge” or the ________.

Answer 4

Hinduism

Vedas

Question 5

The Vedas state that people move in a constant cycle of life, death, and rebirth which is called _____________.

Answer 5

Reincarnation

Question 6

The Hindu religion includes hundreds of laws and duties, as outlined in the “Books of Knowledge” called the
______.

Answer 6

Dharma

Question 7

Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of the religion called ________ left his home and became a ____.

Answer 7

Buddhism

Monk

Question 8

The Buddha believed in _____, a force, caused by a persons good and bad acts, that affects future lives.

Answer 8

Karma

Question 9

The Buddha believed that suffering is central to life was expressed in the _________________.

Answer 9

Four Noble Truths

Question 10

The Buddha taught that the way to end suffering was to follow the ________________. These instructions outlined a way of living, neither too strict nor too easy, called the _____________.

Answer 10

Eightfold Path

Middle Way