Hinduism
What was the caste system? Why were people in a specific place in the caste?
The caste system is a social hierarchy.
How are dharma, karma, and reincarnation related?
Following your dharma brings good karma and then when you have good karma you can get reincarnated.
How did Siddartha Gautama become the Buddha, and what was he known as?
Siddartha Gautama is known as the enlightened one.
What role did the Aryans play in developing Hinduism?
The role they had to play in developing was mixing cultures and developing religion.
How did they move throughout the caste system?
By following your dharma you can level up in the caste system, If you do not follow your dharma and have bad karma you will go down in the caste system.By following your dharma you can level up in the caste system, If you do not follow your dharma and have bad karma you will go down in the caste system.
Who believes in dharma, karma, and reincarnation: Hindus or Buddhists?
Both
What did the Four Noble Truths say?
1. Life is suffering, 2. Sufferuing is caused by suffering, 3. You can end suffer by ending desire, 4. Inorder to end desire follow the eightfold path.
What is Sanskrit, how does it relate to Hinduism.
Sanskrit was the most important language of ancient India. At first it was only spoken but now it is also a written language. Sanskrit is related to Hinduism because it is the language the Vedas wrote in.
Be able to to label the caste system along with the outcastes. Know some of the jobs the caste did in India.
1. Brahmin, 2. Kshatriya, 3. Vaishya, 4. Sudra, 5. Untouchables. Jobs for Brahmins: Priests, Jobs for Kshatriyas: Rulers and Warriors, Jobs for Vaishyas: Farmers, Craftspeople, and Traders, Jobs for Sudras: Workers and Servants, Jobs for Untouchables: Cleaning Toilets and Sweeping the streets.
What are things that Hindus believe in that Buddhists may not believe in.
The hindus believe in the caste system.
What is the Eightfold Path?
It is buddhist way of reaching enlightenment. It is the buddhist way of following there dharma.
What are the Vedas and the Rig Veda?
The vedas are prayers, religious stories, poems. The rig veda was one of the main collections of vedas.
How did Hinduism develop in India?
Hinduism developed in india when the aryans came to India.
Explain reincarnation from the perspective of Hindus and Buddhists.
The cycle of rebirth is born into a new body after death.
What is Nirvana?
Nirvana is a state of enlightenment, where all desire ends and a soul finds perfect peace.
What were the main social classes of the Aryans? Which class held most of the power? Which classes held the least power?
Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Sudra. Kshatriyas held the most power in the caste system, while Sudras held the least power.
What is Moksha?
Moksha is when Atman becomes perfect and reunites with Brahman.
What did Buddhists think of the caste system?
Buddhists rejected the caste system.
Where did the Aryans migrate from, and how did the Aryans change as they migrated into India?
The Aryans migrated from the hindu kush mountains.