Hinduism
The belief that actions in this life affect your next life is known as what?
Karma
What is a Pharaoh?
A king of ancient Egypt considered a god, a political and military leader.
Who was the king of the Greek gods?
Zeus
Who founded Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama
What ocean is on the east coast of the United States?
Atlantic
What is the ultimate goal of life in Hinduism?
Moksha
What ceremony involved a person’s heart to judge purity?
weighing of the heart / feather of ma'at
This goddess was born fully grown from Zeus’s head.
Athena
Buddhists aim to reach this state of liberation and end of suffering. What is it called?
Nirvana
What river flows through the city of Cairo in Egypt, we learned about it...
Nile River
Which Hindu god is known as “The Destroyer,” not in a negative sense but as part of the cosmic cycle?
Shiva
Which Egyptian god had a jackal head and guided souls through the afterlife?
Anubis
What type of stories did the Greeks use to explain the world around them?
Myths
The Buddha taught that suffering comes from craving and attachment. Which truth teaches this?
Tanha
Name all five Great Lakes
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, & Superior
Name the Trimurti
Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva
What was the name of the Egyptian underworld that the dead traveled through?
Duat
Which Greek concept refers to excessive pride that leads to downfall, common in myths?
Hubris
Name the three branches of Buddhism
Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana
Which desert is the largest hot desert in the world?
Sahara Desert
Name all four Vedas
Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, and Atharvaveda
Egyptians believed the soul had multiple parts. Name those two parts and their purpose.
ka: spiritual double of a person that lived on after death.
ba (personality): soul that could travel between the living and the afterlife
A sacred person or place believed to deliver messages from the gods
Oracle
Define the Middle Way
The Buddha's teaching to avoid extremes of luxury and hardship, finding balance instead
What river forms the border between Texas and Mexico?
Rio Grande