Life of Buddha
Buddha was born into this class of the caste system.
What is the warrior/ruler class (or 2nd class)?
Like Hindus, Buddhists believe in this.
What is reincarnation OR karma (both are correct)
The _______ - Aryans, who migrated from Afghanistan, brought the caste system with them.
What is Indo?
This is the religious belief that the soul or spirit, after death, begins a new life in a new body.
What is reincarnation?
Civilizations in Ancient Egypt depended on this river for survival.
What is the Nile River?
When Buddha was an infant his future was read by a mystic who stated he become one of two things.
What is a great conqueror or a great spiritual leader?
These are two of the four noble truths.
What is:
1. Life is suffering
2. There is a cause to that suffering
3. That suffering can cease
4. There is a path to follow to cease suffering
This is how your place is the caste system is determined.
An overwhelming majority of Hindus (94%) live in this one country.
What is India?
These are the two types of location, according to the five themes of geography.
What are absolute and relative?
When Buddha was 16 his father arranged this for him in an attempt to tie him down.
What is a marriage?
This caste system is closely tied to this religion of India.
What is Hinduism?
There are thousands of these in the Hindu religion.
What are gods/godesses?
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
This is what Buddha saw when he traveled outside his father's palace that convinced him to leave his life of luxury behind and live a life of deprivation.
What is: an old man, a sick man, a dead man, and a beggar?
This is the name for the state of enlightenment, to which all Buddhists aspire to reach.
What is Nirvana?
These were the most important people in Indian society and were at the top of the caste system.
What are Brahmans/priests?
This is the good or bad energy/actions of a person that determine the future of an individual's existence.
What is karma?
Mount Everest is located in this country.
What is Nepal?
This is how many years Buddha lived a life if deprivation before finally discovering the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
What is five years?
These are three parts/spokes that make up the Eightfold Path. (hint: they all start with "right ___")
Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration.
This is the number of social classes contained within the caste system?
What is four?
1. Priests, 2. Warriors/Rulers, 3. Merchants, 4. Workers (remember untouchables were OUTSIDE the system)
The divine law that dictates a person life duties and right behavior in the social order.
What is dharma?
These are the three types of movement.
People, products, and ideas.