Hinduism
In Hinduism and Buddhism, the process by which a soul is reborn continuously until it achieves perfect understanding.
What is reincarnation?
Also known as the Buddha, this man was a monk and sage. It was upon his beliefs that the religion of Buddha was founded.
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
This is the number of relationships emphasized by Confucius as the most important to living a harmonious life.
What is five?
This man, while we're not certain he lived, is often considered the founder of Daoism.
Who is Laozi?
This is the only nation in the modern world in which Jews represent the majority.
What is Israel?
One of the four classes of people in the social system of the Aryans who settled in India: Priests, Warriors, Peasants, or Traders, and non-Aryan laborers or craftsmen.
What is a caste or varna?
Buddhism was born in the northern part of this modern country, which is also the home to Hinduism and Jainism.
What is India?
Respect shown by children for their parents and elders.
What is filial piety?
The name for the universal force, the way, that guides all things.
What is Dao?
A set of ten biblical principals relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in Judaism and Christianity.
What are the Ten Commandments?
In Hinduism, this is the term for the release from the cycle of rebirth.
What is moksha?
These are the four central beliefs that represent the basis of Buddhism. The first belief is that life is suffering.
What are the Four Noble Truths?
A collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius.
What are the Analects?
This is the name for the Chinese era that oversaw the spread of Daoism and Confucianism. It was a turbulent era in Chinese history DIRECTLY prior to the emergence of the Qin Dynasty.
What was the Warring States Period?
An important biblical figure and the father of Judaism, believed to have lived in approximately 1800 BCE.
Who is Abraham?
In Aryan society, a member of the social class made up of priests.
Who are the Brahmin?
In Buddhism, the release from pain and suffering achieved after enlightenment.
What is Nirvana?
Because Confucius thought that men should rule, how can we describe this type of society?
What is patriarchal?
In Chinese thought, the two powers that govern the natural rhythms of life.
What are yin and yang?
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible--the most sacred writings in Jewish tradition.
What is the Torah?
Where did Hinduism originate?
Be as specific as possible! For example, saying "Africa" to locate Egypt wouldn't be specific enough...you would need to say "Northern Africa, etc"
Southern Asia or modern day India
A sect of Buddhism popular in East Asia. Within it, there is an increased emphasis on deities, bodhisattvas, and Siddhartha Gautama is often viewed as a divine figure.
What is Mahayana?
It is under the Classical Dynasty that the ideas of Confucius become most resonant, forming the basis of the dynasty's civil service examination system.
What is the Han Dynasty?
This is a classical Chinese text attributed to Laozi, published in the 4th c. BCE. It translates to the "Way of Virtue"
What is the Daodejing?
The Jewish holiday in which dreidels are spun?
What is Hanukkah?