This is the force generated by a person's actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life.
What is Karma?
100
He is the founder of Buddhism.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
100
Hindu god who is the destroyer.
Who is Siva?
100
He grew up a rich prince and became troubled by the suffering he witnessed.
Who is Siddhartha or the Buddha?
100
The Hindu god who is considered the most powerful and also "the creator."
Who is Brahma?
200
This is the Sanskrit word for reincarnation.
What is samsara?
200
The practice of giving up material possessions and self-denial is
What is asceticism?
200
The founder of Hinduism is
Who is no one?
200
He was the grandfather of a future king and was a king himself who died of starvation in a cave during a fast.
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
200
They were large stones shaped into tall columns, and had religious says engraved on them.
What are stupas?
300
The Hindu word that means "non-violence"
What is Ahimsa?
300
The ultimate goal of a Buddhist is to reach
What is nirvana?
300
Right concentration, right thinking, and right effort are part of the Buddhist belief system called
What is the eightfold path?
300
To help his people, he built hospitals for humans and animals, rest stations for weary travelers, and had shade trees planted along the roads.
Who is Ashoka?
300
The Upanishads are a part of
What are the Vedas?
400
The divine law that requires people to do their duty.
What is Dharma?
400
One of the four noble truths is
What is ordinary life is full of suffering, suffering is caused by desire, the way to end suffering is to end desire for selfish goals, the way to end desire is to follow the eightfold path (middle way)?
400
These people brought religious ideas to India that influenced the development of Hinduism.
Who are the Aryans?
400
After killing 100,000 in the Battle of Kalinga, he felt sorrow and remorse, and eventually converted to Buddhism.
Who is Ashoka?
400
Buddha gained enlightenment by meditating under the Bodhi tree, which makes sense since Bodhi is a Buddhist word for
What is wisdom?
500
The collection of religious texts, hymns and scriptures used by Hindus.
What are the Vedas?
500
The current leader of the Buddhists is
Who is the Dalai Lama?
500
Hindu god who is the preserver.
Who is Vishnu?
500
For the Hindus, he is teacher of wisdom and spirituality.
Who is a guru?
500
Pataliputra was for early Indian civilization as Indianapolis is for citizens of Indiana.