Hinduism Test 6th Grade Wright

Hinduism is oldest or youngest

Oldest

Believe in __________ (souls reborn again)

Re-incarnation

Quiet focused thinking

Meditation

Everything has ________ in it

God

There are _______ supreme beings

3

Over how many hindus?

1 billion

3 supreme gods are

Brahma (creator) Vishnu (preserver) and Shiva (destroyer)

Created by

Indus River Valley

The _________ are 4 books of knowledge written in ________

Vedas, Sanskrit

The _________ are the final parts of the vedas

Upanishads

Hindu followers are called ____

Hindus

Believe in ______ (the soul carries this through out the whole life cycle)

Karma

Reincarnation - ____________

Samsara

Religious Duties - ________________

Dharma

Temple - _________

Mandir

Each temple has a ______ in a ________ that you pray to

Deity, Shrine

Celebrate ____ days

Holy

Religious ________ are made in sacred sites like Ganga

Pilgrimages

___________ % of worlds population

15

________% in India

95

Vaishnavas pray to

Vishnu

Shaivas pray to

Shiva

Shaktas pray to

Devi

Smartas pray to

Vishnu, Shiva, Devi, Ganesha, and Surya

______ % of Indians are hindus

80

4 classes: 4 _______

Varnas

Varnas evolved into the

Caste System

More than one god is a _________ religion

Polytheistic

Girls wear ______ and guys wear _____

Bindi, Tilak

Sacred animal is _______. We don’t eat _______ because it comes from sacred animal. Most hindus are __________ (no meat)

Cows, beef, vegetarian

Sacred River __________/________

Ganges/Ganga

Leaving ______ (life cycle) is _________

Samsara, Moksha

Longest poem is _________

Mahabharata

Greatest political leader of 20th century

Gandhi

Gandhi used method of _______ and taught

Non-violence, tolerance

Gandhi was _________ in 1948

Assassinated

________ is an important tradition in Hinduism

Marriage

________: festival of lights

Diwali

________: Festival of spring. Colorful ___ and ___ are thrown at people

Holi, powder, water

Diwali celebrates which god?

Lakshmi