Origins of Hinduism

Question 1

Which statement best describes the spread of Hinduism?

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Hinduism spread throughout India and Nepal, and into Southeast Asia.

Question 2

How is the practice of yoga connected to the Hindu belief of moksha?

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Hindus practice yoga to control the mind and to be released from the cycle of rebirth.

Question 3

A Hindu who needed knowledge to help solve a difficult problem would most likely pray to which god?

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Ganesh

Question 4

Someone who works as a laborer would most likely be associated with which caste of the Hindu caste system?

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Sudras

Question 5

Read the map.

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Hinduism began as the religion of the Aryans in the Indus River valley.

Question 6

Read the passage from the Bhagavad Gita.All mounted on their shining chariots!On our side, too,—thou best of Brahmans! SeeExcellent chiefs, commanders of my line,Whose names I joy to count: thyself the first,Then Bhishma, Karna, Kripa fierce in fight,Vikarna, Aswatthaman; next to theseStrong Saumadatti, with full many moreValiant and tried, ready this day to die –Bhagavad Gita

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“First” in line 4 and “next” in line 6 indicate that the passage is sequential.

Question 7

Which statement best explains the role of the gods, according to Hindu beliefs?

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Most gods are responsible for certain things in life.

Question 8

Read this passage from the Bhagavad Gita.There is "true" Knowledge. . . . it is this: To see one changeless Life in all the Lives, And in the Separate, One Inseparable. There is imperfect Knowledge: that which sees The separate existences apart, And, being separated, holds them real. There is false Knowledge: that which blindly clings To one as if 'twere all, seeking no Cause, Deprived of light, narrow, and dull, and "dark."–Bhagavad Gita

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It compares the different types of knowledge that exist in the world.

Question 9

Which statement best describes the influence of Brahmanism on the early development of Hinduism?

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Hinduism’s core beliefs and practices come from the beliefs and practices of Brahmanism.

Question 10

What was an early way that Hinduism spread?

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It spread by boat into Indonesia.

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