1. Type the vocabulary word in the text box. 2. When you are finished press the "Send Assignment" button. * You will need to know your teacher's e-mail address. You can, as an alternative to e-mail, do the assignment on a separate piece of paper. Make sure to bring the completed test to class so that the teacher can check it and give you credit. Email Your Vocabulary assignment To Your Teacher. Include Your: Teacher's Email: Your Name: Your Email: Subject: Lesson: Hinduism Introduction Hinduism, religion that originated in India and is still practiced by most of its inhabitants. Hinduism is a major world religion, not merely by virtue of its many followers (estimated at more than 700 million) but also because of its profound influence on many other religions during its long, unbroken history, which dates from about 1500 BC. The corresponding influence of these various religions on Hinduism (it has an extraordinary tendency to absorb foreign elements) has greatly contributed to the religion's syncretism - the wide variety of beliefs and practices that it encompasses. Fundamental Principles Very few practices or beliefs are shared by all Hindus. Most worship Shiva, Vishnu, or the Goddess (Devi), but they also worship hundreds of additional minor deities peculiar to a particular village or even to a particular family. No doctrinal or ecclesiastical hierarchy exists in Hinduism, but the intricate hierarchy of the social system (which is inseparable from the religion) gives each person a sense of place within the whole. History About 2000 BC, a highly developed civilization flourished in the Indus Valley. In about 1500 BC the Indo-Aryan tribes invaded India. Many elements of Hinduism that were not present in Vedic civilization may have been derived from the Indus civilization. The Indo-Aryans brought with them their predominantly male Indo-European pantheon of gods who survived peripherally in later Hinduism. By 900 BC the Indo-Aryans had move down into the lush Ganges Valley, where they developed a far more elaborate civilization and social system. By the 500s BC, Buddhism had begun to make its mark on India, beginning what was to be more than a millennium of fruitful interaction with Hinduism. Vocabulary Choices 1. Brahman 6. Gandhi 2. purity 7. India 3. caste 8. Nirvana 4. reincarnation 9. Karma 5. untouchables 10. cow Write the vocabulary word for each definition in the blank provided. Remember that spelling counts! 1. In what country is Hinduism the strongest? 2. What do Hindus call their god? 3. What is the ultimate goal of Hinduism? 4. An important behavior for Hindus. 5. An unchanging group in Hindu society. 6. The belief that your spirit will inhabit another body. 7. The record of good and bad things you have done. 8. The lowest of Hindu castes. 9. Sacred to Hindus. 10. Famous Hindu leader. Your score is out of 10.
Email Your Vocabulary assignment To Your Teacher. Include Your: Teacher's Email: Your Name: Your Email: Subject: Lesson: Hinduism Introduction Hinduism, religion that originated in India and is still practiced by most of its inhabitants. Hinduism is a major world religion, not merely by virtue of its many followers (estimated at more than 700 million) but also because of its profound influence on many other religions during its long, unbroken history, which dates from about 1500 BC. The corresponding influence of these various religions on Hinduism (it has an extraordinary tendency to absorb foreign elements) has greatly contributed to the religion's syncretism - the wide variety of beliefs and practices that it encompasses. Fundamental Principles Very few practices or beliefs are shared by all Hindus. Most worship Shiva, Vishnu, or the Goddess (Devi), but they also worship hundreds of additional minor deities peculiar to a particular village or even to a particular family. No doctrinal or ecclesiastical hierarchy exists in Hinduism, but the intricate hierarchy of the social system (which is inseparable from the religion) gives each person a sense of place within the whole. History About 2000 BC, a highly developed civilization flourished in the Indus Valley. In about 1500 BC the Indo-Aryan tribes invaded India. Many elements of Hinduism that were not present in Vedic civilization may have been derived from the Indus civilization. The Indo-Aryans brought with them their predominantly male Indo-European pantheon of gods who survived peripherally in later Hinduism. By 900 BC the Indo-Aryans had move down into the lush Ganges Valley, where they developed a far more elaborate civilization and social system. By the 500s BC, Buddhism had begun to make its mark on India, beginning what was to be more than a millennium of fruitful interaction with Hinduism. Vocabulary Choices 1. Brahman 6. Gandhi 2. purity 7. India 3. caste 8. Nirvana 4. reincarnation 9. Karma 5. untouchables 10. cow Write the vocabulary word for each definition in the blank provided. Remember that spelling counts! 1. In what country is Hinduism the strongest? 2. What do Hindus call their god? 3. What is the ultimate goal of Hinduism? 4. An important behavior for Hindus. 5. An unchanging group in Hindu society. 6. The belief that your spirit will inhabit another body. 7. The record of good and bad things you have done. 8. The lowest of Hindu castes. 9. Sacred to Hindus. 10. Famous Hindu leader. Your score is out of 10.
Hinduism
Write the vocabulary word for each definition in the blank provided. Remember that spelling counts!
Your score is out of 10.