Identify the following countries in orange label them too on your world map India Review your notes if needed Im giving you 10 minutes to finish the quiz Objectives SWBAT explain the major beliefs texts and holidays of Hinduism ID: 499593
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Map and Notes
Identify the following countries in orange (label them too!) on your world map:
India
Review your notes if needed – I’m giving you 10 minutes to finish the quizSlide2Slide3
Objectives
SWBAT explain the major beliefs, texts, and holidays of HinduismSlide4
Hinduism
First religion to emerge (about 4,000 years ago).
9
00
million adherents.
Closely tied to Indian culture.
One supreme god: Brahman.
Many manifestations are worshipped.
Belief
in reincarnation.Forms of worship vary regionally.Slide5
The
caste system
(outlawed since 1948) was an important part of Hinduism. Castes are social classes into which a person is born and lives their entire life. If a person has a good karma they may be reincarnated into a
higher caste
.
This life
Next life
Born into
A caste
Good Karma
Bad Karma
Higher caste
Lower casteSlide6
The
caste system
separated Indian society into
distinct social classes
in which everyone knew their place and believed that if they followed the dharma of their caste, they would be reincarnated into a better caste.
Brahmin
Kshatriya
Vaisya
Sudra
UntouchablesSlide7
Over the centuries Hindu beliefs were recorded into a number of
sacred texts
including the
Vedas
and the
Upanishads
.
The Ramayana is a Hindu creation story.