Hinduism

• Mahatma Gandhi was a religious leader that inspired nonviolent protest and he studied Hinduism and Christianity
• What does the caste system depend on- family-hereditary history
• another name for the untouchables---dailts or harijans
• When was Hinduism founded?

  3000 years ago
• Is Hinduism polytheistic or monotheistic?

  polytheistic
• Where was Hinduism founded?

  India
• Who was the founder of Hinduism?

  There is no founder
• Who were the untouchables?

  the lowest rank of the caste system and they did all of the dirty work
• The Caste System was a way of categorizing people in Hinduism based on peoples hereditary history.
• Reincarnation


  being born again/having multiple lives
• Who was the ultimate creator god of Hinduism?

  Brahman
• Devas were Hindu gods and goddesses
• a person's atman was their soul in HInduism
• Karma


  Getting what you deserve--what goes around comes around
• Dharma


  an unknown list of duties to fulfill in order to achieve moksha
• Moksha


  Hindu heaven
• puja is Hindu worship
• polytheism is the belief in more than one god