Chapter 8 SOUTH ASIA

Bhutan's Education in Gross National Happiness

After watching the Bhutan's Education in Gross National Happiness video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

1. Each school day at a primary school in Bhutan begins with

the Pledge to the flag.

a prayer service.

meditation.

singing the national anthem.

2. Bhutan's Gross National Happiness includes all of the following except

material goods.

health.

ecology.

living standards.

3. Bhutan's major religion is

Hinduism.

Christianity.

Buddhism.

Islam.

4. At the Buddhist school in the Neyphug Monastery, children learn as part of the Buddhist way to enlightenment all of the following except

leading a compassionate life.

avoiding evil.

eschewing material gain.

excelling at sports.

5. Bhutan considers happiness a more important goal than economic wealth. Bhutan

is economically the poorest country in the world.

has been improving its economy and now ranks ahead of India.

is now a wealthy country.

does not calculate its Gross Domestic Product.