Asian Religions

Question 1

Country where religions were not influenced by those of outside nations

Answer 1

China

Question 2

Chinese first historical dynasty of rulers

Answer 2

Shang

Question 3

Type of hand-sewn text in Hinduism and Jainism

Answer 3

Sutra

Question 4

Sanskrit word meaning “may all be well with you.”

Answer 4

Swasti

Question 5

Practice of non-violence to any living thing

Answer 5

Ahimsa

Question 6

Important religious leader of Jainism

Answer 6

Mahavira

Question 7

Worshippers do ritual washing before entering shrine of this religion

Answer 7

Shinto

Question 8

Religion whose goal is immortality

Answer 8

Taoism

Question 9

Symbol for Jainism

Answer 9

Hand

Question 10

True (fill in the blank), role of Sun Myung Moon and his wife in Korea

Answer 10

Parents

Question 11

Life force or energy of Chinese ways and medicine

Answer 11

Qi

Question 12

Church in Korea that taught a conservative, family-oriented value system

Answer 12

Unification

Question 13

First moral philosopher or sage of China

Answer 13

Confucius

Question 14

Structure type of shrine in Shinto religion

Answer 14

Gate

Question 15

Deities of Shinto belief

Answer 15

Kami

Question 16

Final enlightenment in Hinduism

Answer 16

Moksha

Question 17

Korean religious leader of Unification Church

Answer 17

Sun Myung Moon

Question 18

Final enlightenment in Buddhism

Answer 18

Nirvana

Question 19

Underlying natural order or flow of the universe in Chinese thought

Answer 19

Tao

Question 20

Religion in which worshippers practice non-attachment, even to clothing

Answer 20

Jainism

Question 21

Direction of right bar in swastika

Answer 21

Heaven

Question 22

Enlightened souls who attained omniscience and purity in Jainism

Answer 22

Jinas

Question 23

Important, sacred texts of Hinduism

Answer 23

Vedas

Question 24

Texts of Jainism

Answer 24

Agamas

Question 25

Way to foretell future by Shang Dynasty in China

Answer 25

Divination

Question 26

Emblem used in Jainism

Answer 26

Swastika

Question 27

Moral philosopher or sage of China after Confucius

Answer 27

Mencius

Question 28

5 (fill in the blank) points of Korean Sinkyo religion

Answer 28

Magnetic

Question 29

Japanese idea that a supernatural living force resides in natural objects

Answer 29

Animist

Question 30

Divination using earth and water to interpret the will of the cosmos in Sinkyo religion

Answer 30

Geomarcy

Question 31

Traditional religion of South Korea

Answer 31

Sinkyo

Question 32

Place where earliest Swastika was discovered; was 12,000 years old

Answer 32

Ukraine