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Chapter 4: Culture and Religion in Eurasia/North Africa Flashcards

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In about what period was there a “great emergence of durable cultural traditions that have shaped the world ever sense”

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500 B.C.E

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Who were the two important figures in China

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Confucius and Laozi (Daoism)

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Who was an important figure in India

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Siddhartha Gautama (set Buddhism in motion)

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Who were the important figures in the Middle East

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Zarathustra (Zoroaster), Muhammad, Jesus, and prophets such as Isaiah (Judaism)

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What were Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, et al.?

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Important Greek thinkers for rational humanism

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What were belief systems on a “quest” for

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a source of order and meaning in the universe and a guide for humanity

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Why is it believed these changes in religion happened

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major social changes such as the iron-age, emergence of new states, and more global contact

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What was the age of warring states

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China breaking into chaos and warring states

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What 3 belief systems came out of the warring states

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Legalism, Confucianism, and Daosim

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What was the goal of the belief systems which came out during the age of warring states

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to bring order

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How were Zoroastrianism and Judaism different from most religions of the time

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they believe in one god (monotheistic), idea of final judgement, and belief in the coming of a messiah

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What similarities did Buddhism and Christianity share

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both had main teachers who were “wisdom teachers” who challenged conventional ideas and taught compassion and morality

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What is the collection of Confucius’ teachings called

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the Analects

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How does Legalism work

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strict laws, harsh punishment

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What does Confucianism teach

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a hierarchy of role models for people to look up to and guides on ideal order for people

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Confucian virtues of ideal men were in what concepts

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wen and wu

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What is wen (Confucianism)

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refined qualities of rationality, scholarship, and literary and artistic abilities

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What is wu (Confucianism)

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physical and martial male achievements

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What was more superior, wen or wu?

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wen

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Was confucianism religious?

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No, it was secular but made religious by some

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Who is Daoism associated with

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Laozi

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What was Laozi the author of

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Daodejing

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What was the central concept of Daoism

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Natural Order

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How was Daosim (in many ways) the opposite of Confucianism

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education and striving for improvement was artificial and useless, sufficient living, and it urged withdrawal into the natural world

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What was the dao

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the way of nature

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Who was Hinduism’s founder

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Hinduism had no historical founder

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Hinduism developed along what

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Indian civilization

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What is the Vedas

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a Hindu text of poems, hymns, rituals, and prayer compiled by brahmins (Hindu preist)

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Was the Vedas oral or written

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for a while it was transmitted orally until it was written in Sanskrit in 1500-600 B.C.E

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What was developed in response to dissatisfaction with the brahmins

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the Upanishads (mystical, philosophical works)

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What is samsara (in Hinduism)

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reincarnation

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What governs samsara

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karma

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What is atman (in Hinduism)

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the individual human soul

34
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What religion expressed India’ s gender system

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Hinduism

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In what religion is sexual pleasure a legitimate goal for men and women (lol)

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Hinudism

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What gender were most Hindu deities

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female

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What religion did Buddhism develop side by side with

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Hinduism

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What is Buddha’s real name

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Siddhartha Gautama

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What made Siddhartha Gautama the Buddha

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his “enlightenment”

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What is the central Buddhist teaching

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life is suffering

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What is the goal of Buddhism

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to reach enlightenment, nirvana

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What did Buddhism have large elements of

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Hindu teaching

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What are some elements that Hinduism and Buddhism have in commonl

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life as an illusion, karma, rebirth, meditation, and hope for release from the cycle of rebirth

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In India, who did Buddhism appeal to

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lower castes (classes) and women

45
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Where did the notion of a single supreme Deity develop

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Zoroastrianism nad Judaism

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Who is the god of Zoroastrianism

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Azura Mazda

47
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Who is the source of evil in Zoroastrianism

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Angra Mainyu

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What do Zoroastrians believe will happen on judgement day

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restoration of the world to purity and peace

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What caused the final decline of Zoroastrianism in Persia

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arrival of Islam

50
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Where did Judaism develop

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among the Hebrews

51
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What do the Jews believe is a covenant

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a relationship with Yahweh (God)

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What did Judaism provide a foundation for

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Christianity and Islam

53
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What was the Greek way of knowing

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constant questioning and rational thinking

54
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What were the differences between Buddhism and Christianity

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Siddhartha Gautama grew up royal while Jesus came from a poor family, Jesus’ teachings were less political, Jesus was active for only ~3 years, and Jesus was executed unlike Buddha. and Christianity was Monotheistic

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How did the Roman Empire use Christianity

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like a “social glue”

56
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After the Roman Empire turned monotheistic did it return to it’s older polytheism

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no

57
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What did Buddhists clash over

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interpretation of the Buddha’s teachings

58
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What are the Upanishads

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mystical, philosophical works which probe the inner meaning of Vedic rituals

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