Era 1 + 2 Belief Systems Flashcards
1
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Confucianism features (2)
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- Five relationships
- Mandate of Heaven
2
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Confucianism role of women (1+ example)
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- Women’s roles: wife + mother’s labor useful for agricultural work and domestic industries
✅ SAME AS Hinduism - Rare cases of women rulers (Tang Dynasty- Empress Wu)
3
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Confucianism social impact (3)
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- Family: Rulers hereditary unless overthrown and challenger gains “mandate of heaven”
- Civil servants by exams (Han)
- Farmers, craftsppl
4
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Daoism features (3)
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- Yin/ Yang
- Animism: everything has a soul
- Balance in nature (incl. ppl)
5
Q
Where is Confucianism and Daoism found?
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East Asia
6
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Hinduism (3)
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- Caste system
- Monotheistic: multiple expressions of 1 deity
- No central figure
7
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Hinduism emphasized
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Hinduism emphasized ritual prayer/ sacred texts
8
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Hinduism role of women
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- Women’s role: wife and mother but their labor needed for agricultural work and domestic industries
✅ SAME AS Confucianism
9
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Hinduism major areas
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South + Southeast Asia
10
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Buddhism
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- 4 Noble Truths: Buddha’s teachings to stop suffering, through ending desire
- 8 fold path: ANYONE can renounce desire, be free from suffering, and achieve nirvana
11
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Buddhism role of women
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Women could be religious figures
12
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Buddhism and Hinduism relationship
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Buddhism rejected the caste system
13
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Judaism (5)
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- First monotheistic religion
- Didn’t encourage forced conversion
- Emphasis on daily prayer
- Sacred text Torah
- God = Ethics, more abstract
14
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Judaism major area
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Mediterranean
15
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Christianity (3)
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- Monotheistic
- Jesus Christ as savior
- Gospels: the teachings of Christ emphasize saints
