Religions

Question 1

Confucianism

Answer 1

• Chinese
• intended to create a orderly society
• women were secondary status
• NOT A RELIGION
• doesn’t deal with afterlife
• could be confusitist and Buddhist

Question 2

Hinduism

Answer 2

• India
• Brahma=creator
• life goal of Hindus is to merge with Brahma-impossible to do in ones life so it’s a cycle till you reach moksha-perfect internal peace

Question 3

Buddhism

Answer 3

-eastern civilizations
- follow 4 nobles truths
-nirvana=perfect peace
-belief in reincarnation
- appealed strongly to members on lower class
Two groups=
Theravada meditation, simplicity, Buddha not a god
Mahayna= Buddha became a god, relied on priest and scripture

Question 4

Zoroastrianism

Answer 4

• Iranians
• dualistic faith-believe in two gods representing good and evil
• humans will descend on their behavior
• influence Christianity

Question 5

Legalism

Answer 5

• mostly Qin dynasty
• didn’t trust human nature- people needed strict laws
• accomplished unification of China swiftly
• common people didn’t like it- led to wider acceptance of daoism and Confucianism

Question 6

Judaism

Answer 6

• practiced by Hebrews
• first big monotheistic faith
• destiny of the world is paradise reached by human beings with divine help
• humans have been obligations to read scripture(Torah)
• spawned into Christianity and Islam

Question 7

Christianity

Answer 7

Jesus claimed to be the messiah who he was crucified and Christianity was born

• Jesus rose from the dead and ascended into heaven
• spread by disciples
• appealed widely to lower classes& women
• became official religion of Roman Empire

Question 8

Polytheism

Answer 8

• belief in multiple gods
• center of art and architecture
• rise of priestly class-more rigid social class

Question 9

Daoism

Answer 9

• way of nature
• it accomplishes everything yet does nothing
• advocated small villages
• promoted scientific discoveries
• internal peace