Unit 2

Question 0

Reincarnation

Answer 0

Buddhist and Hindu belief that means people’s souls return in another body after death

Question 1

Vedas

Answer 1

Collections of Hindu poems, hymns, rituals, and prayers

Question 2

Dharma

Answer 2

It is ones duty in Hinduism

Question 3

Karma

Answer 3

A result of the actions you take. It determines into which class you are reincarnated into

Question 4

Caste System

Answer 4

In India, and was said to be a result of karma

Question 5

Krishna

Answer 5

Hindu deity believed to be an avatar of the supreme god Vishnu

Question 6

Bhagavad Gita

Answer 6

Hindu text in which Krishna appears to a warrior, telling him to fulfill his dharma

Question 7

Monotheism

Answer 7

The belief in one God; Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and Christianity

Question 8

Torah

Answer 8

The first five books of Hebrew Scripture

Question 9

Babylonian Exile

Answer 9

Israel and Judah fall to the Babylonians; Ruled by David before the fall; The Jews remain faithful

Question 10

Diaspora

Answer 10

When the Jewish state ends after being conquered by the Romans and they disperse

Question 11

Zoroastrianism

Answer 11

First monotheistic religion. Judaism shares a few key similarities

Question 12

Buddha

Answer 12

Siddhartha Gautama. “The enlightened one”. Born to a noble family, but left it behind

Question 13

Four Noble Truths

Answer 13

All life is suffering, suffering is caused by desire, suffering can be ended, and this can be through the eight-fold path

Question 14

Nirvana

Answer 14

Peace and to escape reincarnation

Question 15

Ashoka

Answer 15

Mauryan Emperor who introduces Buddhism

Question 16

Mandate of Heaven

Answer 16

How the emperors were determined in China

Question 17

Confucianism

Answer 17

Chinese philosophy developed by Confucius, which emphasized education and knowledge

Question 18

Legalism

Answer 18

Chinese philosophy that emphasizes laws

Question 19

Daoism

Answer 19

Chinese philosophy that encouraged spontaneity and individuality

Question 20

Constaintine

Answer 20

Roman emperor who brought Christianity to Rome

Question 21

Greek rationalism

Answer 21

Part of the legacy of the Greeks. They sought logic to explain concepts

Question 22

Hippocrates

Answer 22

Living factors cause illness, founded a medical school, and created many books

Question 23

Plato

Answer 23

A student of Socrates who wrote the socratic dialogues and had the idea of a philosopher-king