Christians in the west often think of their faith as european-centered. Where did it begin?

India/China, Middle east/North West Africa

Which refers to the Jewish conception of the divine?

God is engaged in history and demands social justice

urged disengaging from public life

Both the Buddha and Jesus

were transformed by their followers into gods

Even as the church became more fully male, women

found independence in the monasteries

What was the main cause of buddhism's dying out in India

Competition from a new type of Hinduism

What was a staple of Greek intellectuals' beliefs?

Belief that the Human mind can understand the laws of nature

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1
As Christianity spread, it evolved a _______ organizational structure, with _____ at the top.
Monarchal; Kings and Queens
Hierarchical; pesents
Patriarchal; men
equal; nothing
2
Christians in the west often think of their faith as european-centered. Where did it begin?
India/China
Middle east/North West Africa
Other parts of Africa
Europe
3
What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
Atmans
Analects
Samsara
Upanishads
4
Which refers to the Jewish conception of the divine?
The way of nature underlies everything and never changes
God is engaged in history and demands social justice
Primal unitary energy creates divine reality
Heaven as a state that individual identity is extinguished
5
Why did women go to the Buddhist order of nuns?
Because it was new.
It offered equality to men
It offered freedom.
Used the classical languag sanskrit which empowered women.
6
What was the enduring significance of Greek Rationality?
The laws of nature.
It's ways of asking Questions.
The Olympian Gods
The Answers it provided.
7
The struggle between Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu is part of which religion?
Judaism
Zoroastrianism
Buddhism
Hinduism
8
Siddhartha Gautama and Jesus of Nazareth both:
taught love
had great wealth
taught 'holding on'
had a similar family background
9
Daoism:
Quickly died out like legalism.
urged disengaging from public life
Was viewed as opposite and contradicting to Confucianism.
emphasized learning
10
Both the Buddha and Jesus
sought to found a new religion during their lifetime
allied themselves with religious authorities in their region
were transformed by their followers into gods
actively opposed Zoroastrianism
11
Yin yang is most closely associated with
Buddhism
Legalism
Daoism
Confucianism
12
Even as the church became more fully male, women
had influence through their husbands.
found independence in the monasteries
were among the first converts in a new area.
retained some positions of authority
13
What did Legalism have that Confucianism did not?
Answer to the problem of disorder
Emphasis on moral examples of superiors
Long term advocation by many rulers and/or philosophers
Laws and punishments
14
What was the main cause of buddhism's dying out in India
Buddhism splintered into different religions.
Competition from Islam
Competition from a new type of Hinduism
It spread to other areas, and abandoned India.
15
Zoroastrianism probably influenced which philosophy or religion?
Judaism
Confucianism
Daoism
Hinduism
16
What was a staple of Greek intellectuals' beliefs?
Belief that the Human mind can understand the laws of nature
Their inability to let the mythological framework go.
A similarity to China's Confucian school of thought.
The Worship of Dionysus - The God of Reveling and Parties.
17
What was an answer to the "age of warring states" in China?
The Mandate of Heaven
Dynastic Cycle
Buddhism
Legalism
18
What religion placed emphasis on the necessity for the individual to choose between good & evil
Buddhism
Hinduism
Zoroastrianism
Daoism
19
What is not part of the Greek Legacy?
Scientific Revolution
Philosophy
Rationalism and Science
Art and Literature
20
Which was feature of Greek thinking?
confidence in human reason
deference to established authority
respect for received wisdom
reverence for organized religion

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