Which refers to the Jewish conception of the divine?

God is engaged in history and demands social justice

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

Competition from a new type of Hinduism

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 a staple of Greek intellectuals' beliefs?

Belief that the Human mind can understand the laws of nature

urged disengaging from public life

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

Middle east/North West Africa, India/China

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

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