AP World History Belief Systems before 600 C.E.

Question 1

What is yin and yang?

Accepted Answer

forces of nature, working to balance each other out

Question 2

What is reincarnation?

Accepted Answer

belief that one's soul is reborn into many different bodies

Question 3

What religion have the Vedas and Upanishads as their sacred texts?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 4

What is a disciple?

Accepted Answer

one of the followers of Christ

Question 5

What was based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth?

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 6

What religion caused wider acceptance of Confucianism and Daoism? (Hint: from the Qin dynasty)

Accepted Answer

Legalism

Question 7

What influence did Buddhism have?

Accepted Answer

Rejected the caste system

Question 8

How many stages of life are there (Hindu)?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 9

How many Noble Truths are there?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 10

What did Christianity influence?

Accepted Answer

Promise eternal life to lower classes and women

Question 11

Who founded the Islamic religion?

Accepted Answer

Muhammad

Question 12

What are the three main monotheistic religions in CHRONOLOGICAL order?

Accepted Answer

Judaism, Christianity, Islam

Question 13

What is Zoroastrianism?

Accepted Answer

Influenced the development of Christianity and Manicheaism, Emerged in the Persian Empires and promoted morality

Question 14

What is Neo-Confucianism?

Accepted Answer

Is a mixture of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism

Question 15

What is the collection of sayings attributed to Confucius outlining many major beliefs called?

Accepted Answer

analects

Question 16

What are the Hindu sacred writings called?

Accepted Answer

Vedas

Question 17

What is filial piety?

Accepted Answer

respect for & submission to elders, ancestors, & rulers

Question 18

Name of a set of ten laws given by God to Moses on Mount Sinaii?

Accepted Answer

Ten Commandments

Question 19

What is a pope?

Accepted Answer

Is a bishop of Rome and head of Roman Catholic Church

Question 20

The book of sacred text for Zoroastrianism is called?

Accepted Answer

Avesta

Question 21

Animistic religion of northern Asia in which high priests interfere with powerful spirits...

Accepted Answer

Shamanism

Question 22

Why did Confucianism not spread from China?

Accepted Answer

Developed specifically for Chinese culture

Question 23

Which religion was the first monotheistic faith?

Accepted Answer

Daoism

Question 24

The four main castes in the caste system were known as _________

Accepted Answer

varnas

Question 25

What religion was founded by Hindu prince Siddhartha Gautama?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 26

What is brahmin?

Accepted Answer

member of the priestly class

Question 27

"Wealth and power," is one of many goals of life in Hinduism...But what is the term called?

Accepted Answer

Artha

Question 28

What is Sikhism?

Accepted Answer

Religion that evolved in India, blending Islam and Hinduism

Question 29

What is a bodhisattva?

Accepted Answer

someone who achieves Enlightenment but waits for Nirvana

Question 30

What did Polytheism influence?

Accepted Answer

Was at the center of art and architecture in civilizations., Created social structures with a priest class

Question 31

Which ones of these are part of the 8 Fold Path (Buddhism)?

Accepted Answer

right livelihood, right mindedness, right view, right speech

Question 32

What religion was founded by Lao-tzu?

Accepted Answer

Daoism

Question 33

Which one of these is one of the 5 precepts (Buddhism)?

Accepted Answer

do not lie, do not steal, do not kill, do not take anything that clouds the mind

Question 34

What is the system that determined marriage, education, and where a person could live called?

Accepted Answer

Varna/Caste system

Question 35

What is nirvana?

Accepted Answer

heaven, freedom from the cycle of reincarnation

Question 36

What religion was developed specifically for Chinese culture?

Accepted Answer

Confucianism

AP World History Belief Systems before 600 C.E.

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AP World History Belief Systems before 600 C.E.

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