Ancient Chinese Philosophies

Which of the Chinese philosophies about government would most likely state that a government must do anything possible to maintain power?

• Confucianism
• Daoism
• Legalism
• Buddhism

What Chinese school of thought teaches respect to elders and the law as the best way to maintain a peaceful society?

• Daoism
• Christianity
• Confucianism
• Buddhism

Who was China’s greatest thinker, teacher, and philosopher?

• Buddha
• Confucius
• Yao
• Shinto

Which of the following Chinese schools of thought teaches that strict laws and harsh punishments are key to maintaining an orderly society?

• Confucianism
• Legalism
• Buddhism
• Daoism

Laozi (Lao Tzu) was the founder of—

• Buddhism
• Daoism
• Hinduism
• Shintoism

What philosophy/religion teaches to live in harmony with nature?

• Legalism
• Hinduism
• Shintoism
• Daoism

Confucianism had a strong impact on the development of China mainly because this philosophy

• established a basic structure for military rule
• provided a basis for social order
• contained the framework for a communist gov't
• stressed the importance of the individual

Confucius never wrote down his teachings, instead his ____________ wrote down his sayings after his death.

• Parents
• Teachers
• Students
• Friends

Confucius said people should know their place in ___________ and _____________.

• family, society
• town, kingdom
• books, magazines
• life, death

Confucius' ideas were put into a book called....

• The Analects
• The Quran
• The Bible
• The Buddha