EurasianCh. 6 Cultural Traditions

Which of the following statements is true of the religious and philosophical traditions that developed in Eurasia in the centuries surrounding 500 B.C.E.?

• All downplayed personal moral or spiritual transformation in favor of communal ritual.
• All sought to define a single source of order and meaning in the universe.
• All drew on rationalism to reason with the universe.
• All played down the value of humankind.   

A major female Confucian author of Han dynasty China (45-116 C.E.) whose works give insight into the implication of Confucian thinking for women. 

• Ban Zhao
• Confucius
• Zhuangzi
• Laozi

"The Teaching of the Elders," the early form of Buddhism according to which the Buddha was a wise teacher but not divine and which emphasizes practices rather than beliefs. 

• Mahabharata
• Confucius
• Theravada
• Bhagavad Gita

A Greek polymath philosopher (384-322 B.C.E.); student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.

• Socrates
• Dionysus
• Aristotle
• Hippocrates

A great Hindu epic text, part of the much larger Mahabharata, which affirms the performance of caste duties as a path to religious liberation. 

• Ramayana
• Mahabharata
• Zarathustra
• Bhagavad Gita

A religion, originated in India that believes life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enlightenment 

• Buddhism
• Islam
• Hinduism
• Zarathustra

A Persian prophet, traditionally dated to sixth or seventh century B.C.E. (but perhaps much older), who founded Zoroastrianism. 

• Buddhism
• Islam
• Hinduism
• Zarathustra

 Roman emperor (r. 306-337 C.E.) whose conversion to Christianity paved the way for the triumph of Christianity in Europe. 

• Dionysus
• Constantine
• Alexander
• Augustus Caesar

A secularizing system of scientific and philosophic thought that developed in Classical Greece in the period 600 to 300 B.C.E.; it emphasized the power of education and human reason to understand the world in nonreligious terms. 

• Socraticism
• Greek Rationalism
• Tazikism
• Geek Philosophy

A religion, originated in India that believes life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enlightenment 

• Daoism
• Legalism
• Judaism
• Buddhism