Belief Systems

Which text is essential to the practice of Islam?

• New Testament

• Analects

• Torah

• Qur’an (Koran)

The Ten Commandments, the Eightfold Path, and the Five Pillars of Faith each serve to

• provide followers with a guide for living

• establish systems of justice

• establish distinctions between social classes

• provide regulations for government workers

One way in which the Five Relationships, the Ten Commandments, and the Eightfold Path are similar is that they

• promote polytheism

• establish gender equality

• provide codes of behavior

• were written by the same person

Judaism, Islam, and Christianity share a belief in

• filial piety

• teachings of the Koran (Quran)

• reincarnation and the Four Noble Truths

• an ethical code of conduct and monotheism

This illustration reflects a traditional Japanese theme of

• the desire to control the forces of nature

• reliance on the sea for food

• the Emperor's arrival from the sea

• respect for the power and beauty of nature

In China, the development of civil service examinations and a belief in filial piety reflect the influence of

• Shinto

• Judaism

• Confucianism

• Buddhism

The five relationships taught by Confucius encouraged people to

• improve their position in life

• maintain social and political order

• respect and worship nature

• serve the needs of religious leaders

The philosophy of Confucius stresses the importance of

• respect for authority

• religious beliefs

• a classless society

• owning land

What is one way in which animism, Shinto, and Daoism are similar?

• emphasis on harmony with nature

• monotheistic belief systems

• belief in the idea of nirvana

• reliance on the teachings of the Vedas

-Fasting during Ramadan

-Praying five times each day

-Giving charity to the poor

Followers of which religion engage in these practices?

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Judaism