5.3 Questions

1. What were the new important belief systems that developed in China during the Zhou dynasty? (Choose two)

• Buddhism
• Confucianism
• Hinduism
• Daoism

3. What is the ritual practice called that honors the dead?

• Los Dias de los Muertos
• Ancestor veneration
• Shinto
• Cremation

4. Who was known as the "First Teacher," honored for his great wisdom and looked for solutions for China's problems?

• Qin Shuangdi
• Da Lao
• Confucius
• Li Bo

5. Which of the following was not a characteristic of the life of Confucius?

• Born poor in the 6th century CE
• Born in Mongolia, but migrated to eastern China for a better life
• Had many low-level government jobs, seeing greed, corruption, and cruelty to the common people from higher officials in charge
• Started a school and instructed students to become better citizens in The Analects.

6. In The Analects, Confucius listed the Five Confucian Relationships for society to live by. Which of the following is NOT one of the five relationships?

• mother and sister
• husband and wife
• father and son
• ruler and subject
• two friends

8. Which of the following applies to the ruler-subject relationship, considered the "source of all virtues," and subjects are devoted children who respect the parent (elder)?

• filial piety
• stability
• Confucian piety
• Ancestral dedication

10. What is the most important virtue in Confucianism?

• respect
• ancestral worship
• filial piety
• devotion to government only

11. Confucius believed that education alone supported social order, and traditional rituals were unnecessary and did not contribute to society order.

• True
• False

12. Which Chinese philosophy emphasizes a simple and natural existence, and is considered "the Way" of the universe?

• Legalism
• Daoism
• Shinto
• Confucianism

14. What are the two great forces that some Chinese believe are at work in nature (ex. quiet order in changing seasons or violence of natural disasters)

• Confucian intellect and education
• Buddhist mantras and isolation
• Yin and Yang
• HIndu prayer and weather patterns