Unit 5 Study Guide

Which values are MOST closely associated with the fundamental principles of Buddhism?

• maintaining the caste system and providing education for all people

• competition and financial success

• practicing nonviolence and giving up worldly desires

• self-determination and democracy

The disciples of Confucius transcribed his teachings and compiled them in a collection known by which of the following titles?

• Mencius

• Book of Rites

• Analects

• Rites of Zhou

Which of these religions originated in Japan?

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Christianity

• Shintoism

What is the dominant religion of India?

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Islam

Life is full of suffering. The desire for possessions causes suffering. Elimination of desire will stop one's suffering. Following the Eightfold path will lead to Enlightenment. These statements are key to the belief system of

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Hinduism

• Shintoism

The concept of KARMA is best described as

• being reborn into another life

• the sum effect of one's good and bad actions during life

• the relationship between Rama and Sita

• the relationship between the father and son

Which continent was the birthplace of most of the world's major religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

• Africa

• Americas

• Asia

• Europe

Confucianism is a ________ that focuses on the relationship between particular partnerships, such as parent and child or ruler and ruled.

• religion

• philosophy

• meditation

• reincarnation

Followers of Hinduism are often vegetarians because...

• Hinduism considers all life sacred

• they do not like the taste of meat

• they Hinduism cannot afford meat

• they believe that eating vegetables moves you closer to nirvana

Which is Confucius' Golden Rule?

• All men are created equal.

• What you do not like when done to you, do not to others.

• Health makes one wealthy and wise.

• There is not God but the one true God.