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Eastern and Western Philosophy

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Ying/Yang symbol represents the fact that opposites are not enemies or opposing forces, but instead are complementary ones. This derives from what philosophy/religion?

a)

Confucianism

b)

Taoism

c)

Buddism

d)

Shintoism

2.

The Japanese religion which means way of the kami or way of the gods.

a)

Buddism

b)

Confucianism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Taoism

3.

A Greek philosopher who was the pupil of Socrates and one of the most influential figures in Western thought. He is known as the father of Idealism in philosophy.

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Heraclitus

d)

Pythagoras

4.

"If we teach today's students as we taught yesterday's, we rob them of tomorrow." This is a quotation form _____.

a)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

John Dewey

5.

This philosophy believes that we are, due to our desires, in a state of constant suffering, and the only way to overcome this pain is to get rid of our desires.

a)

Taoism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Shintoism

d)

Confucianism

6.

According to Confucius, people are naturally

a)

good

b)

bad

c)

a combination of good and bad

7.

It is a teacher-centered educational philosophy that focuses on everlasting ideas and universal truths.

a)

Idealism

b)

Perrenialism

c)

Existentialism

d)

Naturalism

8.

A philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.

a)

Existentialism

b)

Essentialism

c)

Behaviorism

d)

Realism

9.

It is a theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning.

a)

Cognitivism

b)

Pragmatism

c)

Behaviorism

d)

Reconstructivism

10.

Attempted to analyze human behavior objectively, as a scientist would.

a)

realism

b)

naturalism

c)

idealism

d)

pragmatism