Origins Of World Religions And Belief Systems Warring Stated Period(China)

Question 1

Longest reigning dynasty in China

Answer 1

Zhou dynasty

Question 2

This was the period of constant warfare among the local lords

Answer 2

Warring States Period

Question 3

These traditional values faded away as the Zhou dynasty declined

Answer 3

social order, harmony, and respect for authority

Question 4

Chinese scholars and philosophers developed belief systems due to ______

Answer 4

the decline of the traditional values of social order, harmony, and respect for authority

Question 5

Chinese philosophers and scholars developed belief systems called _____

Answer 5

Hundred Schools of Thought

Question 6

Chinese philosophers and scholars developed belief systems in order to _____

Answer 6

restore peace in the society

Question 7

The most prominent philosophies were _______

Answer 7

Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism

Question 8

Developer of Confucianism

Answer 8

Confucius/ Kong Qui/ K’ ung Fu-tzu

Question 9

Confucius was born in ______ BC

Answer 9

551

Question 10

Confucius was born into a _____, according to the Records of the Historian written by Sima Qian

Answer 10

royal family in the Zhou dynasty

Question 11

Confucius was appointed as _______ due to his wisdom

Answer 11

Minister of Justice

Question 12

Where was Confucius appointed as a minister?

Answer 12

home state of Lu

Question 13

Why did Confucius resign?

Answer 13

the ruler of Lu received a troop of dancing girls as presents and prioritized entertainment instead of his duties

Question 14

Confucius wandered for years to ______

Answer 14

find a worthy ruler to serve

Question 15

TRUE or FALSE: Confucius’ philosophy was rejected by rulers

Answer 15

TRUE

Question 16

When he failed to find the ruler he sought, Confucius _________

Answer 16

returned to Lu and became a teacher

Question 17

Confucius gained many followers as he taught the classics, which include _____

Answer 17

the Book of Documents, the Book of Odes, and the Book of Changes.

Question 18

TRUE or FALSE: For Confucius’ friends or peers, he was a living embodiment of a sage who leads through his virtues

Answer 18

FALSE

Question 19

Confucius’ book is called ____

Answer 19

Lun Yu or The Analects

Question 20

TRUE or FALSE: Confucius compiled and recorded his own sayings

Answer 20

FALSE

Question 21

Daoism is also called ___

Answer 21

Taoism

Question 22

Developer of Daoism

Answer 22

Lao Tzu or Laozi

Question 23

In which century was Lao Zi living in?

Answer 23

6th Century BCE

Question 24

Most information about Lao Tzu’s life came from ______

Answer 24

the Records of the Grand Historian

Question 25

Lao Tzu served as a ____ in the Royal Library in the state of ____

Answer 25

curator, Chu

Question 26

Lao Tzu advocated the importance of following the

Answer 26

Dao

Question 27

What is dao?

Answer 27

a universal force that guides all things

Question 28

According to Lao Tzu, what can aligning one’s self with the dao do?

Answer 28

According to Lao Tzu, what can aligning one’s self with the dao do?

Question 29

What happens if we oppose the dao?

Answer 29

There will be frustration, unhappiness, or anger which turns into bad behavior

Question 30

Lao Tzu’s sacred text

Answer 30

Dao De Jing

Question 31

What did Lao Tzu do after he crossed the border?

Answer 31

he lived as a hermit

Question 32

Developer of legalism

Answer 32

Han Feizi

Question 33

Han Feizi was from _____

Answer 33

state of Qin

Question 34

Han Feizi was influenced by the earlier principles of a Qin statesman named ____

Answer 34

Shang Yang

Question 35

Describe Shang Yang

Answer 35

rejected the tenets of both Confucianism and Daoism

Question 36

Shang Yang believed that to restore order in the society, _________ should be implemented

Answer 36

strict laws and harsh punishments

Question 37

Two of the city-states with their own government and culture that developed as a result of their geographical setting are ______

Answer 37

Athens and Sparta

Question 38

The Greek city-states formed an alliance called the ______

Answer 38

Delian League

Question 39

Why was the Delian League formed?

Answer 39

to defeat the Persians and to drive them out of their territory

Question 40

TRUE or FALSE: The hostility among city-states, especially between Athens and Carthage, sparked the beginning of the Peloponnesian War

Answer 40

FALSE

Question 41

Philosophy means

Answer 41

love of wisdom

Question 42

When did philosophy flourish?

Answer 42

After the war, when Athenians began to question their traditional beliefs and values

Question 43

Philosophy aims to _____

Answer 43

use human capacity for rational thought to pose and attempt to answer fundamental questions about the universe and our place in it

Question 44

Philosophy compels us to apply _______ in answering questions about things

Answer 44

reasoning

Question 45

Philosophy sought to explain ______

Answer 45

why things exist and behave the way they are, how best we should live our lives, how we can be certain about what we know, and what meaning, if any, there is to our existence.

Question 46

First philosophers in Ancient Greece appeared in which century?

Answer 46

6th century BCE

Question 47

The first question that was addressed was: “What is the world made of?” Thinkers from _____ (located on ______), provided their own answers

Answer 47

Miletus, the coast of modern Turkey

Question 48

For _____, everything was made from water.

Answer 48

Thales

Question 49

For_______, it was apeiron, a substance that is “ ,”

Answer 49

Anaximander, infinite, eternal and ageless

Question 50

For _____, everything was made air

Answer 50

Anaximenes

Question 51

_______ is best known for the Pythagorean Theorem, which shows the relationship between the lengths of the sides of a right triangle

Answer 51

Pythagoras

Question 52

______ claimed that everything is composed of small particles called atoms, which are ____.

Answer 52

Democritus, indestructible and physically indivisible

Question 53

A group of philosophers called ______, led by Protagoras

Answer 53

sophists

Question 54

Relativism states that ____

Answer 54

there is no absolute truth and that there is only relative, subjective value

Question 55

Protagoras believed that “_____.”

Answer 55

man is the measure of all things

Question 56

He argued that truth, knowledge, and morality exist in relation to the perspective of the observer or the context in which ideas are viewed.

Answer 56

Protagoras

Question 57

One critic of the sophists was ___

Answer 57

Socrates

Question 58

_____ believed that there are absolute moral standards

Answer 58

Socrates

Question 59

He encouraged the Greeks to question themselves and examine their moral character

Answer 59

Socrates

Question 60

He was well-known for simply walking around the city and engaging people in discussion, asking them a series of questions that help them find holes or contradictions in their opinions and form their own conclusion.

Answer 60

Socrates

Question 61

This question-and-answer approach to teaching is known as the ____

Answer 61

Socratic Method

Question 62

_____, a student of Socrates, founded the Academy, where he delivered lectures to students from all over Greece

Answer 62

Plato

Question 63

In his most famous work called “______,” he described a fair and just society ruled by philosopher-kings

Answer 63

The Republic

Question 64

______, a student of Plato, founded the Lyceum, also known as the Peripatetic School of Philosophy. _______ explored problems in the fields of ethics, politics, psychology, physics, and biology.

Answer 64

Aristotle

Question 65

Zhou dynasty lasted for _____ years

Answer 65

800