INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS AND BELIEF SYSTEMS

(Specialized Subject)

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I. Identification. Identify what is being described in each of the following items. Choose your answer from the words inside
the box then write it on the space provided.

Kami Confucius Jinja Lao-Tzu

Purification Five Classics Analects To be a Gentleman
Classic of Rites Torii Gate State of Nirvana Confucianism
Shintoism Taoism/Daoism Female Subordination Book of Changes
Tao Te Ching Golden Rule Law of Nature Kojiki

____________________1. He is considered as the founder of Confucianism.

____________________2. A group of books which was regarded as early Confucianism’s basic texts.
____________________3. A compilation of ceremonial rituals, administration, and social forms of the Zhou dynasty.
____________________4. “Do not do unto others what you do not want others do unto you.” or “You should treat others the
way
you want to be treated yourself”.
____________________5. An issue in Confucianism where women, being at the bottom of the Confucian hierarchy, are expected
to display ideal behavior and accommodation.
____________________6. It is a collection of sayings and ideas attributed to Confucius and his contemporaries, traditionally
believed to have been written by Confucius' followers.
____________________7. The sacred and the most common symbol for Shintoism.
____________________8. One of the most important texts on Shintoism which composed of three books.
____________________9. The divine principle in Shinto worship.
____________________10. It refers to a Shinto shrine.
____________________11. The process of removing an impurity.
____________________12. Chinese philosophy created through the writings of Lao Tzu.
____________________13. The religious text of the Chinese people.
____________________14. The core teaching of Confucianism.
____________________15. It refers to the most well-known Taoism religious symbol which signifies the perfect harmonic balance
in the universe.

II. True or False. Write True on the blank if the statement is correct and False if otherwise.

____________________16. Confucianism advocates respect to the environment.

____________________17. Confucianism stresses the hierarchy between relationships.
____________________18. Taoism and Confucianism were aligned in their view of the innate goodness of human beings.
____________________19. Shintoism started as an indigenous religion of Japan.
____________________20. Among the Daoic religions, Taoism has the most positive view on women.
____________________21. According to Confucius, people must play their assigned roles in society.
____________________22. Confucianism is an individual moral philosophy.
____________________23. Confucius believed that if everyone conscientiously assumes his or her proper role, harmony,
happiness,
and goodness will reign in the land
____________________24. In Daoist philosophy, there is no special relationship between the human, or the human’s mind and
the
nature of the universe
____________________25. Daoists reject public displays of religious practices such as festivals.
____________________26. Shinto’s system of ethics is written in their sacred text.
____________________27. Shintoism is a system of doctrines and creeds, not a system of rituals and devotions.
____________________28. According to Taoism, if a person resists the changes in life, that person will be unhappy.
____________________29. Chinese people believed that there is life after death.
____________________30. Chinese people believed in one God.