Deck 8: East Asian Sacred Ways: Harmony in the World

Question 1

Daoists do not believe humans could ever achieve physical immortality.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Buddhism in the East__________.

A) remained unchanged by its interaction with Eastern philosophies
B) has not had much influence
C) has incorporated many of the ideas of Daoism and Confucianism
D) remains relatively useful for politics but has little relevance to spiritual life

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Confucius is no longer revered as a great teacher or sage.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

While Confucianism sought to explicitly develop society, Daoism __________.

A) seemed to care even more about social relationships
B) involved the gods in society
C) developed complex rituals for the relationship between a ruler and subjects
D) seemed to care very little about social relationships

Question 5

Alchemy, in medieval Europe, was the effort to transform __________.

A) the human body
B) gold into diamonds
C) lead into gold
D) coal into diamond

Question 6

Confucius supported the practice of venerating ancestors because he __________.

A) felt the ancestors would aid people in times of battle
B) thought every activity should be positioned in relationship to family
C) did not think he could stop people from being selfish
D) considered it an evil practice

Question 7

Advice to quit smoking is likely to be found in a text for which new movement?

A) kung fu
B) tai chi
C) Falun Gong
D) judo

Question 8

Some Daoists argue immortality means being __________.

A) released from the cycle of reincarnation
B) free from the requirements of eating
C) able to leave the physical realm for brief periods of time
D) contained within a physical body for a finite duration

Question 9

The lion dance is performed as a ritual believed to bring __________.

A) love to those who wear the costume
B) youth and vitality to the community
C) prosperity and good fortune to businesses
D) beauty to women

Question 10

Confucius thought everyone should learn and follow rituals in order to __________.

A) maintain harmony in society
B) keep themselves clean from sin
C) please the gods
D) prevent the spread of qi

Question 11

The effort to align qi in someone's body is called __________.

A) acupuncture
B) Falun Gong
C) feng shui
D) li

Question 12

Falun Gong is practiced in secret in contemporary China.

Question 13

Which of the following movements is younger than 100 years old?

A) Falun Gong
B) qi gong
C) tai chi
D) daoism

Question 14

The Shaolin monastery teaches martial arts as a way to __________.

A) defeat enemies
B) control foreigners
C) intimidate potential troublemakers
D) develop self control

Question 15

East Asian traditions often combine physical exercise, contemplation, and diet into a seemless way of life.

Question 16

In China, alchemy came to be practiced as a means to transform __________.

A) the human body
B) gold into diamonds
C) lead into gold
D) coal into diamond

Question 17

The effort to align qi in a building is called __________.

A)acupuncture
B)Falun Gong
C) feng shui
D) kung fu

Question 18

Falun Gong is at least 2,000 years old.

Question 19

Qi __________.

A) is a limited resource
B) exists in everything and links everything
C) is cultivated through rapture
D) is best understood as a rare commodity

Question 20

Daoism and Buddhism, in the East, revere ________ as places of harmony.

A) cities
B) towns
C) mountains
D) oceans

Question 21

What is feng shui, and how is it practiced?

Question 22

Why is Falun Gong considered dangerous by the Chinese government?

Question 23

Mountains are often viewed as places of mundane spiritual significance.

Question 24

Which of the three East Asian traditions is most openly concerned about society?

Question 25

How has Falun Gong developed as an illegal religious movement in contemporary China?

Question 26

What are the three basic East Asian religious traditions discussed in the text?

Question 27

Feng shui is a process of venerating Shen.

Question 28

The effort to avoid sharp corners in building is part of the practice of ________.

Question 29

The ________ represents the interdependence of active and passive energy.

Question 30

Buddhism has resisted the ideas of Confucianism and Daoism in the East.

Question 31

Acupuncture is the ancient practice of arranging the physical environment to maximize qi.

Question 32

How does Confucianism help promote the spiritual life of those who practice it?

Question 33

Daoism actively pursues the development of social harmony, unlike Confucianism.

Question 34

________ is the name for the matter and energy in everything and linking everything.

Question 35

________ is the practice of using tiny needles to treat blockages of qi in the body.

Question 36

How does Daoism influence social harmony?

Question 37

What are some of the key ways in which Buddism and Daoism are practiced harmoniously?

Question 38

How has the Daoist notion of qi influenced Confucianism and Buddhism?

Question 39

________ is the practice of transforming one substance into another substance.

Question 40

Why are natural places (mountains, rivers, etc.) important to Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism?