Module 6A Lecture Quiz
Among the revolutions brought about by agriculture and urbanization was:
All these answers are correct
Individual self-awareness developed through interactions with different peoples
Social inequality
The rise of social classes
Labor specialization enabled by agrarian surpluses
Which German philosopher coined the term "Axial Age?"
Karl Jaspers
Max Weber
Immanuel Kant
Johann von Goethe
Georg Hegel
In HST 100, when was the Axial Age?
5,000 BCE
6th c. BCE
Time of Christ
6th c. CE
What new ideas came about during the Axial Age?
Buddhism and Jainism
Greek philosophy
Biblical Prophetic Revelations
All these answers are correct
Zoroastrianism
,What characteristics are common to the new philosophies that emerged during the Axis
Age?
Any person from any social class could potentially have access to knowledge
They spread far beyond their places of origin
They raised questions about human nature and its place in the universe
They moved away from mythological thinking and ritual sacrifices to deities
All these answers are correct
True or false. Confucianism and Daoism emerged during the Axis Age.
True False
The word "religion" came from Latin, originally meaning:
To cultivate
To witness
To believe
To tie back
To proclaim
True or false. Myths are always untrue and have no value for historians.
True False
Which scholar undertook a study of comparative mythology?
Mircea Eliade
Emile Durkheim
Karol Wojtyla
Joseph Ratzinger
Auguste Comte
,Myths attempt to address what problem?
All these answers are correct
Why do human beings exist?
What happens when humans die?
What is the self?
Why is there suffering in the world?
Myths that explain the origin of the universe are called ______________myths.
Agnostic
Eschatological
Cosmogonic
Bruce Lincoln's definition of religion includes which of the following elements
institutions
practices
All these answers are correct
community
Discourse
In the lecture, myths are categorized as
All these answers are correct
Myths of history
Myths of liberation
Myths of nature
Myths of harmony
, According to the lecture, the religions of India (Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism) are
based on
Myths of liberation
Myths of nature
Myths of harmony
Myths of history
According to the lecture, the religions of China (Daoism, Confucianism) emphasize
Harmony
History
Liberation
Nature
According to the lecture, the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam)
especially emphasize the idea of a god
Present in nature
Acting in history
Preceding time
According to the lecture, myths of liberation are characterized by
The search for the ultimate reality
Emphasis on destroying illusions fostered by selfish desires
A view of life as suffering
A belief in cycles of death and rebirth
All these answers are correct
According to the lecture, the Chinese myths of harmony are characterized by
The search for a balance of opposing patterns of energy
Disharmony as the source of great existential problems
The Dao as the mysterious source and ordering principle of the universe
All these answers are correct
Among the revolutions brought about by agriculture and urbanization was:
All these answers are correct
Individual self-awareness developed through interactions with different peoples
Social inequality
The rise of social classes
Labor specialization enabled by agrarian surpluses
Which German philosopher coined the term "Axial Age?"
Karl Jaspers
Max Weber
Immanuel Kant
Johann von Goethe
Georg Hegel
In HST 100, when was the Axial Age?
5,000 BCE
6th c. BCE
Time of Christ
6th c. CE
What new ideas came about during the Axial Age?
Buddhism and Jainism
Greek philosophy
Biblical Prophetic Revelations
All these answers are correct
Zoroastrianism
,What characteristics are common to the new philosophies that emerged during the Axis
Age?
Any person from any social class could potentially have access to knowledge
They spread far beyond their places of origin
They raised questions about human nature and its place in the universe
They moved away from mythological thinking and ritual sacrifices to deities
All these answers are correct
True or false. Confucianism and Daoism emerged during the Axis Age.
True False
The word "religion" came from Latin, originally meaning:
To cultivate
To witness
To believe
To tie back
To proclaim
True or false. Myths are always untrue and have no value for historians.
True False
Which scholar undertook a study of comparative mythology?
Mircea Eliade
Emile Durkheim
Karol Wojtyla
Joseph Ratzinger
Auguste Comte
,Myths attempt to address what problem?
All these answers are correct
Why do human beings exist?
What happens when humans die?
What is the self?
Why is there suffering in the world?
Myths that explain the origin of the universe are called ______________myths.
Agnostic
Eschatological
Cosmogonic
Bruce Lincoln's definition of religion includes which of the following elements
institutions
practices
All these answers are correct
community
Discourse
In the lecture, myths are categorized as
All these answers are correct
Myths of history
Myths of liberation
Myths of nature
Myths of harmony
, According to the lecture, the religions of India (Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism) are
based on
Myths of liberation
Myths of nature
Myths of harmony
Myths of history
According to the lecture, the religions of China (Daoism, Confucianism) emphasize
Harmony
History
Liberation
Nature
According to the lecture, the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam)
especially emphasize the idea of a god
Present in nature
Acting in history
Preceding time
According to the lecture, myths of liberation are characterized by
The search for the ultimate reality
Emphasis on destroying illusions fostered by selfish desires
A view of life as suffering
A belief in cycles of death and rebirth
All these answers are correct
According to the lecture, the Chinese myths of harmony are characterized by
The search for a balance of opposing patterns of energy
Disharmony as the source of great existential problems
The Dao as the mysterious source and ordering principle of the universe
All these answers are correct
