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10895685363LegalismA Chinese philosophy that was devoted to strengthen and expand the state through increased agricultural work and military service.0
10895685364ConfusiansimTo get a government job under Han rule, a person had to pass a test based on the teachings of _______________.1
10895685365Ban ZhaoA major female Confucian author of Han dynasty China (45-116 C.E.) whose works give insight into the implication of Confucian thinking for women.2
10895685366DaoismA religion in China which emphasizes the removal from society and to become one with nature.3
10895685367VedasAncient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism.4
10895685368Upanishada philosophical text from the later period of Vedic literature, also called Vedanta5
10895685369Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)The Indian prince turned ascetic (ca. 566-ca. 486 B.C.E.) who founded Buddhism.6
10895685370Theravada'Way of the Elders' branch of Buddhism followed in Sri Lanka and much of Southeast Asia. It remains close to the original principles set forth by the Buddha; it downplays the importance of gods7
10895685371NalandaFamous Buddhist university of ancient india8
10895685372Bhadgavad-Gitatells the story of a warrior prince about to go to war9
10895685373ZoroasterianismAlso called Mazdaism and Magianism. An ancient Iranian religion and a religious philosophy. It was once the state of religion of the Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian empires.10
10895685374JudiasmThe first monotheistic religion - guided by the Hebrew Bible called the Torah.11
10895685375Greek rationalismA secularizing system of scientific and philosophic thought that developed in classical Greece in the period 600 to 300 B.C.E.; it emphasized the power of education and human reason to understand the world in nonreligious terms.12
10895685376Socrates, Plato, AristotleGreek philosophers13
10895685377Jesus of Nazaretha teacher and prophet born in bethlehem and active in nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity. The Son of God. The Messiah14
10895685378Saint PaulThe first great popularizer of Christianity (10-65 C.E.).15
10895685379Christ on EarthWhat does the Pope represent?16
10895685380perpetuaEarly Christian who kept a diary in prison and died for the faith17

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