Taoism

1. What is the meaning of the Tao?
2. Observe the picture on p.133. What does it symbolize?
3. Explain the yin and yang. Give examples.
4. What do the yin and yang do?
5. What is chi ? and how are breathing exercises like Tai Chi linked to this?
6. What is the concept of god or gods to the Taoist?
7. Who are the Three Pure Ones?
8. Who is the leader of Taoism and what did he write?
9. Look closely at the picture on p.134 and read the caption. Why might they build here?
10. Explain shamanism.
11. Name the oldest Chinese religious text, when was it written, and what role does it play?
12. Explain Feng shui.
13. What role do ghosts and spirits play in Taoism?
14. Why are fortune-tellers found in China?
15. Read the text on Confucius and summarize the content.
16. How is Confucianism different from Taoism?
17. Read and summarize Taoist views of the dead and immortality.

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religions, 5/15

1) Discussing Bahai
2) Studying the Tao
3) Wathching about the Taliban.
4) Eating the lunch.

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Monday, May 11

Make your crossword.
Print two copies.
Make a key.

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.asp

Research and write a short descriptive paragraph about each of the following.

In class:
The Story of Stuff
http://storyofstuff.com/

Return work.

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sikhism

Sikhism

1. Where did Sikh faith begin?
2. What does Sikh mean?
3. Who founded it?
4. What is the Sikh scripture, and how is it treated?
5. What is Sikh view on God? How is this illustrated in the literature?
6. What is an important emphasis for Sikh’s?
7. What is a langar?
8. What is a gurdwara?
9. Brief Bio of Guru Nanank?
10. Disappearance from the riverbank?
11. Guru means…
12. Nanak’s view of ritual?
13. How many Guru’s were there? Then what?
14. What is the Guru Granth Sahib?
15. What two aspects of Daily life are emphasized by Sikhs?

16. What are the 5 K’s. Explain.

17. What is the Khalsa. How did it start?
18. What are aspects of Sikh festivals?
19. What is the Akand Path?
20. Give examples of the social work of Sikh’s.
21. What is the diet of the Sikh?
22. What is Kalistan?
23. How did this lead to the assassination of Indira Gandhi?

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