ipl-logo

AP World History: Guided Reading Questions

2993 Words12 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Confucianism/quizlet

David Jandres
AP World History Summer Assignment, Part 2: Guided Reading
Chapter 1 Guided Reading Questions 2. Based on the data above, what aspects of human life remained the same across all three groups? It 's the gender role and the way they hunt for food.
3. Based on the data above, what key changes took place across all three groups in the following areas: A. Migration - Humans migrated many different places. B. Technology - They used different technology to hunt.
C. Society - Humans communicated in different languages to trade.
4. Craft an acceptable thesis statement that addresses both the changes and the continuities across all three groups. When a new generation comes their will be a new way to do things like finding food or communicating …show more content…

What can we learn about Confucianism from this excerpt? Master wants people to follow the rules. Master has three good ideas sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler. Master says that military equipment is the most important. The goverment will not do anything if their is no order.
2. What is Confucius 's argument for virtue? They want to have a good leader and have faith on people and want people that follow rules. Ji said," What is killing good for?" Master knows that people will learn from that and will remember what they did wrong and you will be smart to not do the same mistake. People will not follow any rules if their is no goverment that is giving out orders.
3. Compare this excerpt to the excerpt of the Tao Te Ching contained in "Laozi on Dao" (p. 188 in the APWH textbook). These two traditions -- Taoism and Confucianism -- have coexisted in China for thousands of years. Are there tensions between them? Do they echo each other? Explain -- Both of the text are taking about the same thing of virtue. Master and Laozi think the same way because they want a place where people follow the ruler and gives faith to them. Both of them say the world is the opposite of that people don 't listen to others. Both of the text say that the virtue is …show more content…

2) Please read the following excerpt on Jainism and answer the questions at the end with one paragraph each.
Questions:
1. What is the historical significance of this text? What can we learn from it? People hated Jainism because he was a person who did not commited any sins. Jainism got beaten up by people and he never hit anyone. Jainism did not drink for months and didn 't eat he was a man of his word that he didn 't want to commite any sins to his god.
2. Is this Jainist text sexist? Why or why not? Yes because it says." Women were known as the causes of all sinful acts." I think that it 's sexist because what about men both of them? Their is a lttle of no for me because it only says one thing about women and the rest is normal. I would say it 's a little sexist.
3. What is the significance of the martial similes contained in this text? It explanes how it feels to get hurt and the way he felt. People hurted him with sticks and they say how it feels and the ways he got beaten like he got fist punched and got dust on him. Jainism felt hurt but he didn 't do anything which is hurtful because he was following a rule which is to

Show More
Related
91 Words | 1 Pages

Measurement issues. Data, even numerically coded variables, can be one of 4 levels - nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. It is important to identify which level a variable is, as this impact the kind of analysis we can do with the data. For example, descriptive statistics such as means can only be done on interval or ratio level data. Please list under each label, the variables in our data set that belong in each group.

Read More
437 Words | 2 Pages

Chapter One reading Exercise: What regional differences in native societies and economies existed on the North American continent before European arrival? One of the major regional differences in the North American native societies before the arrival of Europeans is the hundred or so different languages spoken, political systems and set of religious beliefs throughout the numerous tribes. The location of the tribes affected the life their style as well. One example of are the Mound Builders as they are called in the book.

Read More
354 Words | 2 Pages

Essay How do you think hunter gathers are different from agriculturalists? They are different in many ways like where they live, how much food the need, how many people they have in their village, and etc. People from the hunter gatherer side have to hunter and find the food. They are the same in some ways; same enemies, sickness, and etc. How do you think hunter gatherers are different from agriculturalists?

Read More
546 Words | 3 Pages

Literary Analysis-Compare and Contrast The way an author conveys a message can more dimensions to the message. “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards, and “The Ministers Black Veil” by Nathanial Hawthorne, both convey similar messages in very different ways. “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God” was a six-hour sermon written by a preacher to evoke fear into his congregation and “The Minister’s Black Veil” was a fictional, short story that gave the same effect but was over the minister’s lifetime.

Read More
733 Words | 3 Pages

Compare and contrast essay for the Maya, Aztec, and Inca tribes. In this essay I will be talking about the differences and similarities of these tribes. The first topic I will be comparing and contrasting is the religions of these tribes. The second topic is about the government of these tribes and the third is technology. The location for the mayan is Central america.

Read More
346 Words | 2 Pages

Thesis Confucianism is the most dominant school of philosophy of China. In result of the many contradictions in the teachings of Confucius and the Buddha, Buddhism faced many objections when trying to spread its roots in China. Many confucians strongly disagreed with Buddhism because it disagreed with the fundamentals established in the chinese way of thinking. Use of the Documents

Read More
587 Words | 3 Pages

The way Tao - confusiam vs chuang tzu ideas Chantelle Arbic When examining Taoism and Confucianism they might appear to be different, or conflicting one another. When realizing tatisot and consuian are very much in line with concepts the two philosophers are representing differently with their ideas. Tao described as “The way” two both philosophers have a different meaning and even a different view point. Throughout this essay the reader should gain and understanding of both philosophers idea of the way, and see the contrast of similarities and differences between them.

Read More
503 Words | 3 Pages

However, for legalism it was made to control people's actions also like Confucianism but the society was forced to believe in it and the people of china hated

Read More
681 Words | 3 Pages

I am going to compare and contrast the effects that explorers and settlements had on three of the regions where they split into tribes.     The first region that I am going to compare is the Arctic and Subarctic regions. Specifically, the Inuit Tribe. The Inuit Tribe was a tribe that lived in the far north part of the Arctic. They were hunters, because they could not farm for three fourths of the year, not even in the spring.

Read More
824 Words | 4 Pages

8). The value that Confucianism finds in man’s relationship with society is reflected in the Analects of Confucius where it is said that “The philosopher Tsang said, ‘I daily examine myself on three points:-whether, in transacting business for others, I may have been not faithful;-whether, in intercourse with friends, I may have been not sincere;-whether I may have not mastered and practiced the instructions of my teacher.’ " These two quotes show where the two ideologies see the world as the Confucians read about these questions one should ask themselves and how they should interact with other people in the world, taking lessons from them, while the Daoist read about how to take the example of nature. However, the two faiths really diverge with two ideals on knowledge and superiority.

Read More
1353 Words | 6 Pages

Although both Confucius and Mencius have a lot in common with regards to governance, the two do have varying opinions on certain matters such as the legitimacy when rulers are overthrown, and the relationship between the ruler and his people. In precedence to coming up with policies and administrative measures, one has to first consider the issue of human nature as it plays an essential role in the development of a state 's political system. In the Confucian philosophy, the belief is that goodness is innate in humans and that everyone shares this same trait [子曰：“性相近也，习相远也。”] (Analects, 17.2). Mencius further elaborated on this doctrine by stating that it is mankind’s natural tendency to be kind to others, just as water would naturally flow downwards (Mencius, 6A2).

Read More
540 Words | 3 Pages

Their fundamental was ethical, and political in character. They did not address religious questions or philosophical, but instead they focus more on proper ordering of human relationships. It’s defiantly different from the Buddha and the Hindus teachings. The Confucius underlines personal qualities such as ren, which meant an attitude of benevolence, sense of humanity, and kindness. The second most important value was li, which meant for every discrete to behave appropriately.

Read More
1043 Words | 5 Pages

The ritual was very strongly emphasized by him, which involves love, justice, and the right way for people to connect with the society and relationships with each other. Confucius advocated a strong state, strong central bureaucracy, and a strong government to hold the factions together. In a previous assessment by Max Weber and others, Confucianism rated emphasis on ritual, order, and discipline, which thought to hold back the progress, which is different from the entrepreneurial ethos of Protestant Europe and Calvinism. The latest reinterpretations of Confucianism, more emphasis on the principles of education, family honor, hard work, discipline, and a strong government, and came to the opposite conclusion, that Confucianism is very supportive of national development. Confucianism, a form of moral ethics and practical doctrine of interpersonal relationships, encompasses from

Read More
627 Words | 3 Pages

Because he lived in period characterized by chaos, he desired to find a solution to the chaos. Although Confucius never wrote any of his thoughts down, his followers collected those thoughts into a collection known as the Analects. It is through these thoughts collected in the Analects that the foundation of Confucianism was laid. According to Oxman, “Confucian teaching rests on three essential values: filial piety, humaneness, and ritual.”

Read More
172 Words | 1 Pages

Confucius, a teacher in China around 6th to 5th century B.C.E. during the Zhou dynasty, lived in a time of political violence and moral decrease. Inspired by his hero, Zhougong, and using everything he had learned from ancient sages and worthies (Britannica.com), Confucius introduced Confucianism, a spiritual philosophy that intended to generate restorative social thoughts and ethical calm among the people of China in the time era he was living in (Pollock, pg 116-121). His new philosophy went to work at redefining family school, the local community, and the state, and kingdom (Britannica.com). And as his reputation grew, so did his number of followers, who would record the teachings of Confucius and future philosophical leaders and use their

Read More

More about AP World History: Guided Reading Questions

Related Topics

Open Document