Chapter 7 - Shinto

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Shinto often makes use of
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purification rituals.
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The term Shinto comes from two Chinese words that mean
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the way of the gods.
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The country that before modern times had the most influence on Japan was
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China.
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The primary focus of Shinto worship is directed toward
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the gods of nature.
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Among Shinto values and practices, which task is quite important?
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purification
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Shinto puts great emphasis on
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careful ritual.
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Kamikaze is a term used for referring to
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suicide pilots.
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State Shinto refers to
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a former system of national shrines.
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The Nihongi is
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a collection of stories of the gods and early history.
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The ideal of the warrior, promoted by Shinto during World War II, is called
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bushido.
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The emperor renounced his title to divinity when
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World War II ended.
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The sun goddess of Shinto is
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Amaterasu.
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Tenrikyo, which grew out of Shinto, has its headquarters near
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Nara.
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The founder of Tenrikyo was
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Nakayama Miki.
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Omoto is a new religion that emphasizes the value of
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art.
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Omoto, in order to encourage international understanding, gives a special place to the study and use of
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Esperanto.
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Shinto and Buddhism
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began to blend soon after the introduction of Buddhism.
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The Japanese people
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seem to be a blend of several peoples.
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It has been a traditional teaching that the imperial family is descended from what kami?
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Amaterasu
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It is possible that the creation myth that tells of numerous kami
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unites the beliefs of several clans or tribes.
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Shinto and Confucianism particularly had what feature in common?
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veneration of ancestors
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The emperor of Japan came to be considered a father figure for the whole country. This
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seems to show the influence of Confucianism.
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The primeval female kami who was burned by the fire god is
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Izanami.
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Shinto
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has helped the Japanese maintain a sense of their unique identity.
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Izanami and Izanagi created Japan when they stirred the ocean with
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a jeweled spear.
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Izanagi searched for Izanami
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in the underworld.
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The basis for the Japanese writing system came from
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China
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The goddess Amaterasu was lured from a cave, where she was hiding, by
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dancing nearby.
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The Church of World Messianity (Sekaikyu Seikyo) is an offshoot o
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Omoto
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The Shinto deity of rice and good harvest is
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Inari
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The islands of Japan, according to the creation story, are a sort of this-worldly heaven because
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humans share the islands with divine beings who live there.
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Part of the accommodation between Shinto and Buddhism included
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a division of focus with Buddhism associated with philosophy, death and afterlife while Shinto was called on for agriculture and fertility.
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During the Meiji Restoration, Shinto became tied to growing nationalism through
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emphasis on the divine origins of the emperor.
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The color most often associated with Shinto is
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white
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Among the numerous kami are the powers of nature; spirits associated with particular places in nature such as trees, waterfalls, and mountains; the ancestors; and
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animal spirits.
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A special New Year's ritual in Shinto is
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rice pounding.
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The torii is
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often used as a gateway to a sacred location.
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The name for a god in Shinto is
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kami
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The Shinto shrine that is dedicated to Amaterasu and is the shrine of the imperial family is located at
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Ise
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A major Shinto shrine in Tokyo is named after what emperor?
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Meiji
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An important element of ritual at a Shinto shrine is
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hand clapping.
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Japji means "Conqueror"; the Jain term for a perfected person who will not be reborn.
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false
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Khalsa is the community of initiated Sikhs.
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true
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A Digambara is a Sikh temple.
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false
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Puja means "disciple"; a follower of the Sikh religion.
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false
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The Adi Granth is the "original collection"; the primary scripture of the Sikhs.
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True
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Adi Granth means "Holy Death"; death by self-starvation, valued in Jainism as a noble end of a long life of virtue and detachment.
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False
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Tirthankara means "crossing maker"; in Jainism, one of the twenty-four ideal human beings of the past, Mahavira being the most recent.
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true
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Ahimsa is a poem by Guru Nanak that begins the Adi Granth; the poem is recited daily by pious Sikhs.
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False
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Punjab, in Jainism, means ritual in honor of tirthankara.
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False