All SAT II World History Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #3 : Hinduism
Which of the following are two religions that share the belief in reincarnation?
Judaism and Christianity
Christianity and Buddhism
Confucianism and Hinduism
Hinduism and Buddhism
Confucianism and Daoism
Hinduism and Buddhism
The idea of reincarnation—that people are reborn into different bodies after they die—is part of both Hinduism and Buddhism. All of the other answer choices are incorrect because they contain at least one religion that did not include the idea of reincarnation.
Example Question #4 : Hinduism
Rama and Krishna are religious figures in what religion?
Zoroastrianism
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Rama and Krishna are avatars in the Hindu religion.
Example Question #741 : Sat Subject Test In World History
Mahabharata and Ramayana are two famous __________.
epic poems in the Indian Hindu tradiation
gods in the Hindu pantheon said to keep the world in constant balance between good and evil
Hindu temples along the Ganges River
rulers of India who converted much of the population to Hinduism.
Hindu spiritual figures of the third century B.C.E. credited with spreading Hinduism to South East Asia
epic poems in the Indian Hindu tradiation
Mahabharata and Ramayana are two very famous Indian Epic Poems written in approximately the fourth century B.C.E. that form an important part of Hindu religious and culutral tradition. The Epic of Rama remains particularly important in Indian society where Rama is often employed for political or economic motivations.
Example Question #5 : Hinduism
What name is given to the four sacred books of Hinduism that provide guides for living ones life and for performing religious ceremonies?
The Abbasids
The Brahman
The Sanskrits
The Bhagavad Gita
The Vedas
The Vedas
The Vedas are four books that collectively serve as a guide for life and a manual for performing spiritual rituals in the Hindu religion. They were originally written in Sanskrit, the language of Ancient and Classical India. They remain widely influential to this day.
Example Question #6 : Hinduism
The belief in reincarnation is central to which of these religions?
Hinduism
NONE of these religions
Judaism
Islam
Christianity
Hinduism
Reincarnation is the belief that after you die your soul will move on to a new form, usually depending on what kind of life you have led. So in the Hindu tradition a very virtuous and righteous man might go to heaven, a good and honest man might return to Earth in the form of a new human, a dishonest and sinful man might return to Earth in the form of a plant or an animal, and a wicked and depraved man might be condemned to hell. All of the Abrahamic religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - do not believe in the tenet of reincarnation. But, it is central to many other religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
Example Question #742 : Sat Subject Test In World History
Confucianism was a powerful ideology for Chinese Emperors to promote because it encouraged
the apocalypse.
democratic representation.
social equality.
religious piety.
adherence to authority.
adherence to authority.
Confucianism, originated by the Chinese philosopher Kung Fu Tzu in the sixth century BCE, is largely an ethical teaching that preaches devotion to family, order, and authority. While immensely popular on its own, it became the state philosophy and quasi-religion under the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE). Confucianism's devotion to order and authority became important teaching tools for the Emperor.
Example Question #742 : Sat Subject Test In World History
The four noble truths are components of which of the following religions?
Hinduism
Confucianism
Islam
Daoism
Buddhism
Buddhism
The four noble truths were taught by Buddha and are an important part of Buddhism. None of the religions listed in the other answer choices includes the four noble truths.
Example Question #2 : Buddhism And Confucianism
Filial piety is an important tenet of which of the following religions?
Sikhism
Judaism
Confucianism
Buddhism
Jainism
Confucianism
Filial piety is the complete obedience to one's parents, ancestors, and elders in society. It was a central tenet of the Chinese religion/philosophy of Confucianism.
Example Question #741 : Sat Subject Test In World History
Siddhartha Gautama __________.
fought against the Emperor Asoka
established the first extensive trading system between the Middle East and India
was defeated by Alexander the Great in the Indo-Gangetic Plain
is credited with founding modern Buddhism
settled the island of Sri Lanka
is credited with founding modern Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Buddha Gautama, or just the Buddha, was a spiritual and somewhat legendary figure on whose teachings the religion of Buddhism was founded. Siddhartha preached a Middle Way between sensory indulgence and the harsh asceticism common in the religions of the time; in doing so, he founded modern Buddhism.
Example Question #743 : Sat Subject Test In World History
Confucianism developed __________.
out of the belief that good (light) and evil (dark) were fighting throughout history
after the prophet Confucius began receiving messages from God
as a response to the political turmoil under the Zhou dynasty
None of the answers are correct.
as a way to limit bureaucracy within China
as a response to the political turmoil under the Zhou dynasty
Although Confucian values were part of a Chinese bureaucrat's training, it wasn't developed to limit bureaucracy. It was, however, a response to the political turmoil of the Zhou dynasty that Confucius lived through.
Confucius was a philosopher, not a prophet, and the battle between good and evil has more in common with Manichaeism than with Confucianism.