AP World History Unit 2 Study Guide
Key Concept 2.1 The Development and Codification of Religious and Cultural Traditions
Answer
Concepts & Relevant Factual Examples in Underline
“Factoids”
2.1.1 How did religions help strengthen political, economic, and cultural ties within societies?
Religious and political authority often merged as rulers, some considered divine, use religion, along with military and legal structures, to justify their rule and ensure its continuation.
2.1.2 How did religions promote a sense of unity?
Codifications and further developments of existing religious traditions provided a bond among the people and an ethical code to live by.
-Religion presents a sense of unity in the U.S in the present day
2.1.3 What are the characteristics and core teachings of Judaism?
The association of monotheism with Judaism was further developed with the codification of the Hebrew scripters which also showed Mesopotamian influences.
-Torah
-Moses
-Mount Sinai
2.1.4 What are the characteristics and core teachings of Hinduism(s)?
The core beliefs outline in the Sanskrit scriptures formed the basis of the verdict religions often known as Hinduism that show some influence of Indo-European traditions in the development of the social and political roles of a caste system and in the importance of multiple manifestations of the Brahma to promote teachings of reincarnations.
-Brahma
-Indo-Europeans
2.1.5 What is a “universal religion?” Where did universal religions exist by 600 CE?
A religion that spreads worldwide and its main mission is to diffuse. New belief systems and cultural traditions emerged and spread, often asserting universal truths.
-Christianity is an universal religion.
2.1.6 What are the characteristics and core teachings of Buddhism?
The core beliefs preached by the historic Buddha and recorded by his followers into sutras and other scriptures were in part a reaction to the Vedic beliefs and rituals dominant in South Asia. Buddhism changed over time as it
Answer
Concepts & Relevant Factual Examples in Underline
“Factoids”
2.1.1 How did religions help strengthen political, economic, and cultural ties within societies?
Religious and political authority often merged as rulers, some considered divine, use religion, along with military and legal structures, to justify their rule and ensure its continuation.
2.1.2 How did religions promote a sense of unity?
Codifications and further developments of existing religious traditions provided a bond among the people and an ethical code to live by.
-Religion presents a sense of unity in the U.S in the present day
2.1.3 What are the characteristics and core teachings of Judaism?
The association of monotheism with Judaism was further developed with the codification of the Hebrew scripters which also showed Mesopotamian influences.
-Torah
-Moses
-Mount Sinai
2.1.4 What are the characteristics and core teachings of Hinduism(s)?
The core beliefs outline in the Sanskrit scriptures formed the basis of the verdict religions often known as Hinduism that show some influence of Indo-European traditions in the development of the social and political roles of a caste system and in the importance of multiple manifestations of the Brahma to promote teachings of reincarnations.
-Brahma
-Indo-Europeans
2.1.5 What is a “universal religion?” Where did universal religions exist by 600 CE?
A religion that spreads worldwide and its main mission is to diffuse. New belief systems and cultural traditions emerged and spread, often asserting universal truths.
-Christianity is an universal religion.
2.1.6 What are the characteristics and core teachings of Buddhism?
The core beliefs preached by the historic Buddha and recorded by his followers into sutras and other scriptures were in part a reaction to the Vedic beliefs and rituals dominant in South Asia. Buddhism changed over time as it