Q&A: Homework help… I’ve researched and cannot firgure it out! its getting really frustrating!!?

Question by Jess: Homework help… I’ve researched and cannot firgure it out! its getting really frustrating!!?
1.) The development of Buddhist schools in Japan happened after ____.
the imperial invasions of China in the early 20th century
Shinto traditions disappeared
monks from mainland China and Korea introduced Buddhist ideas there
the Japanese emperors permitted pagodas and shrines to be built
2.) Followers in the ____ school in China arrived in Japan, where their sect eventually became led by Shinran Shonin.
Zen
Nichiren
Tsing
Jodo
3.) The ability for Buddhism to be accepted by the native populations of ____ shows that ____.
the Philippines / Buddhist ideas are not coherent at all
China and Japan / Buddhist ideas gave new converts the spiritual nourishment that their native faiths often overlooked
China and Japan / the historical Gautama must have traveled there at an earlier time
Japan and Indonesia / their native beliefs were too superficial to resist the depth of Buddhist ideas
4.) Chinese and Japanese traditional religions both feature ____.
ancestor veneration and worship
metaphysical speculation
a cult of the god Shang-Ti
rituals where animals are sacrificed
5.) The Hindu “cat” idea of salvation is approximately equivalent to ____.
the shakubuku approach to dialogue
koan meditation
the sola fide idea
none of the above
6.) The method of wu-wei ____.
can be applied to physical defense as well as spiritual enlightenment
rejects aggression and resistance as a way of solving problems
has been compared to Jesus’ ethics of nonviolence
all of the above
7.) According to Zen Buddhism, it is not necessary to seek the sacred in special places, because ____.
ordinary, everyday life has unlimited opportunities for spiritual insight and growth
the external world is absent of any real phenomena
meditation can be performed anywhere while doing anything
communal worship is optional
8.) Whether history has a definite beginning or an infinite past is a question that ____.
the Pure Lander must never contemplate
the Tao will solve through the Yin and Yang forces
is irrelevant to Amida Butsu
will collapse from its own weight through koan
9.) In China, Buddhism and Confucianism ____.
always clashed
seemed irreconcilable at first, but then eventually blended together
never resulted in any cultural friction
were both rejected by the political authorities

Best answer:

Answer by Laura
You’ve researched all those questions and couldn’t find the answer to a single one? Maybe you need to improve your googling skills. Maybe you should have paid more attention in class, or read the material.

What do you think? Answer below!