World History Semester Ii Study Guide

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Great Britain and Franc'es policy of not confronting Hitler to avoid war, was known as _________

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appeasement

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World War II broke out 2 days after Germany invaded ________

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Poland

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The US foreign policy prior to WWII was ___________

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isolationism

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Which group lost the most military lives in WWII?

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Russia

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Which country lost the most civilian lives during WWII?

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China

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Which country spent the most money during WWII?

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Germany

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How did the Cold War get its name?

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The US/ USSR never fought each other directly

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___________ believed brutal punishments were barbaric.

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Beccaria

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__________ most lasting contribution to political thought was his idea of separating powers.

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Montesquieu

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Fascist Leader of Spain who gained power as a result of the civil war was ________

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Benito Mussolini

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_________ was important because it reinforced the idea that powers of a monarch were not unlimited.

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Magna Carta

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_________ is responsible for the idea of Natural Rights.

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Locke

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________ social contract theory indicates that governments must find a balance between the rule of law and the freedom of the individual

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Rousseau

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The Institutional Revolutionary Party, the official party of the Mexican Revolution is known as _____

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PRI

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When a country's Supreme Court declares a law unconstitutional, it is applying the concept of _______

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judicial review

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The French ___________ proclaimed equal rights for all men, but no political rights for women.

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Declaration of the Rights of Man

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Adam Smith believed in _______, by which he meant that the state should not regulate the economy.

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capitalism

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Between 1815 and 1848, the _______ and the Concert of Europe suppressed nationalism by ensuring a balance of power between nations.

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Congress of Vienna

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THe ideas in the Declaration of Independence, like consent of the governed and right to overthrow governments that do not protect your natural rights, have been used by people around the world to gain independence from _______ nations

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totalitarian

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"Business owners get rich while workers remain poor," is a statement that that a critic of ______ would likely have made during the Industrial Revolution.

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capitalism

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The Balfour Declaration; The Palestinian Mandate; Zionism, all had to do with the _______

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Jews

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The Term "_____" in the American Declaration of Independence refers to rights that cannot be taken away

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Natural Rights (Unalienable rights)

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"We the people..." is an example of the idea the government's power comes from the people or popular ________

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sovereignty

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Plato believed that leaders, like all citizens, should be _______, otherwise you will have tyranny.

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subject to laws

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A person is innocent until proven guilty, you must take into account the age of the accused, unfair laws can be changed, you should not be punished for what you think, are all provisions of _______ Law.

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rule by

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The social criticism of _________ novels Hard Times and David Copperfield was a response to conditions brought about by the Industrial Revolution.

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Dickinson's

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During the late 19th century and early 20th century, the concept of division of labor became most closely associated with the ________

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assembly line

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Through music, literature, and painting, the ________ artists attempted to stir the emotions.

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Romanticism

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_______ proposed the germ theory of disease.

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Louis Pasteur

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Land rich in resources and improved agricultural methods, a large labor force, and an abundant money supply (capital), allowed _____ to be the first to industrialize.

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Britain

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A geographic advantage of England in the Industrial Revolution was its _______.

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natural harbors

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Artistic movement that sought reality beyond the material world and found it in the word of the unconscious.

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Surrealism

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The Revolutions of 1848 had a lasting impact because people were put down, but their _____ persisted.

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Ideals

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Simon Bolivar would be best known as opposing _______

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Spanish

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The only free states remaining in Africa by 1914 were _______ and ________

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Ethiopia, Liberia

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Which European nation colonized the most land around the world during the 19th century?

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Britain

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The purpose of the ________ was to plan for the division of Africa.

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Berlin Conference

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________ set up a nonviolent movement with the aim to force the British to aid the poor and grant independence to India.

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Gandhi

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The main reason that Americans rejected the ______ is because they feared it would lead to future U.S. involvement in European Wars.

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League of Nations

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Germany had a geographic disadvantage at the start of WWI in that it was bordered by enemies on ________

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both fronts

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A major goal of France and Great Britain at the Conference of Versailles following WWI was to keep _______ from rebuilding its military forces

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Germany

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In order to make sure that soldiers had sufficient supplies during WWI, civilians in Great Britain and France were subjected to __________ of goods

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distribution

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The Zimmerman Telegram was important to WWI because it led to _______ entry into the war

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U.S.

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__________ stated reason for declaring war on Germany in 1914 was the German invasion of Belgium

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Great Britain

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"________" is best defined as strong devotion to one's country.

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nationalism

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One key trait of a ________ form of government the use of violence and terror to control the citizenry.

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totalitarian

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In Stalin's command economy, the _______ made all the decisions.

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government

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5 million Ukraines were forced to starve under Stalin's rule when the government took their food to punish them for resisting _________

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collectivization

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Totalitarian governments in the Soviet Union and Germany were able to form partly because the regimes grew up out of the widespread suffering caused by _______

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WWI

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A main reason that an estimated 20 million soviet citizens were imprisoned under Stalin and many more were killed was because they suspected of opposing

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Stalin ( the government)

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In a police state the police carry out the will of the _________

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government (dictator)

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Hitler's totalitarian state and Stalin's differed in that Hitler's believed in a master ______

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race

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What impact did the Hitler-Stalin pact have on Germany?

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protected Germany from attacks on the east.

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Leader at the Congress of Vienna

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Clement Von Metternich

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Leads Satyagraha movement

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Gandhi

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Reformation leader

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Martin Luther King

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Assumes power after revolution in France

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Napoleon

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Loses power as a result of revolution in Russia

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Czar Nicholas II

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Enlightenment idea of separation of powers

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Montesquieu

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Enlightenment fighter for women's rights

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Wollstonecraft

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Enlightenment thinker who opposed cruel punishment

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Beccaria

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Enlightenment thinker who proposed natural rights

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John Locke

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Enlightenment thinker who argued for social contract

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Rousseau

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The Battle of the Bulge

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last German offensive

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Hitler's Operation Sea Lion leads to this aerial assault

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Blitzkreig

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British miracle of saving the army by using all boats available

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Dunkirk

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Allied invasion of Normandy France

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D-Day

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The turning point in the European war

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Stalingrad

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brought the US into WWII

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Bombing of Pearl Harbor

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decimated the Japanese fleet, it would not be a factor for the rest of the war

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Midway

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turning point in the Pacific theatre

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Midway

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brought an end to WWII

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Bombing of Nagasaki, Hiroshima

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ended southern movement of the Japanese fleet

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Coral Sea

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Night of broken glass; Jewish businesses are broken into

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Krystallnacht

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The decision to murder all Jews by gassing them

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Final Solution

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Living space; Hitler's excuse for invading neighboring nations

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Lebensraum

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Largest Nazi death camps

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Auschwitz

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The complete elimination of a group of people

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genocide

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Greece and Turkey get money to fight communism

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Truman Doctrine

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What led the US to pursue war in Vietnam

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Domino Theory

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US aid to European nations after WWII to help them rebuild

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Marshall Plan

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started and ended at the 38th parallel

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Korean War

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The idea of risking nuclear war to end or avoid war

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brinkmanship

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Establishing communes and collective farms was a big part of this program

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Great Leap Forward

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PLA travels almost 6,000 miles to reach the last Communist base in China

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Long March

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Overcame the Nationalists to rule China as a communist nation

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Mao Zedong

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Protests for democratic reforms

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Tianamen Square

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Mostly teenagers, who carried out the cultural revolution

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Red Guards

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Campaign to create a society of peasants and workers and purge intellectuals

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Cultural Revolution

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Leader of the Chinese Nationalists forces. Founded new Republic at Nanjing

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Chiang Kai-Shek

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The founder's real name is Siddhartha Guatama

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Buddhism

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The Four Noble Truths

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Buddhism

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The Five Basic Relationships

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Confucianism

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Following the "Middle Path"

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Buddhism

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Laozi, author of Daodejing

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Daoism

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Stress filial piety, or repaying the kindnesses of one's parents, elders and family ancestors

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Confucianism

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Individuals should contemplate nature and lead a balanced life in tune with nature.

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Daoism

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"Be respectful at home, serious at work, faithful in human relations."

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Confucianism

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"The more laws and edicts proposed, the more thieves and bandits there will be"

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Daoism

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The Highest good is like water

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Daoism

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The Highest good is like water

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Daoism