Soul Beliefs Exam 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Hunter-gatherer - Correct Answer- Members of a nomadic group were food supply on
hunting animals and collecting plants. Minimalists in terms of afterlife beliefs. The Piraha
tribe is an example of such tribe that lives in modern day.
Egalitarian - Correct Answer- There are no chiefs or appointed leaders. Every member treats
all other members as equals. Nobody is richer or poorer than any other person and all items of
value are shared. There's no interest in collecting material wealth or bringing attention to
oneself by constructing something better or extraordinary. When someone offers an opinion,
it's stated as opinion of the group.
Ancestor worship - Correct Answer- Ritualized singing and group dancing in honor and
celebration of ancestors and various supernatural agents were important occasions for group
bonding. They provided participants with a strong sense of group membership, sense of
security and continuity. The deceased remained part of the existing world and were used to
preserve the existing world.
Ritualized music - Correct Answer- Tribes would dance to get them closer the ancestors.
Immediate return system - Correct Answer- Stress is placed on present day activities for
immediate consumption with minimal attention given to planning for the future.
Hadza tribe - Correct Answer- Northern Tanzania take death as a matter of due course. People
are born, they live for however long they live, they die and that's it. Operated in an
"immediate-return" system
Piraha tribe - Correct Answer- They are fiercely egalitarian, immediate experience is all that
matter, history is of no interest, children are raised to be self-sufficient and getting ahead is
not a matter of concern.
Gilgamesh - Correct Answer- He was a Babylonian king who ruled around 2700 BCE and
became the hero of legends written on tables that were widely dispersed. He sought the secret
of immortal life to only be told human life is temporary.
, Ka soul - Correct Answer- Ancient Egypt - One of the Three essential elements of a person.
The life force, it's universal and not individual, meaning it's shared by all living people. The
difference between being alive and dead.
Ba soul - Correct Answer- Ancient Egypt - One of the Three essential elements of a person.
One's personality or character, a composite of all the non-physical things that make the
person different from all other people. It includes all your memories, preferences, the manner
in which you express your emotions, the things you know, your intelligence, and more.
Akh - Correct Answer- Ancient Egypt - One of the Three essential elements of a person. The
separation being ba, ka and the body reunited in the Underworld and resurrected in the form
of Akh. Those who successfully make the transition enter the underworld of eternal life with
the gods.
Homer - Correct Answer- Greek poet and author of the Iliad and The Odyssey in 8th Century
BCE. Some afterlife beliefs common in that time period in Greece came from his epic stories.
The Greek psyche (soul) travels to Hades where it lives like a shadow that's dull, joyless, and
others don't talk.
Pythagoras - Correct Answer- A mathematician in 5th century BCE who set the stage for
Plato by beginning the process of loosening the soul from the grips of the body. He made a
distinction between the physical objects/material stuff in the world (including one's body) and
non-physical substances. The idea that psyches could transmigrate from one body into
another.
Dualism - Correct Answer- The mind and body are 2 separate entities. Bodies are born and
die but souls are immortal.
Monism - Correct Answer- View that everything that exists is physical and obeys the Laws of
Physics.
Irrational Element - Correct Answer- Plato's view on the soul, The part of the soul that's
governed by lower animalistic appetites
Rational element - Correct Answer- Plato's view on the soul, The part of the soul that's
governed by higher reason
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Hunter-gatherer - Correct Answer- Members of a nomadic group were food supply on
hunting animals and collecting plants. Minimalists in terms of afterlife beliefs. The Piraha
tribe is an example of such tribe that lives in modern day.
Egalitarian - Correct Answer- There are no chiefs or appointed leaders. Every member treats
all other members as equals. Nobody is richer or poorer than any other person and all items of
value are shared. There's no interest in collecting material wealth or bringing attention to
oneself by constructing something better or extraordinary. When someone offers an opinion,
it's stated as opinion of the group.
Ancestor worship - Correct Answer- Ritualized singing and group dancing in honor and
celebration of ancestors and various supernatural agents were important occasions for group
bonding. They provided participants with a strong sense of group membership, sense of
security and continuity. The deceased remained part of the existing world and were used to
preserve the existing world.
Ritualized music - Correct Answer- Tribes would dance to get them closer the ancestors.
Immediate return system - Correct Answer- Stress is placed on present day activities for
immediate consumption with minimal attention given to planning for the future.
Hadza tribe - Correct Answer- Northern Tanzania take death as a matter of due course. People
are born, they live for however long they live, they die and that's it. Operated in an
"immediate-return" system
Piraha tribe - Correct Answer- They are fiercely egalitarian, immediate experience is all that
matter, history is of no interest, children are raised to be self-sufficient and getting ahead is
not a matter of concern.
Gilgamesh - Correct Answer- He was a Babylonian king who ruled around 2700 BCE and
became the hero of legends written on tables that were widely dispersed. He sought the secret
of immortal life to only be told human life is temporary.
, Ka soul - Correct Answer- Ancient Egypt - One of the Three essential elements of a person.
The life force, it's universal and not individual, meaning it's shared by all living people. The
difference between being alive and dead.
Ba soul - Correct Answer- Ancient Egypt - One of the Three essential elements of a person.
One's personality or character, a composite of all the non-physical things that make the
person different from all other people. It includes all your memories, preferences, the manner
in which you express your emotions, the things you know, your intelligence, and more.
Akh - Correct Answer- Ancient Egypt - One of the Three essential elements of a person. The
separation being ba, ka and the body reunited in the Underworld and resurrected in the form
of Akh. Those who successfully make the transition enter the underworld of eternal life with
the gods.
Homer - Correct Answer- Greek poet and author of the Iliad and The Odyssey in 8th Century
BCE. Some afterlife beliefs common in that time period in Greece came from his epic stories.
The Greek psyche (soul) travels to Hades where it lives like a shadow that's dull, joyless, and
others don't talk.
Pythagoras - Correct Answer- A mathematician in 5th century BCE who set the stage for
Plato by beginning the process of loosening the soul from the grips of the body. He made a
distinction between the physical objects/material stuff in the world (including one's body) and
non-physical substances. The idea that psyches could transmigrate from one body into
another.
Dualism - Correct Answer- The mind and body are 2 separate entities. Bodies are born and
die but souls are immortal.
Monism - Correct Answer- View that everything that exists is physical and obeys the Laws of
Physics.
Irrational Element - Correct Answer- Plato's view on the soul, The part of the soul that's
governed by lower animalistic appetites
Rational element - Correct Answer- Plato's view on the soul, The part of the soul that's
governed by higher reason
