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-          1/ Describe Taoism. What are its origins and main beliefs? How did it grow from a philosophy

2/ Describe the Shinto religion of Japan. Explain the 4 affirmations. Identify the years in which Shinto was the official religion and its status changed in Japan. Also, you should identify one Shinto holiday and its meaning for Japanese culture.

3/ Describe Confucianism. What are its origins and main beliefs? What are the religion’s 4 books and the 5 classics?

4/ Discuss the Ancient pacific Spirituality of Oceania with an example identified from one of its regions/islands. In your answer you should explain the importance of 1/ Taboo 2/ Mana, and 3/ Totems in tribal rituals from the Pacific Rim.