Nationalists who idealized Japan's ancient "Shinto" past used Confucian-style ancestor worship to
a. promote reverence for historical emperors and people who died for their country.
b. respect and honor their relatives as kami.
c. create guardian angels to protect the ancient Japanese rites.
d. commune with the minor gods that protected the imperial family.
a
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A. Hoshea B. Zechariah C. Menachem D. Pekah
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Whatever a learned Man may do here, an intelligent American, who enquired into the Nature
of Things, would scarce take it for a satisfactory Account, if desiring to learn our Architecture, he should be told, That a Pillar was a thing supported by a Basis, and a Basis something that supported a Pillar.—John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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