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SOMEONE HELP ASAP✋. 4. As Buddhism diffused through East Asia,
Buddhist traditions blended with local cultural
customs to create distinct religious practices,
such as Daoism in China and Shinto in Japan.
Which of the following terms best describes this
blending of cultural traditions?
(A) Assimilation
(B) Acculturation
(C) Possibilism
(D) Multiculturalism
(E) Syncretism

Sagot :

Answer:

Option E, Syncretism

Explanation:

Syncretism depicts blending of thoughts, culture and religion. For example

- in the Rastafarian movement in Jamaica, African-Hebrew and Christian religious blended with the Caribbean freed slave culture to make a unique culture.

The same is the case as depicted in the question where Buddhism got mixed with the  Daoism in China and Shinto in Japan

Hence, option E is correct

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