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the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or Gods

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religion

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the belief that God does not exist

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Atheism

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the belief that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven by logic

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Agnosticism

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appeal primarily to one group of people living in one place.

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Ethnic religions

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a large and fundamental division within a religion

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Branch

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a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body

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Denomination

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a relatively small group that had broken away from an established denomination.

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sect

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the belief that God dwells within all things, everything in nature is spiritual

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Primal-indigenous ethnic religion

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a combination of Buddhism (universalizing religion) with Confucianism, Taosim, and other traditional Chinese practices is practiced in East Asia and Southeast Asia

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Chinese Traditional

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the blending or combining of several traditions

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Syncretism

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emphasized the importance of the ancient Chinese tradition of li, which is the correct behavior

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Confucianism

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emphasize the mystical and magical aspects of life rather than the importance of public service

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Taoism

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an ethic religion whose followers believe that inanimate objects or natural events, such as natural disasters, have spirits and conscious life

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Animism-

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The belief is that the human personality continues to exist after death and can communicate with the living through a psychic

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Spiritism

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Four main religions (78%)

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Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism

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Largest Folk Religions (6%)

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Chinese traditional, Primal-indigenous, African traditional

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attempts to be global (widely spread) by appealing to all people regardless of location or culture

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universalizing religions

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how much of the world’s population practice an ethic relgion

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26%

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largest ethnic religion

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Hindusim

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Where is Christianity mostly practiced

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Europe and sub-Saharan Africa

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where is Islam mostly practiced

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Southwest Aisa, North Africa, and Central Aisa

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Where is Judaism

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Israel

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what is mostly practiced in East Aisa

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1/2 unaffiliated, 1/2 Buddhism and fol relgions

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What is mostly practiced in South Aisa

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2/3 Hindus 1/3 Muslims

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What is mostly practiced in Southeast Asia

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2/5 (40%) Muslims 23% Buddhists and Christians

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What is mostly practiced in sub-Saharan Africa

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2/3 Christians (in the south) 1/3 Muslims (in the north)

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2 branches of Christianity

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Catholicism and Protestantism

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Three major branches of Christianity

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Roman catholic (51%)
Postisetant (2%)
Orthodox (11%)

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Where is Roman Catholic usually practiced?

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southwest and eastern Europe

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Where is Postisetant usually practiced?

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dominant in northwestern Europe

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two denominations of the Protestant branch

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methodist and baptist

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what is the most practiced religion in Europe

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half split between Roman Catholics and Christians

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What is most practiced in the Western Hemisphere

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christianity

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Where are baptists mostly in the US

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at the bottom area/ south

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Where do latter day-saints practice mostly in the US

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all in Utah, parts of Arizona, parts of Idaho, and a small number of Nevada and New Mexico

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Where do Lutherans practice mainly in the US

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The mid west

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Where do Methodists practice in the US

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In the states between the Baptist States and the Lutheran states

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Where do Catholics come from (to the US)

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Ireland, Latin America, and Italy (roman catholic)

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What faith is indigenous to the US

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Baptist

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Where do Lutheran come from

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Scandinavia

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Mennonite is the same as

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Amish

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In the map of the US religions, what are most likely the “other” religions

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Buddhist or Dearborn (Muslims)

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Where is Islam mostly practiced

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Central Asia, Southwest Asia, and North Africa

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What are the two branches of Buddhists

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Mahayana and Theravada

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Where do people of the Mahayana religion mostly practice?

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China, Japan, Korea

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what type of Buddha does the Mahayana religion have

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Laughing Buddha

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What do the people of the Mahayana religions belive in moraly

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The belief that enlightened humans can facilitate the path to nirvana
The belief that attainment of nirvana is not so trying

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Where do people of the Theravada religion mostly practice (countries)

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Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand

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what type of buddha does Theravada have

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the silent calm propper buddha

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Is Therevada the older or younger branch

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older

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What do the people of the Theravada religion believe in morally

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Belief in deprivation as the path to nirvana

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Where do most Muslims live

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east in South and Southeast Asia

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What are the two major branches of Islam

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Sunni and Shiite (sometimes Shia)

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Which branch of the Islam major branches is larger

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Sunni

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What type of new leader does Sunni want

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the most qualified

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What type of leader do the Shiite want?

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Blood relative of Muhamid

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What do people of Ethnic religions all share in common

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similarities in history, language, and destiny

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What is the Largest Ethnic religion

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Hinduism

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where is Hinduism concentrated

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Nepal and India

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What is the second-largest ethnic religion?

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Shaivism

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Which religion first had Monotheism

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Judaism

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the belief that there is only one God

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Monotheism

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the worship of a collection of gods

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Polytheism

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How many years ago was Christianity founded

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2,000

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Where was Christianity founded

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Israel

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Where did Orthodox start

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Roman Empire

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Where did Islam originate

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Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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Where did Buddhism orgininate

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Nepal, India

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What do the people of the Mahayana Buddhism branches believe morally?

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to help other and aren’t demanding or strict with their pracitces

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individuals who help to transmit a universalizing religion through relocation diffusion

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Missionaries

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What country attracts the most Islamic migrants

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Saudi Arabia

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What is the world’s only state with Jewish majority?

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Israel

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where people meet to pray, yet doesn’t need to be sacred, a meeting hall

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Mosque

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a community built to reflect the ideals of a particular religious or social group

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Utopian Settlement

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self-sufficient, and interaction among communities is confined to little more than loose cooperation and shared ideas

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Autonomous religions-

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a set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe

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Cosmogony

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what are considered to be the holiest places in India for the Hindus

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river banks and coast lines

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what do you call someone that practices Islam

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Muslim

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what religion buries bodies in stacks and in a tall cillender

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Jainism

80
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has months that correspond to the season or the apparent position of the sun in relation to the stars.

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Solar calendar

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has months that correspond to the cycles of the moon.

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Lunar calendar

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what religion uses a solar calendar

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christians

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what religion uses a lunar calendar

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islams

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lunisolar calendar

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has lunar months that are brought into alignment with the solar year through periodic adjustments.

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what religion uses a lunisolar calendar

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jewish

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a literal interpretation and a strict and intense adherence to what the fundamentalists define as the basic principles of a religion.

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Fundamentalism

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where and in what religion did fundamentalism start

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in the US with prodestants

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journeys of religious purposes

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Pilgrimages-

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what is a minaret and what religion is it related to

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an architectural feature of a mosque which is related to Islam

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