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Human Geography Ch. 6 Flashcards

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What are the four largest religions?

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  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Buddhism
  • Hinduism
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What percentage of the world’s people follow one of the 4 largest religions?

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77%

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Folk religions = about __ % of the world’s population

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6

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Affirm neither belief nor lack of belief in God or some higher power

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Unaffiliated

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What percentage of the world’s people are unaffiliated?

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16%

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Belief God does not exist

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Atheism

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Belief existence of God can’t be proven

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Agnosticism

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Characteristics of Universalizing Religion

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  • Attempts global appeal
  • Precise places of origin
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Characteristics of Ethnic Religion

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  • Mostly appeals to 1 group living in 1 place
  • Embedded in culture where originated
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Local assembly of persons brought together for common religious worship

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Congregations

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Large and fundamental division within a religion

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Branch

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12
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How many followers does Christianity have?

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2.3 billion

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Where is Christianity predominant?

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  • North America
  • South Asia
  • Europe
  • Australia
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What are the 3 major branches of Christianity?

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  • Roman Catholicism (Catholic)
  • Orthodoxy
  • Protestantism
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Roman Catholicism are ____% of the world’s Christians

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50

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Orthodoxy are ___% of the world’s Christians

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12

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17
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Grace is achieved through faith rather than sacraments

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Protestantism

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18
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How many followers does Islam have?

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1.3 billion

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Where is Islam predominant?

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Middle East, from North Africa to Central Asia

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What does “Islam” mean?

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submission to the will of God

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Muslim =

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an adherent to Islam

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What are the two branches of Islam?

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  • Sunni
  • Shiite (Shia)
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Characteristics of the Sunni branch

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  • Largest of the two branches
  • 88% of Muslims
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Characteristics of the Shiite (Shia) branch

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About 40% of the remaining 12% of Muslims live in Iran

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What led to there being two branches of Islam?

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Disagreement over line of succession in Islamic leadership after Prophet Muhammad dies

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How many followers does Buddhism have?

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488 million

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Where is Buddhism predominant?

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China and Southeast Asia

28
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What are the 3 ethnic religions?

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  • Hinduism
  • Chinese Traditional Religions
  • Primal-Indigenous Religions
29
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How many followers does Hinduism have?

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1.1 billion

30
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Where are 97% of Hinduism’s followers?

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India

31
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Does Hinduism have a central authority or single holy book?

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No

32
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What are the two Chinese Traditional Religions?

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  • Syncretic
  • Confucianism
33
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combine several traditions

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Syncretic

34
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Confucius who teachings emphasized correct behavior

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Confucianism

35
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Characteristics of Primal-Indigenous Religions

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  • Believe that God dwells within all things
  • Believe everything in nature is spiritual
  • Most reside in Southeast Asia or South Pacific Islands
36
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Other religions have ___ to ___ million adherents

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14, 23

37
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Characteristics of Sikhism

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  • One supreme being or creature who rules universe by divine will
  • Men wearing turbans on heads and not cutting beards or hair
38
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How many followers does Judaism have?

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14 million

39
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Belief in one God

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Monotheism

40
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Is Judaism monotheistic?

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Yes

41
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The Islamic holiest places are cities associated with life of _________

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Muhammad

42
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What is the holiest city for Islam?

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Makkah

43
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What is the birthplace of Muhammad?

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Makkah

44
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What is Islam’s 2nd holiest city?

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Madinah

45
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What is significant about Madinah?

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Muhammad received his first support in Madinah and is buried there.

46
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In Islam, spaces for community assembly

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Mosques

47
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Prominent elements of Buddhist lanscape

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Pagoda

48
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Are pagoda’s designed for congregational worship?

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No

49
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Characteristics of the Solstice

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  • Special significance in some ethnic religions
  • Typically based on changing of seasons
  • Necessities of agricultural cycles
50
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Israel uses a _____ calendar

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lunar

51
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Major holidays based on events in agricultural calendar of ________

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Israel

52
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Hindus practice _______ rather than burial

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cremation

53
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What are the holiest places in Hinduism?

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coastlines and riverbanks

54
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Literal interpretations and strict and intense adherence to basic principle of a religion

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Fundamentalism

55
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Terrorist group that professes to adhere to fundamentalist Islam

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The Islamic State (ISIS)

56
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Majority of world’s Muslims do not consider ISIS to reflect true teachings of Islam (True/False)

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True

57
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What is the result of places holy to Jews, Muslims, and Christians being clustered in Jerusalem?

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It makes peace hard

58
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Characteristics of Juche

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  • North Korea - “self-reliance”
  • Government ideology or philosophy
59
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Jews, Muslims, and Christians have fought for control of ________

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Jerusalem

60
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To the Jewish faith, Jerusalem is considered …

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The Promise Land

61
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In Christianity, _____ is the Holy City of Jesus’s life

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Palestine

62
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In Islam, ____________ was the place where Muhammad was thought to have ascended into Heaven

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Jerusalem

63
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Places holy to Jews, Muslims, and Christians are clustered in Jerusalem, which makes __________ difficult

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peace

64
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Jews center of worship in ancient times

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Temple

65
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______________ _________ of temple survives as a site for daily prayers for Jews
-Christians and Muslims call this location the Wailing Wall

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Western Wall

66
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-Most important Muslim structure is Dome of the Rock
-This is where Muhammad ascended into Heaven

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Dome of the Rock

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