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Chapter 6 Study Guide RELIGION Block_________

Who is the Dalai Lama and why does he live in India today?

Where is Tibet and what countries does it border?

Name 5 reasons why geographers find religion important in the world.

What religions are “universalizing religions”?

What is the difference between a “branch” and a “denomination”?

What are the 3 major branches of Christianity and where do they exist?

What 4 religions account for 2/3s of the earth’s people and what countries are they found (give at least 2 countries for each religion)

Name the 4 largest Protestant religions in the U.S.

Why are there more Roman Catholics in Latin American than North America?

What 4 countries account for half of the world’s Muslims?

Name the 5 “Pillars of Islam”.

What is the difference between Sunni and Shiite Muslims?

Name 3 countries where you will find the most Shiite Muslims.

What three countries account for the most total Muslims?

What European country has the most Muslims and WHY?

Who were the “Black Muslims”?

Name 3 countries with a high number of Buddhists.

Why is it hard to account for the number of Buddhists?

What are the “Four Noble Truths” of Buddhism?

Can a person be a Buddhist and another Eastern religion? Where?

Name 2 other universalizing religions and where do they exist?

How do “Ethnic Religions” differ from “Universalizing Religions”?

What is the largest ethnic religion and where is it found?

Name 4 other “ethnic religions” and the countries they are found in?

What is the difference between “monotheism” and “polytheism”?

What is “Animism” and where is it practiced?

Why has there been a decline in animism today?

What is the difference between the origins of universalizing religions vs. ethnic religions?

Where did Christianity originate and what happened to Christianity during the Roman Empire?

When and where did the Protestant religions begin?

Where did Islam begin and why did it split into 2 branches?

Where did Buddhism originate?

How did Christianity diffuse and what types of diffusion did it employ?

Who was a “Pagan”?

Why are there more Protestants than Catholics in the U.S. and Canada?

Why is Indonesia the largest Islamic nation in the world and not in the Middle East?

In what direction in Asia did the diffusion of Buddhism take?

What was the Jewish “diaspora”?

What were the European “ghetto”?

What does it mean to make a “pilgrimage”?

Why does Buddhism have 8 holy shrines?

Name the 2 holy cities for Muslims.

Where is Sikhism practiced?

Where are most “ethnic religion” holy places?

Name 3 ways ethnic religions differ from universalizing religions.

What is “cosmogony”?

Why is Judaism called an Ethnic Religion and how is their calendar different?

Why does the “solstice” have a special meaning for some ethnic religions?

Why is the “church” so important to Christians?

What were “basilicas” and why were they so important?

How do “mosques” different in meaning from churches?

What is the function of Hindu temples?

What 2 religions build “pagodas”?

How do the following religions approach the disposing of the dead?

Christians-

Hindus-

Tibetan Buddhists-

Why are Quebec and the U.S. Southwest heavy Roman Catholic regions?

What is a “hierarchical religion”?

What are “dioceses”?

What are “autonomous religions”?

Name 3 religions that have no centralized structure.

What is “fundamentalism” and what effect has it had on some religions?

Who were the “Taliban” and where are they a major factor?

What are the Taliban views of Islam?

What is the “Caste System” and how has it affected India?

What are the 4 castes and who are the “untouchables”?

How were religions affected by the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917?

What was the effect of the fall of the Soviet Union on Eastern European religions?

What (formerly part of the Soviet Union) Central Asian countries are primarily Islamic?

How was Buddhism affected by the Vietnam War?

Why have so many religious conflicts been fought for centuries over lands in the Middle East?

Why is Jerusalem a highly contested city today?

Where is “Palestine” and why is it so important?

Who were the Ottomans and where did they rule?

Why was 1948 a significant date in the Middle East?

Name 5 groups who consider themselves Palestinians.

Where is the Gaza Strip? Golan Heights? West Bank? And why are they so important?

Name and describe Israel’s 3 geographical regions.

Who are the “Hezbollah” and why are they so important?

Who really controls the city of Jerusalem today and why is it a problem?

Where in Europe is the most troublesome border and why?

What is the IRA?

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