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Name: _________________________________ Period# ____Religion Notes – Diffusion of Language & U.S. ReligionsVideo Link: Why is English one of the most widely used languages? How did the Columbian Exchange benefit population growth? INFLUENCES (COLONIALISM, IMPERIALISM, TRADE)Colonialism, imperialism, and trade have played ___________________________________________________.European colonialism1500s-1800s: ______________________________________________________ and South Asia.1800s-mid-1900s: European powers colonized most of Africa and Southwest Asia.Imposed cultural traitsAlthough _________________________________ in the world today, the _________________________________________________________ are present in their former colonies.Example: the afternoon break for tea, a British tradition, is still practiced in Kenya and India. RELIGION’S IMPACT ON LAWS AND CUSTOMSNo highly industrialized countries have fully adopted religious laws but their ________________________________________________________ of religion.United States: __________________ (laws that restrict certain activities, such as the sale of alcohol on Sundays).Colorado (and some other states): _______________________________________________________________.US RELIGIONSCultural variation by place and regionPatterns and ________________________________________________________________________________.Regional level: Baptists are the most common religious _________________________________.State level: Same is true for most states, including South Carolina.County level: counties of South Carolina have more Methodists or Lutherans than any other group.REGIONAL PATTERNS IN U.S. RELIGIONCongregationalists______________________ – English settled in the 1600sBaptists and MethodistsSoutheast – ____________________________________________________LutheransMidwest – _________________________________________________ in late 1800s found landMormonsUtah – _______________________________________________ drove them out of Missouri and IllinoisRoman CatholicsSouthwest and ____________________________________Jews, Muslims, and HindusMostly urban areas – ___________________________________________________________________Use page 197 in the green textbook to color code the map AND create a key (so that you know what the colors mean) INCLUDEPICTURE "():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/2000px-Blank_US_map_borders-58b9d2375f9b58af5ca8a7fa.jpg" \* MERGEFORMATINET POST QUESTIONS: The map below shows the distribution of three?religious?groups in the contiguous United States.?Using the letters in the legend, name the three religious?groups shown on the map.?Explain how the map as presented at this scale is an?incomplete representations of the geography of religion?in the United States ................
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