AP Human Geography - Commack Schools



AP Human Geography Name_______________________________

Rubenstein’s The Cultural Landscape

Chapter 6: Religion

Directions: Complete the worksheet that follows based on your reading of the text. Choose your bullet points from the reading to support each idea/section. DO NOT recopy the text – choose your details wisely.

Key Issue #1: Where are religions distributed?

|Ideas/Concepts |Supporting Details |

|Case study: The Dalai | |

|Lama vs. the People’s | |

|Republic of China | |

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|Define universalizing | |

|religion and ethnic | |

|religion | |

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|Examples of | |

|universalizing religions | |

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|Examples of ethnic | |

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|Define branch, | |

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|Christianity |Global distribution of branches in Europe/ N. America/ S. America |

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| |Orthodox Denominations |

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| |Protestant Denominations |

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| |Smaller Christian Churches/Sects |

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|Islam |Global distribution |

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|Buddhism |Global distribution |

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| |Branches |

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| |Other Beliefs |

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|Other universalizing |Sikhism |

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| |Baha’i |

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|Hinduism |Distribution globally/regionally within India |

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|Syncretic | |

|Other ethnic religions |Confucianism |

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| |Taoism |

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|Primal-Indigenous |Pagan |

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| |Juchte |

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|Other Ethnic Religions |Animism |

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| |Spiritism |

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| |Judaism |

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Key Issue #2: Why do religions have different distributions?

|What is the difference | |

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|universalizing and ethnic | |

|religions? | |

|Origin of Buddhism | |

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| |Theravada- |

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| |Mahayana- |

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| |Vajrayana- |

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|Origin of Christianity | |

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| |Roman Catholic – |

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| |Orthodox- |

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| |Protestant- |

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|Origin of Islam |Five Pillars of Islam |

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| |Hijra (hegira)- |

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| |Differences between Sunnis and Shiites- |

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|Origin of other |Sikhism- |

|universalizing religions | |

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| |Baha’i- |

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|Origin of Hinduism | |

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|Diffusion of Religions |Christianity- |

| |Hierarchal Diffusion- |

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| |Relocation Diffusion- |

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| |Islam- |

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| |Buddhism- |

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| |Other Universalizing religions- |

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|Lack of Diffusion of Ethnic |Shintoism - |

|Religions | |

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| |Diffusion of Judaism- |

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Key Issue #3: Why do religions organize space into distinctive patterns?

|Places of worship |Significance: |

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| |Christian Churches- |

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| |Muslim Mosques- |

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| |Buddhist Pagodas- |

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| |Baha’i Houses of worship- |

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| |Sikhism’s Golden Temple of Amritsar- |

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|Sacred Places | |

| |Ethnic religions |

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| |Universalizing religions |

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|More specifically… |Buddhism- |

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| |Islam- |

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| |Hinduism- |

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|Define cosmogony and | |

|provide specific examples | |

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|What is the significance of| |

|solstice? | |

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|Describe the various | |

|practices for disposing of | |

|the dead | |

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|What is a utopian | |

|settlement? Give an | |

|example. | |

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|Describe the importance of |Judaism: |

|calendars and and/ or the | |

|specific holidays for the | |

|following religions. | |

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| |Islam: |

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| |Baha’i: |

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| |Christianity: |

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| |Buddhism: |

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|What is a hierarchical | |

|religion? | |

|Describe the hierarchy of |Latter-Day Saints: |

|each religion. | |

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| |Roman Catholic Church: |

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|What is an autonomous |Autonomous religion: |

|religion? Describe the | |

|structure of each religion.| |

| |Islam: |

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| |Protestant Churches: |

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| |Judaism: |

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| |Hinduism: |

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Key Issue #4: Why do territorial conflicts arise among religious groups?

|Define fundamentalism. | |

|Explain how that can lead | |

|to conflict. | |

Religion vs. Social Change

|How do Western values conflict with the Taliban? |How has social change affected the traditional Hindu caste system? |

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Religion vs. Communism

|What was the impact on religious identities such as Orthodox Christianity and |How has foreign involvement and current Communist governments in Southeast Asia|

|Islam after the Bolshevik Revolution and after the break up of the Soviet Union?|impacted Buddhism in the past century? |

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Religion vs. Religion

|Describe the religious | |

|conflict and its | |

|background in Ireland. | |

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|Judaism, Christianity and| |

|Islam share a similar | |

|heritage. |Judaism |

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|Identify each religion’s | |

|claim to Jerusalem and | |

|Palestine. |Islam |

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| |Christianity |

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|Briefly describe the | |

|events of the Crusades | |

|and their outcomes. | |

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|Describe the result of | |

|the Partition of | |

|Palestine | |

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|Briefly describe the | |

|series of events that | |

|have led to the creation | |

|of modern Israel. | |

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|What is the Israeli | |

|Perspective? | |

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|What is the Palestinian | |

|Perspectives? | |

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|What is the PLO? Fatah? | |

|Hamas? | |

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|Explain the importance of|Judaism’s Jerusalem: |

|Jerusalem to Jews and | |

|Muslims | |

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| |Islam’s Jerusalem: |

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AP Human Geography Name________________________________

Rubenstein’s The Cultural Landscape

Chapter 6: Religion

Exercise _____

People carry their religious beliefs with them when they migrate. Over time, change occurs in the regions from which most U.S. immigrants originate and in the U.S. regions where they settle. How has the distribution of U.S. religious groups been affect by these changes?

AP Human Geography Name________________________________

Rubenstein’s The Cultural Landscape

Chapter 6: Religion

Exercise _____

To what extent have increased interest in religion and ability to practice religious rites served as forces for unification in Eastern Europe and the countries that were formerly part of the Soviet Union? Has the growing role of religion in the region fostered political instability? Explain.

AP Human Geography Name________________________________

Rubenstein’s The Cultural Landscape

Chapter 6: Religion

Exercise _____

Some Christians believe that they should be prepared to carry the word of God and the teachings of Jesus Christ to people who have not been exposed to them, at any time and at any place. Are evangelical activities equally likely to occur at any time and at any place, or are some places more suited than others? Why?

AP Human Geography Name________________________________

Rubenstein’s The Cultural Landscape

Chapter 6: Religion

Exercise _____

In what ways can religion affect other cultural traits of a society? In what cultures or societies does religion appear to be a growing influence? What might be the broader social or economic consequences of that growth?

AP Human Geography Name________________________________

Rubenstein’s The Cultural Landscape

Chapter 6: Religion

Exercise _____

What connection, if any, do you see between language, religion, and intergroup rivalry and violence in the contemporary world?

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