Chapter 7 Religion Homework APHG Chapter 7 Religion …



#Religion Field Note p. 203-205 AND What is Religion and what Role does it play in Culutre? P. 205-2071What was the official religious policy of the former Soviet Union?Answer:2The former Soviet Union tolerated the religious policies of Azerbaijan, a remote corner of the republic. What religion was prevalent and still is in place in Azerbaijan?Answer: 3What did the Pakistani Government require of all male appointed judges in the court system after 1991?Answer4What is the purpose of religious rituals?Answer:5Define SecularismDefinition:6According to the Pew Survey of 2009, what country topped the list of wealthy countries that believed religion was important in their lives? What was the percentage?Country:Per cent:Where did the Major Religions of the World Originate, and How Do Religions Diffuse? P. 208-2247What is the belief that inanimate objects, such as trees, mountains, boulders, etc. possess spirits and must be revered?Answer:8What major element of Christianity and late Judaism can be directly traced back to Zoroastrianism?Answer:9What is a monotheistic religion?Answer:10What is a polytheistic religion?Answer:11Ethnic religions have 3 major components for easy identification, what are they?1.2.3.12Why do universalizing religions actively seek converts?Answer:13Hinduism is one of the oldest of the great religions and began around how many years ago?Answer:14Where is the original culture hearth of Hinduism? (geographic location)Answer:15What three characteristics are unique to only Hinduism?1.2.3.16Looking at Figure 7.6, which is the most widely dispersed religion (spread out over the most territory) religion throughout the world?Answer:17Looking at Figure 7.6, which is the second most widely dispersed religion (spread out over the most territory) throughout the world?Answer:18Looking at Figure 7.6, which religion is the third most widely dispersed religion (spread out over the most territory) throughout the world?Answer:19What is the fundamental doctrine of Hinduism?Answer:20What is reincarnation?Answer:21How does the “caste system” work in India’s social system?Answer:22Why did Bali become a haven for Hindu holy men, nobles, and intellectuals in the 16th century?Answer:23Why did Hinduism spread by relocation diffusion to East and South Africa, the Caribbean, northern South America, and the Pacific islands in more modern times?Answer:24What country is the cultural hearth (origin) of Buddhism?Answer:25Who were the prominent religious leader and founder of Buddhism who spoke out against the Hindu caste system?Answer:26Finish this sentence: Today Buddhism is practiced by relatively few in India, but thrives in Answer:27What are the three branches of Buddhism?1.2.3.28Which branch of Buddhism does Tibetan Buddhism belong to?Answer29What is the major religion of Japan?Answer:30What major school of Chinese Philosophy did Lao-Tzu found?Answer:31Explain the concept of Feng Shui?Answer:32The Confucian Classics were the 13 texts that were the focus of education for 2,000 years in what country?Answer:33As a consequence of Chinese Communist rule in 1949, what happened to Confucianism?Answer:34Geomancers are those who know the desires of the spirits of ancestors, dragons, and tigers occupying the natural world and are associated with what Chinese teaching?Answer35What caused the diaspora of the Jews in 70 CE?Answer:36What is the goal of Zionism?Answer:37What are the two classifications of ethnic Jews?Answer:38Which group of ethnic Jews migrated to Central Europe?Answer:39Which group of ethnic Jews migrated into North Africa, Spain, and Portugal?Answer:40The first split in Christianity came between what two religions?Answer:Answer:41According to Figure 7.13, the concentration of religions in Switzerland is related to what kind of boundaries?Answer:42What country spread Roman Catholicism to the New World?Answer:43What country in Africa has a major cluster of members of the Eastern Orthodox Christianity?Answer:44What religion is considered the youngest major religion?Answer:45What are the two branches of Islam?Answer:Answer:46Modern-day Shi’ites are concentrated in what 5 countries in middle and central Asia?1.2.3.4.5.47What country is the world’s largest dominantly Islamic state, with more than 200 million members?Answer:48Shamanism is a traditional religion, and an intimate part of local culture and society. But not all traditional religions are shamanist. In which region have both Christianity and Islam failed to convert most of the people practicing a traditional religion?Answer:How is Religion seen in the Cultural Landscape? P. 224-23549Why is the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem a sacred site for Christians?Answer:50Jerusalem is a sacred place for what three religions?Answer:Answer:Answer:51Why is Bodh Gaya a sacred site for Buddhist pilgrims?Answer:52The pagoda is the style of building that is most often associated with what religion?Answer:53What is the major religion in New Orleans and southern Louisiana?Answer:54Minarets, adoption of Roman models of design, and geometric and calligraphic ornamentation are features of what religion’s sacred architecture?Answer:55Which one of the five pillars of Islam requires a Muslim to return to Mecca at least once in their lifetime?Answer:What Role does Religion Play in Political Conflicts? p. 235-24756Is the religious conflict in Northern Ireland an example of an intrafaith or interfaith boundary conflict?Answer:57Which supranational organization voted to partition Palestine after World War II?Answer:58In the former Yugoslavia, Albanians are the dominant ethnic group in which country?Answer:59Mel Gibson is a member of the Traditionalist Catholic Movement which rejects what Catholic developments:Answer:60What kind of extremism are Rabbi Kahane and his followers involved in?Answer: ................
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