With respect to the relationship between culture,religion, and the physical environment,
religious ideas may be responsible for some of the changes people make in the physical environment
Religion is a good example of the tension between globalization and local diversity because
all religions are in competition to convert as many people as possible
Mahayanists, in contrast to Theravadists, emphasize Buddha's
compassion
Animists believe that
inanimate objects and natural events have spirits
Especially important in Confucianism is to
perform public service
Especially important in Daoism is to
reflect on the mystical and magical aspects of life
The belief in the existence of only one god is
monotheism
Beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are
cosmogony
When geographers study the sites where religions originated as well as the process by which those religions diffused to other locations, they are focusing on the
spatial connections in religion
A geographer researching the practices of Tibetan Buddhists as well as the world travels of the Dalai Lama is studying
spatial connections in religion
A person attempting to detect ______ within forests and streams would likely be an animist
voices or personalities
The world's largest ethnic religion is
Hinduism
Which characteristic distinguishes religion in Latin America from North America?
Having a roman catholic majority
Given Daoism's classification as either a universalizing or an ethnic religion, which of the following would you be more likely to categorize as pertaining to Daoism?
Most shrine are located at major physical features or sites of longstanding cultural significance
The maps and diagrams in this chapter must help us surmise that a person from northern Germany is more likely to be an adherent of
Protestantism
This map indicates that Lutherans are clustered in the ____ United States
Upper midwestern
The maps in this chapter indicate that eastern orthodoxy is a branch of christianity prevalent in
Russia
This map shows that Muslims are clustered in
Southwestern Asia, North Africa, and parts of South Asia and Southeastern Asia
A review of the world maps in this chapter indicates that in South America,
nearly all of the people are Catholic
The maps in this chapter indicate that in Sub-saharan Africa,
about half of the people are Protestant
The maps in this chapter indicate that in Australia and the South Pacific,
more than half of the people are Protestant
Analysis of the charts in this chapter indicates that in the world population,
less than one fifth of the people are non-religious
The charts in this chapter indicate that in the world population,
there are more Muslims than Hindus
Analysis of this map indicates that in Germany,
Catholics are the majority in the west and southeast,while Protestants are the majority in the north
Analysis of this map indicates that in Scotland,
Protestants are the majority
A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a
sect
The world's largest universalizing religion is
Christianity
Which is a branch of Christianity?
Eastern orthodox
Almost 90% of people in the Western hemisphere claim adherence to
Christianity
Lutheranism is an example of a Christian
denomination
The dominant branch of Islam is
Shiite
Based on the map above, we can surmise that a person from Alabama is more likely to be an adherent of a
Baptist church
The maps and diagrams in this chapter help us surmise that a person from Minnesota is more likely to be an adherent of
The Lutheran church
This map indicates that Baptists are clustered in the ____ US
southern
According to this map, the largest group of religious adherents in the US southwest are
catholics
examples of ethnic religions include
daoism confucianism and judaism
which of the following is NOT a universalizing religion
judaism
which is not an ethnic asian religion
buddhism
hindusim's caste system
assigns everyone to a distinct class
both universalizing and ethnic religions
can diffuse to different populations around the world
an ethnic religion is
appealing mostly to one group of people in one place
followers of which religious branch do not trace their origin to Abraham?
Mahayana
which of the following is currently the most important religion in the homeland of the man who founded it?
Islam
Unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism
remained primarily concentrated in one region of the world
Which of the following would be more characteristic of a universalizing religion?
several priests travel across the world to establish missions on remote islands
which of the following would we be more likely to classify as a characteristic of an ethnic religion
the religious calendar is based largely on seasonal changes in a particular region
Christianity first diffused from its hearth through
relocation diffusion
Roman Catholics are clustered in the US southwest primarily because of migration of
Roman Catholics from Latin America
It's reasonable to surmise that historically, when signs were posted in store windows warning "No Irish Need Apply" the store owner may also have been
a Protestant discriminating against Roman Catholic immigrants
Given Muslim perspectives on sacred places in the Middle East, politicians in the region have been wary of inviting further religious-fueled conflict by proclaiming
Jerusalem the captial of Israel
Some of the violence linked to religion in Israel and Palestine is also linked to
ethic groups,resources,and disputes over the control of the land
Judaism is classified as an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion partly because
its rituals derive from the agricultural cycle in Israel
The agricultural calendar is relatively important to which type of religions
universalizing
The Julian and Gregorian calendars are
Christian calendars that are now used as standard calendars in much of the world
Which of the following best describes the situation of the religion in Tibet?
Its spiritual leader is in exile and the government discourages observance
Which is NOT a characteristic of a hierarchical religion
It encourages each congregation to be self sufficent
Protestants in Ireland are
Highly clustered in one part of the island
Jerusalem's geography represents a particularly difficult religious conflict to resolve because
Sacred sites to Jews and Muslims are literally built on top of one another
The barrier between Israel and the West Bank
has been ruled as illegal by both Israeli and international courts but is supported by other elements of the Israeli government
The concept of a ghetto originally referred to the area of a city
where Jews were forced to live