Chapter 6 Test – Flashcards

With respect to the relationship between culture, religion, and the physical environment,

Religion is a good example of the tension between globalization and local diversity because

Mahayanists, in contrast to Theravadists, emphasize Buddha's

Animists believe that

Especially important in Confucianism is to

Especially important in Daoism is to

The belief in the existence of only one god is

Beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are

When geographers study the sites where religions originated as well as the processes by which those religions diffused to other locations, they are focusing on the

A geographer researching the practices of Tibetan Buddhists as well as the world travels of the Dalai Lama is studying

A person attempting to detect ________ within forests and streams would likely be an animist.

The world's largest ethnic religion is

Which characteristic distinguishes religion in Latin America from North America?

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?

The maps and diagrams in this chapter help us surmise that a person from northern Germany is more likely to be an adherent of

This map indicates that Lutherans are clustered in the ________ United States.

The maps in this chapter indicate that Eastern Orthodoxy is a branch of Christianity prevalent in

This map shows that Muslims are clustered in

A review of the world maps in this chapter indicates that in South America,

A review of the maps in this chapter indicates that in northeastern Canada,

The maps in this chapter indicate that in Sub-Saharan Africa,

The maps in this chapter indicate that in Australia and the South Pacific,

When analyzing the maps in this chapter, we can infer that in France,

Analysis of the charts in this chapter indicates that in the world population,

The charts in this chapter indicate that in the world population,

Analysis of this map indicates that in Germany,

Analysis of this map indicates that in Scotland,

A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a

The world's largest universalizing religion is

Which is a branch of Christianity?

Almost 90 percent of people in the Western Hemisphere claim adherence to

Lutheranism is an example of a Christian

The dominant branch of Islam is

The dominant branch of Islam in Iran is

Based on the map above, we can surmise that a person from Alabama is more likely to be an adherent of

The maps and diagrams in this chapter help us surmise that a person from Minnesota is more likely to be an adherent of

This map indicates that Baptists are clustered in the ________ United States.

According to this map, the largest group of religious adherents in the U.S. Southwest are

Examples of ethnic religions include

Which of the following is not a universalizing religion?

Which is not an ethnic Asian religion?

Hinduism's caste system

Both universalizing and ethnic religions

An ethnic religion is

Followers of which religious branch do not trace their origin to Abraham?

Which of the following is currently the most important religion in the homeland of the man who founded it?

Unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism

Which of the following would be more characteristic of a universalizing religion?

Which of the following would we be more likely to classify as a characteristic of an ethnic religion?

Christianity first diffused from its hearth through

Roman Catholics are clustered in the U.S. southwest primarily because of migration of

According to this map, Buddhism diffused initially to

According to this map, Islam diffused initially to

It is reasonable to surmise that historically, when signs were posted in store windows warning "No Irish Need Apply," the store owner may also have been

Given Muslim perspectives on sacred spaces in the Middle East, politicians in the region have been wary of inviting further religious-fueled conflict by proclaiming

Some of the violence linked to religion in Israel and Palestine is also linked to

According to this map, the landscape of Quebec is distinguished from neighboring Canadian provinces and the United States partly because it

Judaism is classified as an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion, partly because

The agricultural calendar is relatively unimportant to which type of religions?

The Julian and Gregorian calendars are

Which of the following best describes the situation of religion in Tibet?

Which is NOT a characteristic of a hierarchical religion?

Protestants in Ireland are

Jerusalem's geography represents a particularly difficult religious conflict to resolve because

The barrier between Israel and the West Bank

The concept of a ghetto originally referred to the area of a city

The example of Jerusalem indicates that in regards to the geographic landscape,

The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet is the

For most of the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been

Cremation is more important than burial in which religion?

The goal of the majority of people living in Northern Ireland is to

The United Nations partition plan dividing Palestine placed Jerusalem under

Palestinians include all but which of the following groups?

Which of these penalties were imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan?

What policy did the British follow in India?

From the Russian Revolution to the fall of the Soviet communist government, what was the policy of the government towards religion?

Which of the following religions is also part of a territorial concern for the Chinese government?

It is reasonable to hypothesize that during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) when some Irish soldiers deserted from the U.S. Army to join the Mexican Army instead, most were at

Given the geographic perspectives on religion that are discussed in this chapter, we might hypothesize in addition that victorious Spanish soldiers in 1492 were partly motivated by

Given the Soviet Union's policies toward religion discussed in this chapter, a historian could hypothesize that in the United States, Cold War opposition to the Soviet Union was accompanied by a heightened

A universalizing religion

Adherents of which religion controlled much of present-day Spain until 1492, but not since then?

The situation in Northern Ireland is the result of

Adherents of which religion have controlled the Holy Land for most of the past 1,500 years?

Israel has controlled all of Jerusalem since

Lutherans in the United States are concentrated in the southeast.

Catholics in the United States are concentrated mainly in the northeast and southwest.

Buddhism is the most important religion in India.

As the maps in this chapter illustrate, Christianity has the most widespread geographic distribution of any religion.

As indicated on the maps in this chapter, the largest concentration of Eastern Orthodox Christians is in Eastern Europe.

Jerusalem is a holy city to all three major universalizing religions

Pilgrimages play a significant role in ethnic religions but not in universalizing religions.

Natural landscape features are the holiest places in Islam.

The Ganges is the most holy river for Muslims.

In terms of sacred sites and places of worship, an ethnic religion is usually more geographically concentrated than a universalizing religion.

The majority of people in Lebanon are Jewish.

After the 1917 Revolution, the communists closed all churches in the Soviet Union.

Islam is a less hierarchical religion than Christianity.

The most troublesome religious boundary in Western Europe is in Ireland.