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an ethnic religion is

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appealing mostly to one group of people in one place

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using the map above, a person from albama is more likely to be an adherent of

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a baptist church

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a religion that is spatially widespread and philosophically inclusive of all potential adherents is described as a ______ religion

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universalizing

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the worlds largest ethnic religion is

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Hinduism

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this ethnic religion has the most adherents

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Hinduism

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France's large Muslim population is largely a result of

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emigration from former french colonies

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analysis of the above figure indicates that in the world population

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less than one-fifth of the people are non-religous

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of this list which is the oldest religion

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judaism

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______ is a nineteenth century universalizing religion established through abolition of racial class and religious prejudice

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Baha'i

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which of the following is NOT a universalizing religion

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judaism

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the worlds largest universalizing religion is

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Christianity

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the belief in the existence of only one god is

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monotheism

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a _______ is a large and fundamental division within a religion

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branch

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juche is a young religion confined

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North Korea

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using the map above observe that Lutherans are clustered in the ______ United States

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upper midwestern

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a number of local congregations united in a single legal and administrative body is a

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denomination

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a sharp boundary between north and south america is represented by

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protestant and catholicism

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almost 90 percent of people in the western hemisphere claim adherence to

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Christianity

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the ethic religion is also regarded as a cultural feature in japan

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Tenrikyo

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using the map above in France

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most of the people are Catholic

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using the map above observe that baptist are clustered in the ________ United States

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southern

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____ is the founder of Buddhism

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toa-zi

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Animism is

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the belief that inanimate objects and natural events have a discrete spirit and conscious life

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the dominant branch of Islam is

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sunni

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_____ is a belief that the existences of God cannot be proven empirically

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Agnosticism

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Lutheranism is an example of a christian

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branch

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using the map above a person from Minnesota is more likely to be an adherent of

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the Lutheran chruch

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Sunni and Shi'ite represeent branches of Islam based on

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disputes over religious leadership

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when an individual self-describes as "unaffiliated" this means all but which of the following

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espouse atheism or agnosticism

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using the map above the largest group of religious adherents in the U.S. Southwest are

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Catholics

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the split between the roman catholic branch and the orthodox branch of Christianity was due to a

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rivalry between the pope of rome and the patriarchy

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Protestantism originated with

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the principles of reformation and these of martin luther

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the core of Islamic beliefs rests on

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the five pillars

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the core of Islamic faith rests on two principles that are geographic including prayer in the direction of Mecca. what is the other pillar that is distinctly geographic

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hajj

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______ is the lingua franca of the Muslim world

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Arabic

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Buddhism is founded on the Four Noble Truths which include all but

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Nirvana is attained as a community of believers it is not an individual pursuit

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which is the correct chronological sequencing of Buddhism's branches

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Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana

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Mahyanists in contrast to Theravdists emphasizes Buddha's

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compassion

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followers of which religious branch do not trace their origin to Abraham

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Mahayana

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although the Ganges is the most holy river for Hindus, the religion evolved around which river valley

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indus

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both universalizing and ethnic religions

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can diffuse to different populations around the world

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

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islam

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Christianity first diffused from its hearth through

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relocation diffusion

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the dominance of Christianity was assured during the fourth century roman empire largely due to

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hierarchical diffusion

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the global extent of Christianity emerged largely as a result of which type of diffusion beginning with the age of exploration

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relocation diffusion

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given the colonial history of each continent which characteristic distinguishes religion in south america from north america

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having a roman catholic majority

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

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roman Catholics from Latin america

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most immigrants to the united states are

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christian

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southwest Asia and western Europe are major destinations for Muslim migrants because

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economic opportunities are better than in country of origin

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one of the most significant pull factors causing Jewish migration was

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the establishment of the state if Israel in 1948

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

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where Jews were forced to live

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

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dispersed around the united states

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a muezzin is mos closely associated with

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islam

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Oneida New York and new harmony Indiana began as

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utopian settlements

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in northern Ireland prior to the end of the violence in 1999 ________ were discriminated against by being excluded from schools and jobs

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Roman Catholics

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which of the following is an example of hierarchical religion

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catholicim

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which religion has no centralized structure of religious control

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Hinduism

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of the universalizing religions which religion provides the most local autonomy

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islam

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the holiest city for Muslim is

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mecca

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the four most important holy places to Buddhist are found in

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Nepal and India

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the Hajj is a ______ by Muslims going to _______

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pilgrimage; Mecca

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beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are

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cosmogony

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

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its rituals derive from the agricultural cycle is israel

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the agricultural calendar is relatively unimportant to which type of religions

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universalizing

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Gregorian calender's are

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calender's that are now used by protestants and roman Catholics

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the two most holy and solemn days of the Jewish calendar are

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Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

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the principle purpose of holidays in universalizing religions is to

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commemorate events in the founders life

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

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religion represent core cultural values and beliefs that may conflict with others

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Hinduism caste system

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assigns everyone to a distinct class

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the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet is the

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Dalai Lamar

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_______ is the literal interpretation and strict adherence to the basic principles of a religion

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fundamentalism

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which of these penalties was NOT imposed by the Taliban Afghanistan

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families with more than two children were exiled

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the crusades were a series of European military campaigns to assume control of

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the holy land

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which empire controlled Palestine for 400 years before it lost is after world war 1

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ottoman

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adherents of which religion have controlled the holy land for most of the past 1,500 years

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Islam

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palestinians include all but which of the following groups

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Jewish citizens of Israel

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during the 1967 six day war Israel captured a significant amount of territory including all but

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the Becca Valley

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Jerusalem geography represents a particularly difficult religions conflict to resolve because

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sacred sites to Jews and Muslims are literally built on top of one anothe

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israel has controlled all of the Jerusalem since

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the six-day war in 1967

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