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Geography Chapter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Universalizing Religions... | Have known origins and clear diffusion patterns |
| An Important distinction of the spatial attributes of religion is... | Universalizing religions attempt to appeal to all wherever they might diffuse |
| Though the Romans initially opposed Christianity, they unwittingly facilitated its early diffusion by... | Providing a system of roads |
| The predominant Christian religion across Minnesota and the Dakotas is... | Lutheran |
| Animist religions predominate in... | Africa |
| Diffusion of Islam beyond its hearth was accomplished by... | Missionaries, traders and conquering armies |
| Two particularly troublesome zones of religious conflict exist... | Ireland and the Middle East |
| Jerusalem's sectors starting from the upper left and proceeding clockwise would be labeled... | Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Armenian |
| For many people on Earth, religion served as a source of... | Key values and beliefs |
| Which of the following is NOT an ethnic religion? | Sikhism |
| An ethnic religion is... | Appealing mostly to one group of people in one place. |
| Which characteristic distinguishes religion in Latin America from North America? | Having a Roman Catholic majority |
| Judaism is classified as an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion primarily because... | Its rituals derive from agricultural cycle in Israel |
| Lutheranism is an example of a Christian... | Denomination |
| Baptists are cluster in the ________________ United States | Southeastern |
| Lutherans are clustered in the __________________ United States | Upper Midwestern |
| The two main branches of Islam are... | Sunni & Shiite |
| Roman Catholics clustered in the US southwest primarily because of migration of... | Roman Catholics from Latin America |
| The single most holiest site in Islam is: | The al-Ka'ba |
| A mosque differs from a church because a mosque... | Is not a sanctified place |
| The division of Islam into branches resulted from a disagreement... | Over which of Mohammed's relatives should succeed him. |
| Unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism... | Remained concentrated in one region of the world. |
| Confucianism and Daoism share a belief in... | The balance of ying and yang |
| Animists believe that... | Inanimate objects and natural events have spirits |
| Religion is particularly a good example of the tension between globalization and diversity because... | Religion represents core cultural values and beliefs that many conflict with others |
| The religious conflict in Northern Ireland is mainly due to groups' literal interpretation and strict adherence to the basic principles of a religion. This concept is called... | Fundamentalism |
| What coastal territory has been captured by Israel since 1967 but has recently become an area of great violence that the Israeli government has struggled to control? | Gaza & Golan Heights |