20 questions
Chinese tradition and African traditional represent which type of religion?
unaffiliated
universalizing
ethnic
folk
syncretic
________ is a belief that the existence of God cannot be proven empirically.
Agnosticism
Atheism
Unaffiliation
Assimilation
Amalgamation
A religion that is spatially widespread and philosophically inclusive of all potential adherents is described as a(n) ________ religion.
universalizing
folk
ethnic
tribal
animistic
An ethnic religion is
based on only one language.
appealing mostly to one group of people in one place.
based on belief in one particular spiritual leader.
younger than a universalizing religion.
more peaceful than a universalizing religion.
In which part of the world will one find an unevenly distributed population of over 66 percent Hindu?
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Central Asia
Southwest Asia
East Asia
Almost 90 percent of people in the Western Hemisphere claim adherence to
Christianity.
Roman Catholicism.
Protestantism.
Eastern Orthodoxy.
Fundamentalist and nondenominational Christian churches.
Which is a branch of Christianity?
Druze
Eastern Orthodox
Shi'ite
Theravadist
Judaism
A sharp boundary between North and South America is represented by
branches of Spiritism and Indigenous religions.
branches of Lutheranism and Baptist.
Protestantism and Catholicism.
Catholicism and Agnosticism.
Unaffiliated and Spiritism.
The dominant branch of Islam is
Druze.
Eastern Orthodoxy.
Sikh.
Sunni.
Shi'ite.
France's large Muslim population is largely a result of
French policy to encourage diversification.
French policy to attract guest workers.
emigration from former French colonies.
emigration from Southwest Asian countries.
French policy to encourage equal representation of religions.
Sunni and Shi'ite represent branches of Islam based on
ethnicity.
socioeconomic status.
profession.
religious calendars.
disputes over religious leadership.
The dominant branch of Islam in Iran is
Medina.
Eastern Orthodoxy.
Mecca.
Sunni.
Shi'ite.
A large percentage of Muslims living in the United States are from which region?
East Asia
Central Asia
Southwest Asia
Southeast Asia
South Asia
Which is NOT an ethnic Asian religion?
Buddhism
Confucianism
Shintoism
Daoism
Hinduism
Unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism
remained primarily concentrated in one region of the world.
was not begun by an individual founder and then diffused elsewhere.
was founded in China.
worships more than one god.
diffused primarily by colonization.
This ethnic religion has the most adherents.
Judaism
Zoroastrianism
Hinduism
Jainism
Sikhism
Chinese traditional religions are ________, in that they combine several traditions.
Spiritist
Syncretic
Synchronized
Animistic
Shamanistic
Juche is a young religion confined to
Vietnam.
Laos.
North Korea.
South Korea.
Taiwan.
Based on the two images, which of the following statements best explains the geographic process that took place as Islam diffused from its hearth?
Islam is confined to the Middle East because it is an ethnic religion that appeals to only one group of people in one region.
The diffusion of Islam has resulted in a cultural landscape in China that has been radically altered to reflect Islamic architecture.
Islam diffused hierarchically to the west through conquest and to the east through relocation via missionaries along trade routes.
The diffusion of Islam has had a minimal impact on regions to the west and east of its hearth in the Middle East.
The universalizing nature of Islam has allowed it to become worldwide in scope and the dominant religion in North America and Europe.
Based on the data in the table, which of the following is a possible impact of ethnic and religious diversity in Iraq?
Ethnicity and religion act as centripetal forces in the country by creating a common Iraqi identity among the population.
Ethnicity and religion facilitate democratization in the country by motivating participation in elections.
Ethnicity and religion promote economic development in the country by generating national pride in the country’s accomplishments.
Ethnicity and religion lead to devolutionary pressures in the country by politically dividing regions.
Ethnicity and religion increase cultural cohesion in the country by promoting shared political ideology.