Religions

The belief in the existence of only one god is

• animism

• cosmogony

• monotheism

• polytheism

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

• physical markings

• voices or personalities

• inspiration for beautiful art

• evidence of past missionary activities

The world's largest ethnic religion is

• Confucianism

• Daoism

• Hinduism

• Shintoism

Which characteristic distinguishes religion in Latin America from North America?

• having a Roman Catholic majority

• having a Protestant majority

• location relative to the Equator

• Ethnic religions make up the majority in one but not the other.

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

• Protestantism.

• Roman Catholicism.

• Judaism.

• Eastern Orthodoxy.

This map shows that Muslims are clustered in

• Southwestern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of South Asia.

• Southwestern Asia, North Africa, South America, and parts of North America.

• Eastern Europe, North America, South Asia, and parts of Russia, China, and Japan.

• East Asia, South Asia, and North Africa.

• Southwestern Asia, North Africa, and parts of South Asia and Southeastern Asia.

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

• most of the people are Protestant.

• most of the people are Catholic.

• about half of the people are Catholic and half are Protestant.

• about one-fourth of the people are animists.

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

• branch.

• denomination.

• sect.

• dialect.

The world's largest universalizing religion is

• Buddhism.

• Christianity.

• Hinduism.

• Islam.

Which is a branch of Christianity?

• Druze

• Eastern Orthodox

• Shiite

• Judaism