AP Human Geography Chapter 6 Exam

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

• A) few religions derive meaningful events from the physical environment.

• B) religious ideas may be responsible for some of the changes people make in the physical environment.

• C) religion is no longer an important source of identification for a distinct cultural group.

• D) all religions appeal primarily to people living in their land of origin.

• E) religious ideas nearly all arise from changes in the physical environment.

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

• A) migrants leave their religion behind when they migrate to a new area.

• B) religion always represents the most traditional worldviews of a population.

• C) many people follow more than one religion.

• D) all religions are in competition to convert as many people as possible.

• E) religion represents core cultural values and beliefs that may conflict with others.

Mahayanists, in contrast to Theravadists, emphasize Buddha's

• A) life of self-help.

• B) compassion.

• C) renouncing of worldly goods.

• D) wisdom.

• E) practice of meditation.

Animists believe that

• A) people should complete God's creation of the Earth.

• B) inanimate objects and natural events have spirits.

• C) people should make complete use of the Earth's resources.

• D) natural disasters are preventable.

• E) enlightenment can be achieved by all people.

Especially important in Confucianism is to

• A) perform public service.

• B) reflect on the mystical and magical aspects of life.

• C) respect forces of nature as divine.

• D) believe in one all-powerful God.

• E) read the holy texts daily.

Especially important in Daoism is to

• A) perform public service.

• B) reflect on the mystical and magical aspects of life.

• C) respect forces of nature as divine.

• D) believe in one all-powerful God.

• E) read the holy texts daily.

The belief in the existence of only one god is

• A) animism.

• B) cosmogony.

• C) monotheism.

• D) polytheism.

• E) pagan.

Beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are

• A) animism.

• B) cosmogony.

• C) monotheism.

• D) astronomy.

• E) polytheism.

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) spatial connections in religion.

• B) geo-religious linkages of culture.

• C) role of history in the social sciences.

• D) lack of spatial connections in religion.

• E) loss of historical processes in the formations of religions.

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

• A) spatial connections in religion.

• B) theological connections in religion.

• C) monetary connections in religion.

• D) connections between Christianity and Buddhism.

• E) connections between ethnic and universalizing religions.