Ch. 6 Religions

Which world religion is NOT among the largest four on Earth in terms of estimated number of adherents?

• Judaism

• Islam

• Christianity

• Buddhism

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.

A universalizing religion

• appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations.

• is rarely transmitted through missionaries.

• has celebrations based on seasonal changes.

• is less likely to be used as a reason for violence than ethnic religions.

The world's largest universalizing religion is

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Shintoism

The world's largest ethnic religion is

• Cao Dai

• Shintoism

• Hinduism

• Zoroastrianism

The predominant religion in Latin America is

• Islam

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Animism

Which continent is split between Muslims and Christians along a broad latitudinal axis?

• North America

• Europe

• Africa

• Australia

Christians and Muslims combined make up approximately what percentage of the global population?

• 15

• 24

• 31

• 55

Muslims are largely found on which two continents?

• Africa and Australia

• South America and North America

• Europe and North America

• Africa and Asia

Protestantism is an example of a Christian

• branch.

• leaf.

• sect.

• family.