AP Human Geo: Religion and Ethnicity

The minaret is an architectural feature common to places of worship in which of the following religions?

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

Zionism is best defined as the ____________________

• Shinto ritual purification involving ceremonial offerings and prayers.

• Islamic Custom of pilgrimage to Mecca that must be undertaken at least once during every follower's lifetime.

• Mormon right of passage that involves a two-year mission of service.

• Confucian doctrine that urges respect for one's elders.

• Jewish claim to Palestine as their rightful national homeland.

Which of the following is a sacred place in the Hindu religion?

• Dead Sea

• Ganges River

• Mount Fuji

• Shara Desert

• Tierra del Fuego

Which of the following culture regions of the United States has the strongest historical connections to Lutheran Christian traditions?

• The Rocky Mountains

• New England

• The Upper Midwest

• The South

• The Pacific Northwest

The term caste refers to a particular system of social stratification that is informed by which of the following religions?

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Confucianism

• Taoism

• Islam

The largest branch of Islam, to which as many as 80 percent of all Muslims belong, is called __________?

• Dravidian

• Shia

• Meccan

• Berber

• Sunni

An urban ethnic enclave that is held together by external forces of discrimination and marginalization, as well as by internal forces of community identity and ethnic solidarity is known as a(n) _____________?

• exclave

• ghetto

• gated community

• commune

• isogloss

Due to millennia of persecution, the Jews have spread throughout the globe. This dispersion of a religious group is known as a...

• diaspora

• theocracy

• sharias

______ refers to strict, literal interpretations of holy scriptures such as the Quran or the Bible.

• Fundamentalism

• traditionalism

• esotericism

Chinatown, Koreatown, and Little Italy are examples of what?

• Indigenous areas

• Senses of Place

• Cultural Traits

• Ethnic neighborhoods