Southeast Asia's Belief Systems

What is an Ethnic Group?

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• Share only a religion

• This is a group of people who share common cultural characteristics.

• They are identified on the basis of religion, race, or national origin.

• Ethnic groups share language

This group can have many things in common: Shared history, physical appearance, language, religion, traditions, customs, holidays, food, etc.

• Religious Group

• Family Group

• Ethnic Group

• Nationality Group

An Ethnic Group also has

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• Common characteristics that have been part of their community for generations.

• Always live in only one place on the earth

• A common culture that is shared by its members

• All have a common nationality

Southern and Eastern Asia’s population has

• only one ethnic group

• only one religious group

• 2 very distinct ethnic groups

• a unique blend of many ethnic groups.

What choice below BEST describes a religious group?

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• All members have the same cultural background

• Always share the same traditions that are handed down through the generations.

• A group of people who share a common belief system.

• Is identified based on mutual religious beliefs and practices.

What is the BEST description of a religious group

• A group of people that share the same traditions and customs.

• A group of people that share the same ancestry.

• A group of people that believe in the same god (or gods) and have a common sacred text with a specific set of rules about how to live.

• A group of people that share the same nationality, holidays, and food choices.

A religious group can be

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• People from different ethnic groups

• May be from various cultural groups

• People that share a historical bloodline.

• People of all the same race or nationality.

The most predominant religious groups in Southerine and Eastern Asia are

• Christianity and Shintoism

• Islam and Judaism

• Confucianism and Catholicism

• Buddhism and Hinduism.

Which religious group is based on a religious philosophy

• Christianity

• Shintoism

• Islam

• Buddism

Which religious group is based on a religious philosophy

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Confucianism

• Islam