Human Geo - Unit 2 - Part 2 - Ethnicity/Religion/Race

To actively seek converts because they view themselves as offering belief systems, universal appropriateness, and appeal. Few in number and of recent origin. EX) Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam

• Reincarnation

• monotheistic religion

• religion

• polytheistic religion

• universalizing religions

Adherents are born into the faith and converts are not actively sought. Spatially concentrated, except for Judaism. EX) traditional religions in Africa and SA. Judaism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Shintoism

• animistic religion

• ethnic religion

• Feng-Shui/geomancy

• Zoroastrianism

• Confucianism

The largest universalizing religion is

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Christianity

About 80% of India's people follow this religion.

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Confucianism
• Shintoism

Christianity is divided into major branches. Those branches are

• Christian and Protestant

• Sunni and Shiite

• Christian, Protestant, and Orthodox

• Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox

• Orthodox, Reformed, and Liberal

The dominant branch of Islam is

• Druze.

• Eastern Orthodoxy.

• Sikh.

• Sunni.

• Shiite.

Examples of ethnic religions include

• Daoism and Christianity.

• Daoism, Confucianism, and Judaism.

• Confucianism, Islam, and Buddhism.

• Buddhism, Judaism, and Hinduism.

• Hinduism and Buddhism.

Cultural identity through shared traits such as language or religion

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Habit
• Culture

Classification system based on physical characteristics of humans

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Culture
• Statute

Which of the following is not a universalizing religion?

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam