Chapter 6 Key Issue 3 - Religion - AP Human Geography

Pagodas are houses of worship for which universalizing religion?

• Christianity 

• Buddhism 

• Bahai 

• Shikism 

Where was Muhammed born, inspiring Muslims to make a pilgrimage there?

• Mecca 

• Medina 

• Bagdad 

• Istanbul 

Why do Hindus visit the Ganges River?

• to drink its water 

• to purify themselves by bathing in it 

• to carry the water to sick people back home 

• to pour the water out on the ground in a ritual 

Confucianism and Taoism both believe in yin and yang, with yin being the female energy of the world and yang being the male energy.

• True 

• False 

Christians have their bodies cremated because they consider it an act of purification. 

• True 

• False 

Religion can affect place names, such as naming a city after a saint in the Catholic Church. 

• True 

• False 

Ethnic religious holidays are based on physical geography and ____. 

• God's birthplace 

• agriculture and the seasons

• places of purification 

The universalizing religion of Christianity has two major holidays, Christmas and ___. 

• Easter 

• Halloween 

• Thanksgiving 

Protestant denominations like Baptists have a hierarchical structure. 

• True 

• False