WorksheetsAP Human Geography Chapter 6 Test
Total questions: 121
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following are examples of self-sufficient religions?
a)
Orthodox and Protestant
b)
Makkah and Muslim
c)
Protestant and Islam
d)
Jewish and Muslim
2.
The Jewish calendar is based off of
a)
the seasons
b)
Argiculture
c)
Traditions
d)
their religion
3.
What religions follow Cosmogony?
a)
Christianity and Islam
b)
Christianity and Judaism
c)
Hinduism and Judaism
d)
Hinduism and Buddhism
4.
What four religions, when combined together, claim the adherence of 77% of the world's population?
a)
Islam, Judaism, Chrstianity, Baha'i
b)
Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism
c)
Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Judaism
5.
Folk/Ethnic religions account for what percent of the world's population?
a)
6%
b)
10%
c)
33%
d)
22%
6.
The three largest groups of Folk/Ethnic religions are
a)
Chinese Traditional, Primal Indigenous, African Traditional
b)
Judaism, Primal Indigenous, African
7.
A ceremony for the dead in Hinduism is
a)
Burial in Cemetary
b)
Cremation
c)
Mummification
8.
Shrines and prayer halls are known as ____ in Buddhism
a)
Viharas
b)
Chaityas
c)
Churches
d)
Stupas
9.
Geographers consider the distinction between universalizing and ethnic religions to be significant because
a)
They are interested in the various patterns they contain and portray.
b)
Two types of religions tend to display similar spatial characteristics
c)
The two types of religions tend to display different spatial characteristics.
d)
None of the above.
10.
Which of these religions are considered universalizing?
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Buddhism
d)
All of the above.
11.
What religion has the greatest number of adherents?
a)
Christianity/Islam
b)
Buddhism/Judaism
c)
Baha'I/Hinduism
d)
Hinduism/Budhism
12.
What is the correct order of evolution for the monotheistic religions?
a)
Christianity, Islam, Judaism
b)
None of the above.
c)
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
d)
Islam, Judaism
13.
Which religion is polytheistic?
a)
Christianity
b)
None of the above.
c)
Judaism
d)
Hinduism
14.
Who was the founder of Islam?
a)
Jesus Christ
b)
Sidhartha Gautama
c)
Mohammed
d)
Abraham
15.
Who is the founder of Judaism?
a)
Jesus Christ
b)
Mohammed
c)
Abraham
d)
Lao Tuz
16.
Which religion has the most adherents?
a)
Christianity
b)
Buddhism
c)
Judaism
d)
Hinduism
17.
Who is the founder of Taoism?
a)
Confucious
b)
Lao Tzu
c)
Baha u llah
d)
Guru Nanak
18.
Where in Europe is Protestant Christianity dominant?
a)
Northern Europe
b)
Southern Europe
c)
Eastern Europe
19.
Which denomination is dominant in the Southern United States?
a)
Latter=day Saints
b)
Roman Catholics
c)
Baptists
d)
Lutherans
20.
Why do religions interest Geographers?
a)
It's essential for understanding how they work.
b)
The wide traces they contain are astonishing.
c)
Understanding them is essential for recognizing spatial patterns underlying how humans occupy earth.
d)
Understanding them is essential, using them to trace the origins of the religions, as well as their diffusion patterns.
21.
Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is one of the most holiest shrines for
a)
Orthodox Christians
b)
Roman Catholics
c)
Protestants
22.
Universalizing religions
a)
attempt to be classified as global, they appeal to all people, despite where the live in the world.
b)
attempt to be classified as local, they only appeal to people living in one place.
23.
Ethnic Religions
a)
attempt to be classified as global, they appeal to all people, despite where the live in the world.
b)
attempt to be classified as local, they only appeal to people living in one place.
24.
The religion with the largest number of adherents is either
a)
Muslim or Buddhism
b)
Hinduism or Buddhism
c)
Christianity or Islam
d)
Christianity or Buddhism
25.
Christianity is
a)
None of the above.
b)
All of the above.
c)
the most widely practiced religion in nearly every country of Southwest Asia and Nr
d)
the most widely practiced religion in every country of the Western Hemisphere and in most countries of EUrope and sub-Saharan Africa.
26.
What do Mahayana Buddhists believe?
a)
they believe Buddhism is a full-time occupation, and you must renounce wordly goods and become a monk.
b)
None of the above.
c)
Both of the above.
d)
They believe that they can help more people as their approach is less demanding and all emcompassing.
27.
What do Theravadists believe?
a)
They believe that the Quran is the holiest book in Buddhism.
b)
they believe Buddhism is a full-time occupation, and you must renounce wordly goods and become a monk.
c)
They believe that they can help more people as their approach is less demanding and all emcompassing.
d)
they believe they should emphasize the practice of rituals known as Tantras.
28.
What do Mahayana Buddhists believe?
a)
they believe Buddhism is a full-time occupation, and you must renounce wordly goods and become a monk.
b)
they believe they should emphasize the practice of rituals known as Tantras.
c)
They believe that they can help more people as their approach is less demanding and all emcompassing.
d)
None of the above.
29.
What do Vajrayana Buddhists believe?
a)
they believe Buddhism is a full-time occupation, and you must renounce wordly goods and become a monk.
b)
they believe they should emphasize the practice of rituals known as Tantras.
c)
They believe that they can help more people as their approach is less demanding and all emcompassing.
d)
None of the above.
30.
How do Hindus wash away their sins?
a)
they use water gathered from their wells to bathe themselves.
b)
they use ice gathered from their refridgerators.
c)
they bathe in river, which is said to contain holy water.
d)
they use the rain water, as they believe their god has dropped it for their use. They believe this is "Holy Water".
31.
Christianity first spread from its hearth in ______ through _____ diffusion.
a)
Judea; contagious diffusion
b)
St. Jose; relocation diffusion
c)
St. Jose; hierarchical diffusion
d)
Judea; relocation diffusion
32.
Islam spread by what type of diffusion?
a)
contagious diffusion
b)
expansion diffusion
c)
relocation diffusion
d)
hierarchical diffusion
33.
Buddhism spread by what type of diffusion?
a)
contagious diffusion
b)
expansion diffusion
c)
relocation diffusion
d)
hierarchical diffusion
34.
Christianity spread by what type of diffusion?
a)
contagious diffusion
b)
expansion diffusion
c)
relocation diffusion
d)
Hierarchical Diffusion or with all of them
35.
Where do Muslims worship?
a)
In a Synagogue
b)
In a Church
c)
In a Gurdwara
d)
In a Mosque
36.
Where do Christians worship?
a)
In a Synagogue
b)
In a Church
c)
In a Pagoda
d)
In a Mosque
37.
Where do Buddhists worship?
a)
In a Synagogue
b)
In a Temple
c)
In a Pagoda
d)
In a Mosque
38.
Where do Jews worship?
a)
In a Synagogue
b)
In a Temple
c)
In a Gurdwara
d)
In a Mosque
39.
Where do Sikhs worship?
a)
In a Synagogue
b)
In a Temple
c)
In a Gurdwara
d)
In a Mosque
40.
Where do Hindus worship?
a)
In Houses of Worship.
b)
In a Temple, but they're more likely to do it at home.
c)
In a Gurdwara, but they're more likely to do it at home.
d)
In a Mosque, but they're more likely to do it at home.
41.
Where do Baha'i worship?
a)
In Houses of Worship.
b)
In a Temple.
c)
In a Gurdwara.
d)
In a Mosque.
42.
What is a utopian settlement?
a)
a perfect settlement, perfect economic, physical, and environmental conditions.
b)
a perfect settlement, characterized by easy-travel, good soil, and farmland.
c)
an ideal community built around a religious way of life.
d)
an ideal community built around a cultural way of life.
43.
Which of the following are Hierarchical religions?
a)
Islam and Buddhism
b)
Christianity and Muslim
c)
Buddhism and Roman Catholicism
d)
Church of Jesus Christ, Roman Catholicism
44.
The holiest city in Islam is
a)
Makkah
b)
Iraq
c)
Jerusalem
d)
Merindus
45.
Which of the following religions practice Cosmogony? (the most popular)
a)
Buddhism, Hinduism
b)
Muslim, Hinduism
c)
Christianity, Islam
d)
Islam, Buddhism
46.
How do Christians deal with their dead?
a)
Burial in Cemeteries.
b)
Cremation.
c)
Throwing them into the water.
d)
Leaving them in Caves.
47.
How do Hindus deal with their dead?
a)
Leaving them in Caves.
b)
Cremation.
c)
Throwing them into the water.
d)
All of the above.
48.
Examples of self-sufficient religions are:
a)
Protestant, Islam
b)
Orthodox, Islam
c)
Muslim, Islam
d)
Jewish, Islam
49.
Judaism is the most practiced religion in which of the following:
a)
Jerusalem
b)
Makkah
c)
Israel
d)
None of the above.
50.
In the Asian countries, what is commonly regarded as the most widely practiced religion?
a)
Buddhism or Hinduism
b)
Hinduism or Muslim
c)
Jewish or Buddhism
d)
Jewish or Hinduism
51.
Many faiths are divided into branches that have __________________.
a)
distinctive origins.
b)
common origins.
c)
distinctive spatial distributions
d)
common spatial distributions
52.
A congregation is best described as a __________.
a)
a global assembly of persons brought together for differentiated worship.
b)
a global assembly of persons brought together for common religious worship.
c)
a local assembly of persons brought together for differentiated worship.
d)
a local assembly of persons brought together for a common religious worship.
53.
A branch is best described as a __________.
a)
A large and fundamental divison within a religion.
b)
A church which has broken away from the original.
c)
small fundamental divison within a religion.
d)
A large unauthentic division within a religion.
54.
The three major branches of Christianity are:
a)
Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant
b)
Jewish, Catholic, Protestant.
c)
Orthodox, Christianity, Protestant.
d)
None of the above.
55.
Roman Catholics comprise __% of all Christians.
a)
20%
b)
30%
c)
40%
d)
50%
56.
Orthodox comprise __% of all Christians.
a)
6%
b)
10%
c)
12%
d)
14%
57.
Protestant comprise __% of all Christians.
a)
18%
b)
28%
c)
38%
d)
48%
58.
_______ is the predominant religion of Central Asia, and of Southwest Asia & North Africa
a)
Islam
b)
Christianity
c)
Buddhism
d)
Hinduism
59.
Muslim is the adherent of _____
a)
Islam
b)
Christianity
c)
Buddhism
d)
Hinduism
60.
The countries containing the most Muslims are
a)
Indonesia, Palestine, India
b)
Bangladesh, India, Indonesia
c)
Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia
d)
India, Bangladesh, Palestine
61.
The two branches of Islam are
a)
Sunni, Shiite
b)
Yemen, Bahrain
c)
Lebanon, Muhammad
d)
Abraham, Jesus
62.
________ is the third major universalizing religion. ______ is clustered primarily in ______ and ______.
a)
Muslim | East Europe | Southeast Asia
b)
Christianity |Eastern United States | Southeastern United States
c)
Buddhism | East Asia | Southeast Asia
d)
None of the above.
63.
________(s) are/is the largest branch in Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen.
a)
Sunni
b)
Shiite
c)
Protestant.
d)
Eastern Orthodox
64.
Buddhism was founded by:
a)
Mahyana
b)
Muhammed
c)
Siddhartha Gautama
d)
Jesus Christ
65.
The largest number of adherents, which include the manifestation of god, come from
a)
Vaishnavism
b)
Shaivism
c)
Sunnism
d)
Shiitism
66.
Chinese traditional religions are ______, they combine several traditions.
a)
creolized
b)
ethnic
c)
universalizing
d)
syncretic
67.
____ created Taoism, which emphasizes the importance of studying nature to find one's place in the world instead of striving to change the world.
a)
Confucius
b)
Kim Jong il
c)
Lao Tzu
d)
Lao Vanij Il
68.
_____ created Confucianism.
a)
Lao Tzu
b)
Leo
c)
Confucius
d)
Kim Jong il
69.
Followers of Primal-Indigenous religions believe that
a)
All of the below.
b)
because god dwells within all things, everything in nature is spiritual.
c)
studying nature to find one's place in the world instead of striving to change the world is a great view to take on things.
d)
None of the above.
70.
_____ is the belief that the human personality continues to exist after death and can communicate with the living through psychic or a median.
a)
Shiite
b)
Spiritism
c)
Confucuism
d)
Sunni
71.
_____ is the first religion to be monotheism.
a)
Judaism
b)
Both C and D
c)
Christianity
d)
Islam
72.
Juche originated from North Korea. It was founded/organized by _____
a)
Kim Jong un
b)
Kim Jong il
c)
Kim Jong-sung
d)
Kim il-sung
73.
Tenrikyo was once a branch of Shinto. ______ _____ created it. Followers of the religion believe God expressed divine will through _______'s role as the Shrine of God.
a)
Nakayama Miki
b)
Kim il-sung
c)
Confucious
d)
Lao Tuz
74.
_______ originated in South Asia 2,500 years ago.
a)
Jainism
b)
SHinto
c)
Cao Dai
d)
Judaism
75.
_____ believe that nonviolence and self-control are means to achieve liberation.
a)
Jews
b)
Muslims
c)
Shintos
d)
Jains
76.
Shinto is a ________.
a)
Japanese ethnic religion
b)
Korean universalizing religion
c)
Christian ethnic religion
d)
Jewish universalizing religion.
77.
The current global and regional distributions of religions and their branches result from the _________________
a)
none of the below.
b)
spatial distribution of diffusion and origin
c)
geographic processes of origin and diffusion.
d)
all of the above.
78.
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79.
A universalizing religion
a)
is based on physical characteristics of a particular location on Earth.
b)
appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations.
c)
is rarely transmitted through missionaries
d)
is less likely to be used as a reason for violence than ethnic religions.
80.
The world's largest universalizing religion is
a)
Buddhism
b)
Christianity
c)
Hinduism
d)
Islam
81.
The world's largest ethnic religion is
a)
Islam
b)
Daoism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Shintoism
82.
An autonomus religion is
a)
A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally and formally
b)
A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates formally.
c)
A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally.
d)
None of the above.
83.
A Pilgrimage is
a)
A journey to a location considered common for religious purposes.
b)
A journey to a place considered sacred for cultural purposes.
c)
A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.
84.
A Solstice is
a)
None of the above
b)
Astronomical event that happens twice each year, when the tilt of Earth's axis is most inclined toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun's apparent position in the sky to reach it most northernmost or southernmost extreme, and resulting in the shortest and longest days of the year.
c)
Astronomical event that happens twice each year, when the tilt of Earth's axis is most inclined toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun's apparent position in the sky to reach it most northernmost or southernmost extreme and resulting in the shortest and shortest days of the year.
85.
Polytheism is
a)
The belief that no god exists
b)
Belief in or worship of more than one god.
c)
Belief in or worship of one god.
86.
Examples of Ethnic Religions include:
a)
Daoism
b)
Confucianism
c)
Judaism
d)
All of the above.
87.
A Julian and Gregorian calendar are
a)
Christian calendars that are now used as standard calendars in much of the world.
b)
Muslim calendars that are now used as unstandard calendars in much of the world.
88.
Which is not a characteristic of a hierarchical religion?
a)
It encourages each congregation to be self sufficient
b)
It does not encourage each congreation to be self-sufficient.
89.
The dominant branch in the whole of Islam is
a)
Sunni
b)
Shiite
c)
Muslim
90.
The dominant branch of Islam in the country of Iran is
a)
Shiite
b)
Sunni
91.
A geographer researching the practices of Tibetan Buddhists as well as the world travels of the Dalai Lama is studying
a)
Spatial connections in religion
b)
Spatial distribution in religion
92.
Both universalizing and ethnic religions
a)
Can diffuse to different populations around the world.
b)
Remain stagnant around locations.
c)
Stay localized.
d)
Don't change.
93.
Which characteristic distinguishes religion in Latin America from North America?
a)
Having a roman catholic majority.
b)
Having a muslim majority
94.
Muslims are clustered in
a)
Southwestern Asia
b)
North Africa
c)
and parts of South Asia and Southeastern Asia
95.
Christianity first diffused from its hearth through
a)
Relocation diffusion
b)
.
96.
In France
a)
most of the people are catholic.
b)
.
97.
Catholics are the majority in the west and southeast, while protestants are majority in the north.
a)
.
b)
.
98.
With respect to the relationship between culture, religion, and the physical environment
a)
religious ideas may be responsible for some of the changes people make in the physical environment
b)
.
99.
Which is not an ethnic Asian religion
a)
Buddhism
b)
.
100.
A person attempting to detect ______ within forests and streams would likely by an animist
a)
voices or personalities
b)
.
101.
Which of the following would we be more likely to classify as a characteristic of an ethnic religion
a)
The religious calendar is based largely on seasonal changes in a particular region
b)
.
102.
A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a
a)
sect
b)
.
103.
Which of the following is not a universalizing religion
a)
Judaism
b)
.
104.
Lutheranism is an example of
a)
demonination
b)
.
105.
Hinduism's caste system
a)
assigns everyone to a distinct class.
b)
.
106.
Which of the following best describes the situation of religion in Tibet?
a)
Its spiritual leader is in exile and the government discourages observance.
b)
.
107.
The landscape of Quebec is distinguished from neighboring Canadian provinces and the United States partly because it
a)
has numerous religious toponyms
b)
.
108.
Religion is a good example of the tensions between globalization and local diversity because
a)
religion represents core cultural values and beliefs that may conflict with others.
b)
.
109.
It is reasonable to surmise that historically, when signs were posted in store windows warning "No Irish Need Apply," the store owner may also have been
a)
a protestant discriminating against Roman Catholic immigrants.
b)
.
110.
A person from Northern Germany is more likely to be an adherent of
a)
Protestantism
b)
.
111.
Denomination
a)
A subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition and identity.
b)
.
112.
For most of the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been
a)
highly clustered in present-day Israel.
b)
Dispersed around the world.
c)
concentrated in the United States
d)
forced in live in ghettos
113.
Judaism is classified as an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion, primarily because
a)
its main holidays relate to events in the life of its founder, Abraham.
b)
It uses a lunar calendar
c)
its rituals derive from the argicultural cycle in Israel
d)
IIt commemorates the Exodus from Egypt.
114.
Which is not a characteristic of a hierarchical religion?
a)
It has a well-defined hierarchical structure.
b)
It encourages each congregation to be self-sufficient.
c)
It organizes territory into the local administrative units
d)
It fosters interaction among different congregations
115.
Worship in Hinduism is most likely to take place
a)
in a holy shrine
b)
as part of a pilgrimage
c)
at home
d)
in a pagoda
116.
Cremation is more important than burial in which religion?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Christianity
c)
Hinduism
d)
Islam
117.
The United Nations partition plan dividing Palestine placed Jerusalem under
a)
a British Mandate
b)
Palestenian administration
c)
Israeli Administration
d)
United Nations administration.
118.
Palestinians include all but which of the following groups?
a)
Residents of Refugee camps
b)
residents of territories occupied by Israel
c)
citizens of other states calling themselves Palestinians
d)
Jewish citizens of Israel.
119.
Israel has controlled all of Jerusalem since
a)
partition of Palestine by the United Nations
b)
the withdrawal of the British rule
c)
The Arab-Israeli armistice
d)
the Six-Day War in 1967
120.
Adherents of which religion have controlled the Holy Land for most of the past 1,500 years?
a)
Sikhism
b)
Judaism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Islam
121.
Which religion is one of the three most important in Lebanon?
a)
Daoism
b)
Druze
c)
Hinduism
d)
Judaism
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