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WorksheetsAP Human Geography Midterm Exam (Chapter 6 Test)
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In France,
a)
most of the people are protestant
b)
about one-forth of the people are animists.
c)
about half of the people are Catholic and half are Protestant
d)
most of the people are Catholic.
2.
With respect to the relationship between culture, religion, and the physical environment,
a)
few religions derive meaningful events from the physical environment
b)
religious ideas may be responsible for some of the changes people make in the physical environment,
c)
religion is no longer an important source of identification for a distinct cultural group.
d)
all religions appeal primarily to people living in their land of origin
3.
Animism is
a)
the reverence of all mammals
b)
sity because
c)
rel
d)
another term for vegetarianism.
4.
The world's largest ethnic religion is
a)
Hinduism
b)
Shintoism
c)
Islam
d)
Confucianism
5.
____- is the founder of Buddhism
a)
Siddhartha Gautama
b)
Lao-Zi
c)
Confucius
d)
Guru Nanak
6.
What logical conclusion might explain the higher prevalence of Buddhism in the west coast counties of the United States?
a)
destination of migrants from East and Southeast Asia.
b)
Displacement from east coast counties based on legal policies
c)
reverence for the ocean
d)
seasonal migration from China
7.
Unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism
a)
remained primarily concentrated in one region of the world
b)
was not begun by an individual founder and diffused elsewhere.
c)
was founded in China
d)
Worships more than one god.
8.
Sunni and Shi'ite represent branches of Islam based on
a)
disputes over religious leadership.
b)
scioeconomic status.
c)
profession
d)
religious calendars.
9.
An ethnic religion typically has less widespread distribution of its holy places because
a)
in large part their holy places derive from the physical characteristic of its hearth.
b)
they have not diffused globally.
c)
many of their holy places have been destroyed by urban growth.
d)
in times of globalization, they have been forced to abandon their holy places.
10.
Which of the following is NOT a universalizing religion?
a)
Judaism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Baha'i
11.
Hinduism's caste system
a)
assigns everyone to a distinct class.
b)
decrees the pilgrimages which should be taken
c)
is a substitute for the lack of a holy book.
d)
identifies a family's important deities.
12.
A sharp boundary between North and South America is represented by
a)
Protestantism and Catholicism
b)
Catholicism and Agnosticism
c)
Unaffiliated and Spiritism
d)
branches of Lutheranism and Bapist
13.
The blief in the existence of only one god is
a)
monotheism
b)
cosmogony
c)
polytheism
d)
pagan
14.
When geographers study the sites where religions originated as well as the processes by which those religions diffused to other locations, they are focusing on the
a)
spatial connections in religion
b)
geo-religious linkages of culture.
c)
role of history on social sciences
d)
lack of spatial connections in religion.
15.
Religion is a good example of the tension between globalization and local diversity because
a)
religion represents core cultural values and beliefs that may conflict with others.
b)
all religions are in competition to convert as many people as possible.
c)
many people follow more than one religion.
d)
migrants leave their religion behind when they migrate to a new area.
16.
Almost 90 percent of people in the Western Hemisphere claim adherence to
a)
Christianity
b)
Roman Catholicism
c)
Protestanism
d)
Eastern Orthodoxy
17.
Adherents of which religion have controlled the Holy Land for most of the past 1,500 years?
a)
Islam
b)
Hinduism
c)
Judaism
d)
Sikhism
18.
In which part of the world will one find over 50 percent of the population described as unaffiliated with the remainder of the population either Buddhist or affiliated with a folk religion?
a)
East Asia
b)
Southwest Asia
c)
South Asia
d)
Southeast Asia
19.
Muslims are clustered in
a)
Southwestern Asia, North Africa, and parts of South Asia and Southeastern Asia.
b)
Southwestern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of South Asia.
c)
Eastern Europe, North America, South Asia, and parts of Russia, China, and Japan.
d)
East Asia, South Asia, and North Africa.
20.
The world's largest universalizing religion is
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Hinduism
d)
Shintoism
21.
An ethnic religion is
a)
based on only one language
b)
younger than a universalizing religion
c)
appealing mostly to one group of people in one place.
d)
more peaceful than a universalizing religion.
22.
Analysis of the figure to the left indicates that in the world population
a)
more than half of the people are nonreligious
b)
less than one-fifth of the people are non-religious
c)
about half of the people are Muslim
d)
about two-thirds of the people are Christian.
23.
___ is the lingua franca of the Muslim world.
a)
Arabic
b)
Hebrew
c)
Farsi
d)
Aramaic
24.
Analysis of the figure to the left indicates that the four global regions with the most diverse religious composition include all but which of the following regions?
a)
North America
b)
East Asia
c)
South Asia
d)
Southeast Asia
25.
Jerusalem's geography represents a particularly difficult religious conflict to resolve because
a)
sacred sites to Jews and Muslims are literally built on top of one another.
b)
the population of Jerusalem is majority Christian but surrounded by majority Jewish and Muslim populations on either side.
c)
the Israeli government has separated the most sacred sites with a massive concrete wall.
26.
The world's four largest religions in terms of total number of adherents include all but which of the following?
a)
Christanity
b)
Sikhism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Judaism
27.
Which is NOT an ethnic Asian religion
a)
Buddhism
b)
Daoism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Confucianism
28.
A religion that is spatially widespread and philosophically inclusive of all potential adherents is described as a(n) ____________ religion.
a)
universalizing
b)
folk
c)
erthnic
d)
tribal
29.
The principle purpose of holidays in universalizing religions is to
a)
commemorate events in the founder's life
b)
pray for good fortune with the harvest
c)
commemorate the construction of the primary religious site
d)
recognize new converts on a specific date.
30.
Which is a branch of Christianity
a)
Druze
b)
Eastern Orthodox
c)
Shi'ite
d)
Theravadist
31.
A large fundamental division within a religion is
a)
a sect
b)
a denomination
c)
branch
d)
dialect
32.
Baptists are clustered in the ______ United States
a)
Southern
b)
Southwestern
c)
Northeastern
d)
Southeastern
33.
The dmominant branch of Islam is
a)
Shi'ite
b)
Sunni
c)
Sikh
d)
Druze
34.
Juche is a young religion confined to
a)
Vietnam
b)
Laos
c)
North Korea
d)
South Korea
35.
This religion is a polytheistic faith
a)
Hinduism
b)
Judaism
c)
Cao Dai
d)
Sikhism
36.
Asians are clustered in what area of the U.S.
a)
Western
b)
Southwestern
c)
Northwestern
37.
African Americans are clustered in what area of the United States?
a)
Northeast
b)
Southeast
c)
South
d)
Southwest
38.
Latinos/Hispanics are clustered in what area of the United States?
a)
West/Southwest
b)
Southeast/East
c)
North
d)
South
39.
The most numberous ethnicity in the United States is
a)
Latinos/Hispanics.
b)
Latinos/Vietamese
c)
Spanish
d)
Mexicans/Portugease.
40.
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
41.
Folk.Ethnic religions account for what percent of the world's population?
a)
0.06
b)
0.1
c)
0.33
d)
0.22
42.
The three largest groups of Folk/Ethnic religions are
a)
Chinese Traditional, Primal Indigenous, African Traditional
b)
Judaism, Primal Indigenous, African.
43.
Shrines and prayer halls are known as __________ in Buddhism
a)
Chaityas
b)
Churches
c)
Viharas
d)
Stupas
44.
Geographers consider the distinction between universalizing and ethnic religions to be significant because
a)
Two types of religions tend to display different spatial characteristics
b)
Two types of religions tend to display similar spatial characteristics.
45.
Who is the founder of Islam
a)
Jesus Christ
b)
Mohammed
c)
Abraham
46.
What do Mahayana Buddhists believe?
a)
They believe that they can help more people as their approach is less demanding and all emcompassing
b)
They believe Buddhism is a full-time occupation, and you renounce wordly googds and become a monk.
47.
What do Vajrayana Buddhists believe
a)
they believe they should emphasize the practice of rituals known as Tantras
b)
They believe Buddhism is a full-time occupation, and you renounce wordly googds and become a monk.
c)
they believe they can help more people as their approach is less demanding and all emcompassing.
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