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AP Human Geography Chapter 6: Religions

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 4hrs 10mins

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Class
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1.

Religion is a good example of the tension between globalization and local diversity because

a)

migrants leave their religion behind when they migrate to a new area

b)

religion always represents the most traditional worldveiws of a population

c)

many people follow more than one religion

d)

all religions are in competition to convert as many people as possible

e)

religion represents core cultural values and beliefs that may conflict with others

2.

Animists believe that

a)

people should complete God's creation of earth

b)

inanimate objects and natural events have spirits

c)

people should make complete use of Earth's resources

d)

natural disasters are preventable

e)

enlightenment can be achieved by all people

3.

The belief in the existence of only one God is

a)

animism

b)

cosmogony

c)

monotheism

d)

polytheism

e)

pagan

4.

beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are

a)

animism

b)

cosmogony

c)

monotheism

d)

astroomy

e)

polytheism

5.

The world's largest ethnic religion is

a)

Confucianism

b)

Daoism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Shintoism

e)

Islam

6.

The maps and diagrams in this chapter help us surmise that a person from northern Germany is more likely to be an adherent of

a)

Protestantism

b)

Roman Catholic

c)

Judaism

d)

Eastern Orthodoxy

e)

a fundamentalist Christian sect

7.

The maps in this chapter indicate that Eastern Orthodoxy is a branch of Christianity prevalent in

a)

Russia

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

d)

Russia and Spain but not Greece

e)

Greece and Germany but not Russian

8.

A review or the maps in this chapter indicates that in northeastern Canada,

a)

all of the people are Catholic

b)

the great majority of the people are Catholic

c)

nearly all of the people are protestant

d)

the population is almost equally divided between Catholics and Protestants

e)

about three fourths of the people are Protestant and one fourth are Catholic

9.

The world's largest universalizing religion is

a)

Buddhism

b)

Christianity

c)

Hinduism

d)

Islam

e)

Shintoism

10.

Which is a branch of Christianity?

a)

Druze

b)

Eastern Orthodox

c)

Shiite

d)

Theravadist

e)

Judaism

11.

Almost 90 percent of people in the Western Hemisphere claim adherence to

a)

Christianity

b)

Roman Catholicism

c)

Protestantism

d)

Eastern Orthodox

e)

fundamentalist and nondenominational Christian churches

12.

Lutheranism is an example of a Christian

a)

branch

b)

denomination

c)

religion

d)

sect

e)

family

13.

The dominant branch of Islam is

a)

Druze

b)

Eastern Orthodox

c)

Sikh

d)

Sunni

e)

Shiite

14.

Hinduism's caste system

a)

assigns everyone 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

e)

is the basis for seasonal celebrations

15.

An ethnic religion is

a)

based on one language

b)

appealing mostly to one group of people in one place

c)

based on belief in one particular spiritual leader

d)

younger than a universalizing religion

e)

more peaceful than a universalizing religion

16.

Unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism

a)

remained primarily concentrated in one region of the world

b)

was not begun by an individual founder and then diffused elsewhere

c)

was founded in China

d)

worships more than one god

e)

diffused primarily by colonization

17.

Christianity first diffused from its hearth through

a)

contagious diffusion

b)

hierarchical diffusion

c)

relocation diffusion

d)

expansion diffusion

e)

military conquest

18.

Which of the following is not a universalizing religion

a)

Buddhism

b)

Sikhism

c)

Islam

d)

Judaism

e)

Christianity

19.

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 population on either side

c)

the Israeli government has separated the most sacred sites with a massive concrete wall

d)

Israel captured the Sinai peninsula from Egypt

e)

few Muslims and Jews are allowed within the city

20.

The concept of a ghetto originally referred to the area of a city

a)

inside the walls

b)

inhabited by the lowest-income people

c)

where Jews were forced to live

d)

where most blacks lived

e)

where the untouchable caste lived

21.

For most of the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been

a)

highly clustered in present day Isreal

b)

dispersed around the world

c)

concentrated in the United States

d)

forced to live in ghettos

e)

nomads herding sheep

22.

Cremation is more important than burial in which religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Christianity

c)

Hinduism

d)

Islam

e)

Judaism

23.

Which of thee penalties were imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan?

a)

Men were beaten for shaving their beards

b)

Homosexuals were buried alive

c)

Prostitutes were hanged in public and men were stoned bor committing adultery

d)

Thieves' hands were cut off, and women with nail polish had their fingers cut off

e)

All of these answers are correct

24.

A universalizing religion

a)

is based on the 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)

has celebrations that are almost entirely based on seasonal changes

e)

is less likely to be used as a reason for violence than an ethnic religion

25.

In which of the following countries has a diffusion of Christianity met the most resistance

a)

China

b)

Brazil

c)

Italy

d)

Mexico

e)

South Africa

26.

The world's three major monotheistic religions originated in which of the following regions?

a)

East Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Western Europe

d)

Eastern Europe

e)

Southwest Asia

27.

Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Mormonism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Judaism

e)

Roman Catholic

28.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Hinduism?

a)

It uses human and animal images in its sacred spaces

b)

Pilgrims bathe in holy rivers

c)

Religious functions most likely take place at home within the family

d)

It is a universalizing religion

e)

Sacred places are established by tradition

29.

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)

a Roman Catholic discriminating against Jewish and Protestant immigrants

c)

a Roman Catholic from Ireland

d)

a nonreligious entrepreneur discriminating against all religious adherence

e)

a Protestant attempting to welcome Roman Catholics but not Jewish immigrants

30.

Some of the violence linked to religion in Israel and Palestine is also linked to

a)

the immigration of the Tibetan Buddhists into the area

b)

the ordination of women as leaders in some Protestant Christian denominations

c)

the existence of Mecca and Medina

d)

a belief in the equitable sharing of resources regardless of religious affiliation

e)

ethnic groups, resources, and disputes over the control of land

31.

The Julian and Gregorian calendars are

a)

designed to celebrate religiously notable events in East Asia

b)

lunar calendars

c)

Christian calendars that are now used as standard calendars in much of the world

d)

Christian calendars that have been replaced by scientific, nonreligious calendars

e)

pre-Christian calendars

32.

Which of the following best describes the situation of religion in Tibet?

a)

Only a few practice Buddhism; the majority observe Confucianism

b)

Tibetan leaders have a high degree of local control over the policies of their province

c)

The population has become almost entirely atheist since the Chinese invasion

d)

Its spiritual leader is in exile and the government discourages observance

e)

Freedom of religion is protected by provincial law

33.

Protestants in Ireland are

a)

dispersed throughout the island

b)

recent immigrants from Great Britain

c)

highly clustered in one part of the island

d)

highly integrated with the Roman Catholic population

e)

ethnically English and not ethnically Irish

34.

Roman Catholics are clustered in the U.S. southwest primarily because of migration of

a)

Roman Catholics from Latin America

b)

Roman Catholics from northeastern United States

c)

Roman Catholics from Ireland

d)

Protestants to the north

e)

Protestants to the east

35.

Which of the following religions is also part of a territorial concern for the Chinese government?

a)

Judaism

b)

Christianity

c)

Hinduism

d)

Islam

e)

Buddhism

36.

The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet is the

a)

Dalai Buddha

b)

Kublai Khan

c)

Panchen Buddha

d)

Dalai Lama

e)

Buddha

37.

Which of the following originated in South Asia and subsequently spread throughout much of Southeast and East Asia?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Christianity

c)

Buddhism

d)

Sikhism

e)

Confucianism

38.

Adherents to which religion controlled much of present-day Spain until 1492, but not since then?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Christianity

c)

Hinduism

d)

Islam

e)

Druze

39.

Adherents to which religion have controlled the Holy Land for most of the past 1,500 years?

a)

Sikhism

b)

Judaism

c)

Hinduism

d)

Islam

e)

Christianity

40.

Which of the following is not a dominant religion in East Asia?

a)

Islam

b)

Buddhism

c)

Daoism

d)

Shintoism

e)

Confucianism

41.

As indicated on the maps in this chapter, the largest concentration of Eastern Orthodox Christians is in Eastern Europe

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Jerusalem is a holy city to all three major universalizing religions

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Pilgrimages play a significant role in ethnic religions but not in universalizing religions

a)

True

b)

False

44.

The Ganges is the most holy river for Muslims

a)

True

b)

False

45.

In terms of sacred sites and places of worship, an ethnic religion is usually more geographically concentrated than a universalizing religion

a)

True

b)

False

46.

After the 1917 Revolution, the communists closed all churches in the Soviet Union

a)

True

b)

False

47.

As the maps in this chapter illustrate, Christianity has the most widespread geographic distribution of any religion

a)

True

b)

False

48.

The majority of people in Lebanon are Jewish

a)

True

b)

False

49.

Islam is a less hierarchical religion than Christianity

a)

True

b)

False

50.

The most troublesome religious boundary in Western Europe is in Ireland

a)

True

b)

False

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