WorksheetsEthnicity/Religion Review
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 3hrs 10mins
Adherents of which religion are also likely to believe in other religions simultaneously?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
Islam
For most of the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been
Highly clustered in present-day Israel.
Forced to live in ghettos.
Highly concentrated in the United States
Dispersed around the world.
Which of the following is currently the most important religion in the homeland of the man who founded it?
Christianity
Shintoism
Buddhism
Islam
List the following in order of most followers to least followers
Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism
Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism
Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism
Which of the following is not considered a Christian church?
Bahá'í
Armenian
Maronite
Coptic
Latter-Day Saints
Mahayanists, in contrast to Theravadists, emphasize Buddha's:
wisdom.
life of self-help.
practice of meditation.
compassion.
renouncing of worldly goods.
The division of Islam into branches resulted from a disagreement:
between northern and southern geographic regions.
between the Shah of Iran and Saddam Hussein.
over interpretation of the Quran.
over which of Mohammed's relatives should succeed him.
between Muslims and Christians.
The agricultural calendar is relatively unimportant to which type of religions?
Ethnic
Universalizing
Animists
Pagan
Which universalizing religion is the fastest growing worldwide?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
Which of the following is NOT a branch of Christianity?
Orthodox
Lutheran
Protestant
Roman Catholicism
A large and fundamental division within a religion is a:
Sect
Branch
Denomination
Dialect
A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a:
Denomination
Branch
Sect
Family
Roman Catholics are clustered in the U.S. southwest primarily because of migration of:
Roman Catholics from Latin America
Roman Catholics from Ireland
Roman Catholics from the northeast U.S.
Roman Catholics from Italy
What are the two branches of Islam (mark 2 answers)?
Shiite/Shia
Sunny
Sunni
Animist
Where is the largest concentration of muslims?
Indonesia
Central Asia
Middle East Asia
Western Europe
Where are most Shia Muslims concentrated?
Armenia
Iraq
Turkey
Iran
A universalizing religion?
Is based on the physical characteristics for particular location on Earth
Appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations
Is rarely transmitted through missionaries
Has celebrations based on seasonal changes
Which of the following is NOT a universalizing religion?
Judaism
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
A mosque differs from a church, because a mosque
is not a place of worship
Contains relics of the founder
is decorated with scenes from the life of Mohammed
is not a sanctified place
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:
geo-religious linkages of the non-material culture.
role of history in the social evolution and diffusion
spatial connections/associations in religion with reference to unique characteristics
the degree to lack of spatial connections in religion.
What is the most important aspect to organizing space in a ethnic religion?
Sermons and prayer administrative areas
Physical elements to a landscape
Mystical elements of a landscape
There are not important elements to ethnic religions
What is a Hajj?
The most important pilgrimage to a Muslim
A re-enactment of Abraham's deed to Allah in exchange for the holy land
One of the 5 pillars of Islam
All the above are correct
A ritual that circles the Ka'aba
Cremation is more important than burial in which religion?
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
Which of the following is a holy site for Islam?
Mecca
Medina
Jerusalem
All the above
Islam is different from Christianity in which of the following ways?
Do not believe in the prophet Abraham
Do not believe in monotheism
Do not believe in converting others
Do not believe in religious hierarchy
Christianity is seen as
Autonomous Religion
Hierarchical Religion
Universalizing Religion
Both 2 and 3 are correct
All the above
Which of the following is the MOST autonomous religion? (Not followers of an autonomous religion)
Islam
Christianity
Hinduism
Mormonism
Which of the following is NOT an autonomous religion?
Hinduism
Islam
Roman Catholicism
Christianity
Both 3 and 4 are correct
Unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism:
worships more than one god.
was not begun by an individual founder.
diffused primarily by colonization.
was founded in China.
remained concentrated in one region of the world.
The religious war in Ireland is disputed between?
Puritans in the South and Roman Catholics in the North
Puritans in the North and Roman Catholics in the South
Protestants in the South and Roman Catholics in the South
Roman Catholics in the South and Protestants in the North
Much of the conflict in Northern Ireland today is an indirect result of:
the Norman invasion of 1066.
the English colonization of Ireland.
migration from southern Europe and north Africa.
the physical geography of the island creating a division.
Irish Catholics migrating northward into the territory.
Holy Wars between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have over
The control of the World
The control of Rome
The control of Constantinople
The control of Jerusalem
Palestinians include all but which of the following groups?
Muslim citizens of Israel
Jewish citizens of Israel
residents of refugee camps surrounding Israel
residents of territories occupied by Israel
citizens of other states calling themselves Palestinians
The situation in Northern Ireland is the result of:
counties in Northern Ireland voting to remain in the United Kingdom.
Catholic protest against discrimination by Protestants.
British colonial control which contributed to poor economic conditions.
violence committed by extreme partisans on both sides.
All of the reasons given have contributed to the situation.
Israel's population centers are?
Clustered along international borders
Clustered along the Jordan Sea
Dispersed throughout the country
Dispersed along international borders
This map demonstrates:
Protestants are clustered in western Belfast.
Catholics are clustered in Northern Ireland.
Catholics are clustered in western Belfast.
Catholics are clustered in eastern Belfast.
people are well dispersed by religious adherence.
Which group banned Western and Non-Islamic activities?
Wallons
Al Qaeda
Turks
Taliban
Which anti-semitic party does not recognize the state of Israel?
PLO
Mujahadeen
Fatah
Hamas
