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Worksheetswrong questions (key issue quizzes in schoology)
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 23mins
A large and fundamental division within a religion is a:
dialect
sect
branch
denomination
Roman Catholics are clustered in the U.S. southwest primarily because of migration of:
roman catholics from Ireland
roman catholics from Latin America
roman catholics from northeast US
roman catholics from Italy
Adherents of which religion are also likely to believe in other religions simultaneously?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
Which of the following best explains the practice of placing indigenous children in boarding schools in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
The schools were intended to promote multiculturalism by introducing European culture to indigenous youth.
The schools represented a traditional cultural trait of many indigenous societies.
Many schools appropriated indigenous culture by using tribal names for sports teams.
The schools were intended to diffuse Christianity and assimilate indigenous youth into European culture.
Based on the two images, which of the following statements best explains the geographic process that took place as Islam diffused from its hearth?
The universalizing nature of Islam has allowed it to become worldwide in scope and the dominant religion in North America and Europe.
Islam diffused hierarchically to the west through conquest and to the east through relocation via missionaries along trade routes.
The diffusion of Islam has had a minimal impact on regions to the west and east of its hearth in the Middle East.
The diffusion of Islam has resulted in a cultural landscape in China that has been radically altered to reflect Islamic architecture.
Which of the following is currently the most important religion in the homeland of the man who founded it?
Shintoism
Christianity
Buddhism
Islam
List the following in order of most followers to least followers
Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism
Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism
Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism
The agricultural calendar is relatively unimportant to which type of religions?
Ethnic
Pagan
Animists
Universalizing
Mahayanists, in contrast to Theravadists, emphasize Buddha's:
practice of meditation
renouncing of worldly goods
wisdom
life of self-help
compassion
Which of the following originated in South Asia and subsequently spread throughout much of Southeast and East Asia?
Daoism
Buddhism
Christianity
Hinduism
Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion?
Mormanism
Judaism
Buddhism
Roman Catholicism
For most of the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been
Forced to live in ghettos.
Highly clustered in present-day Israel.
Highly concentrated in the United States
Dispersed around the world.
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.
the degree to lack of spatial connections in religion.
spatial connections/associations in religion with reference to unique characteristics
role of history in the social evolution and diffusion
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
A ritual that circles the Kaaba
All the above are correct
Islam is different from Christianity in which of the following ways?
Do not believe in religious hierarchy
Do not believe in the prophet Abraham
Do not believe in monotheism
Do not believe in converting others
A mosque differs from a church, because a mosque
is decorated with scenes from the life of Mohammed
is not a sanctified place
is not a place of worship
Contains relics of the founder
What is the most important aspect to organizing space in a ethnic religion?
Sermons and prayer administrative areas
There are not important elements to ethnic religions
Mystical elements of a landscape
Physical elements to a landscape
Which of the following is the MOST autonomous religion? (Not followers of an autonomous religion)
Christianity
Mormonism
Hinduism
Islam
Which of the following is NOT an autonomous religion?
1. Hinduism
2. Islam
3. Roman Catholicism
4. Christianity
5. Both 3 and 4 are correct
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
Israel's population centers are?
Dispersed along international borders
Clustered along the Jordan Sea
Clustered along international borders
Dispersed throughout the country
Which anti-semitic party does not recognize the state of Israel?
Fatah
PLO
Mujahadeen
Hamas
The religious war in Ireland is disputed between?
Roman Catholics in the South and Protestants in the North
Protestants in the South and Roman Catholics in the South
Puritans in the North and Roman Catholics in the South
Puritans in the South and Roman Catholics in the North
Geographers are concerned with ethnicity because:
it is another term for race.
it is a core element of culture that individuals always carry with them.
it is the best way to divide people into countries
ethnicities are always changing.
The most numerous ethnicity in the United States is:
Pacific Islander American
Hispanic American
African American.
Asian America
A nationality is:
a group of people tied to a place through legal status and tradition.
a group with shared religion, language, and origin of birth.
any cohesive group of people.
ethnic identity.
Which of the following is a centrifugal force to nationalism in the United Kingdom?
Ethnic neighborhoods in London, Manchester, and Glasgow.
Diverse ethnic representation in the parliamentary government
European Union membership Selected:
The nationality of being "British"
What was the centripetal force for different ethnic groups to join the Soviet Union?
slavic heritage
political system
money
language
Which of the following does NOT act as a centrifugal force for a state?
A fragmented territorial base
Linguistic homogeneity
Uneven development
A strong tradition of local governance
All of the following were colonized by France EXCEPT
Cuba
Algeria
Vietnam
Quebec
Self determination is:
legal attachment or alliance to a particular country
agreement to coexist peacefully
Ethnicities have the right to govern themselves
loyalty and devotion to one country
