<p>Advanced Placement Human Geography Name______Chapter 6 Study Guide RELIGION Block______</p><p>1. Who is the Dalai Lama and why does he live in India today?</p><p>2. Where is Tibet and what countries does it border?</p><p>3. Name 5 reasons why geographers find religion important in the world.</p><p>4. What religions are “universalizing religions”?</p><p>5. What is the difference between a “branch” and a “denomination”?</p><p>6. What are the 3 major branches of Christianity and where do they exist?</p><p>7. What 4 religions account for 2/3s of the earth’s people and what countries are they found (give at least 2 countries for each religion)</p><p>8. Name the 4 largest Protestant religions in the U.S.</p><p>9. Why are there more Roman Catholics in Latin American than North America?</p><p>10. What 4 countries account for half of the world’s Muslims?</p><p>11. Name the 5 “Pillars of Islam”.</p><p>12. What is the difference between Sunni and Shiite Muslims? 13. Name 3 countries where you will find the most Shiite Muslims.</p><p>14. What three countries account for the most total Muslims?</p><p>15. What European country has the most Muslims and WHY?</p><p>16. Who were the “Black Muslims”?</p><p>17. Name 3 countries with a high number of Buddhists.</p><p>18. Why is it hard to account for the number of Buddhists?</p><p>19. What are the “Four Noble Truths” of Buddhism?</p><p>20. Can a person be a Buddhist and another Eastern religion? Where?</p><p>21. Name 2 other universalizing religions and where do they exist?</p><p>22. How do “Ethnic Religions” differ from “Universalizing Religions”?</p><p>23. What is the largest ethnic religion and where is it found?</p><p>24. Name 4 other “ethnic religions” and the countries they are found in?</p><p>25. What is the difference between “monotheism” and “polytheism”?</p><p>26. What is “Animism” and where is it practiced?</p><p>27. Why has there been a decline in animism today?</p><p>28. What is the difference between the origins of universalizing religions vs. ethnic religions? 29. Where did Christianity originate and what happened to Christianity during the Roman Empire?</p><p>30. When and where did the Protestant religions begin?</p><p>31. Where did Islam begin and why did it split into 2 branches?</p><p>32. Where did Buddhism originate?</p><p>33. How did Christianity diffuse and what types of diffusion did it employ?</p><p>34. Who was a “Pagan”?</p><p>35. Why are there more Protestants than Catholics in the U.S. and Canada?</p><p>36. Why is Indonesia the largest Islamic nation in the world and not in the Middle East?</p><p>37. In what direction in Asia did the diffusion of Buddhism take?</p><p>38. What was the Jewish “diaspora”?</p><p>39. What were the European “ghetto”?</p><p>40. What does it mean to make a “pilgrimage”?</p><p>41. Why does Buddhism have 8 holy shrines?</p><p>42. Name the 2 holy cities for Muslims.</p><p>43. Where is Sikhism practiced?</p><p>44. Where are most “ethnic religion” holy places?</p><p>45. Name 3 ways ethnic religions differ from universalizing religions.</p><p>46. What is “cosmogony”?</p><p>47. Why is Judaism called an Ethnic Religion and how is their calendar different? 48. Why does the “solstice” have a special meaning for some ethnic religions?</p><p>49. Why is the “church” so important to Christians?</p><p>50. What were “basilicas” and why were they so important?</p><p>51. How do “mosques” different in meaning from churches?</p><p>52. What is the function of Hindu temples?</p><p>53. What 2 religions build “pagodas”?</p><p>54. How do the following religions approach the disposing of the dead? a. Christians- b. Hindus- c. Tibetan Buddhists-</p><p>55.Why are Quebec and the U.S. Southwest heavy Roman Catholic regions?</p><p>56. What is a “hierarchical religion”?</p><p>57. What are “dioceses”?</p><p>58. What are “autonomous religions”?</p><p>59. Name 3 religions that have no centralized structure.</p><p>60. What is “fundamentalism” and what effect has it had on some religions?</p><p>61. Who were the “Taliban” and where are they a major factor?</p><p>62. What are the Taliban views of Islam?</p><p>63. What is the “Caste System” and how has it affected India? 64. What are the 4 castes and who are the “untouchables”?</p><p>65. How were religions affected by the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917?</p><p>66. What was the effect of the fall of the Soviet Union on Eastern European religions?</p><p>67. What (formerly part of the Soviet Union) Central Asian countries are primarily Islamic?</p><p>68. How was Buddhism affected by the Vietnam War?</p><p>69. Why have so many religious conflicts been fought for centuries over lands in the Middle East?</p><p>70. Why is Jerusalem a highly contested city today?</p><p>71. Where is “Palestine” and why is it so important?</p><p>72. Who were the Ottomans and where did they rule?</p><p>73. Why was 1948 a significant date in the Middle East?</p><p>74. Name 5 groups who consider themselves Palestinians.</p><p>75. Where is the Gaza Strip? Golan Heights? West Bank? And why are they so important?</p><p>76. Name and describe Israel’s 3 geographical regions.</p><p>77. Who are the “Hezbollah” and why are they so important?</p><p>78. Who really controls the city of Jerusalem today and why is it a problem? 79. Where in Europe is the most troublesome border and why?</p><p>80. What is the IRA?</p>