Deck 5: Geographies of Religion.

Question 1

After the death of Muhammad in 632, those Muslims who felt that Muhammad's immediate successor should be someone from his family became known as the Sunnis.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Islam today is:

A) the world's largest religious tradition.
B) the world's fastest growing religion.
C) made up of three branches: eastern, western, and southern.
D) the only religion without regular weekly worship.
E) an ethnic religion.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Islam is now the world's largest religion in terms of number of adherent.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The term Bible Belt is sometimes used to describe the American southeast. Which form of Christianity predominates there?

A) Baptists
B) Roman Catholics
C) Orthodox Christians
D) Lutherans
E) Reformed

Question 5

Following the crucifixion of Jesus, which apostle traveled as a missionary to regions bordering the Mediterranean Sea, spreading the Christian religion?

A) Peter
B) Paul
C) Simon
D) Judas
E) Thomas

Question 6

Buddhism is different from Christianity because:

A) Buddhism has two branches but Christianity has five branches.
B) Christians do not practice burial of the dead.
C) Buddhism developed as an effort to reform Hinduism.
D) Buddhism does not allow monks.
E) Christianity is about 700 years older than Buddhism.

Question 7

The fastest growing branch of Christianity today is:

A) Roman Catholic.
B) Orthodox.
C) Mormon.
D) Fundamentalists.
E) Renewalism.

Question 8

Of the religions that developed in the Indic hearth, the oldest is probably:

A) Buddhism.
B) Sikhism.
C) Islam.
D) Hinduism.
E) Protestantism.

Question 9

When geographer Wilbur Zelinsky found a greater density of cemeteries in the upper south, he concluded that:

A) death rates are higher in the upper south.
B) cremation is more frequently used in other parts of the United States.
C) family and neighborhood cemeteries are more common in the upper south.
D) in ground burial in required in the states of the upper south.
E) this is a long-settled part of the United States, with many deaths over the years.

Question 10

The Muslim pilgrimage known as the hajj is obligatory.

Question 11

Jerusalem contains sacred spaces for Christians, Jews, and Muslims.

Question 12

Judaism is one of the world's oldest religions, and an example of an ethnic religion.

Question 13

Pilgrimages to sacred spaces may be important even in religions that do not require pilgrimages.

Question 14

Resistance to change in the caste system is generally associated with Islamic fundamentalism.

Question 15

What is the cosmogony of the Australian Aboriginals?

A) Corroboree
B) Dreamtime
C) Shahadah
D) Moksha
E) Brahman

Question 16

Based on number of believers, Hinduism is the world's largest ethnic religion.

Question 17

The largest ethnic religion in the world is:

A) Judaism.
B) Hinduism.
C) Shintoism.
D) Islam.
E) Christianity.

Question 18

Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam all developed in the same Semitic hearth area.

Question 19

If there is a difference in the location of the hearth area of a religion as compared to the area of its current practice, a geographer might conclude:

A) this is clear evidence of an ethnic religion.
B) this could be associated with a new universalizing religion.
C) a diaspora may have taken place centuries ago.
D) the hearth area was incorrectly identified.
E) there were barriers to the diffusion of the religion.

Question 20

Because religion is primarily about values and beliefs, it has little impact on the landscape.