Question 1

What is NOT one of the social changes that has made its imprint on the shifting rituals and customs making up Hinduism?

Accepted Answer

A)  increasing size of population 
B)  urbanization 
C)  colonization 
D)  interaction with other religions 
A)  increasing size of population 
B)  urbanization 
C)  colonization 
D)  interaction with other religions A

Question 2

In the Middle East, the Muslim sect of _____ dominates in numbers, but the _____ sect has significant clusters of adherents in Iran and parts of Iraq, Lebanon, and Bahrain.

Accepted Answer

A)  Shiites; Sunni 
B)  secularists; fundamentalist 
C)  Sunnis; Shiite 
D)  universalists; non-universalist 
A)  Shiites; Sunni 
B)  secularists; fundamentalist 
C)  Sunnis; Shiite 
D)  universalists; non-universalist C

Question 3

What was NOT one of the regions that made up part of the Islamic empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  North Africa 
B)  Spain and France 
C)  Southeast Asia 
D)  Middle East 
A)  North Africa 
B)  Spain and France 
C)  Southeast Asia 
D)  Middle East C

Question 4

What event marks the start of the Muslim calendar?

Accepted Answer

A)  Muhammad's birthdate 
B)  when the Quran was written 
C)  when Muhammad fled from Mecca 
D)  when Muhammad returned to Mecca 
A)  Muhammad's birthdate 
B)  when the Quran was written 
C)  when Muhammad fled from Mecca 
D)  when Muhammad returned to Mecca

Question 5

What is the majority church affiliation associated with the Bible Belt?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mormonism 
B)  Baptists 
C)  Catholicism 
D)  Lutherans 
A)  Mormonism 
B)  Baptists 
C)  Catholicism 
D)  Lutherans

Question 6

The ancient religion of _____ teaches nonviolence and honoring other forms of life, whereas _____ teaches social ethics that emphasize honoring of hierarchy, tradition, and stability.

Accepted Answer

A)  Shintoism; Jainism 
B)  Hinduism; Buddhism 
C)  Jainism; Confucianism 
D)  Confucianism; Sikhism 
A)  Shintoism; Jainism 
B)  Hinduism; Buddhism 
C)  Jainism; Confucianism 
D)  Confucianism; Sikhism

Question 7

What is NOT an animist tradition?

Accepted Answer

A)  Native American bands 
B)  Anglo-American peoples 
C)  Tribal hunting groupings 
D)  Migrating indigenous groups 
A)  Native American bands 
B)  Anglo-American peoples 
C)  Tribal hunting groupings 
D)  Migrating indigenous groups

Question 8

What is the major religion and sacred site of pilgrimage that make up the hajj?

Accepted Answer

A)  Judaism and Jerusalem 
B)  Buddhism and Tibet 
C)  Catholicism and the Vatican 
D)  Islam and Mecca 
A)  Judaism and Jerusalem 
B)  Buddhism and Tibet 
C)  Catholicism and the Vatican 
D)  Islam and Mecca

Question 9

What is one of the contemporary dynamics impacting global religious life?

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural globalization 
B)  geopolitical conflicts 
C)  socioeconomic differences 
D)  all of these 
A)  cultural globalization 
B)  geopolitical conflicts 
C)  socioeconomic differences 
D)  all of these

Question 10

Across India, many _____ became _____ to avoid debilitating and limiting caste designation.

Accepted Answer

A)  Buddhists; Hindus 
B)  Hindus; Muslims 
C)  Hindus; Sikhs 
D)  Muslims; Hindus 
A)  Buddhists; Hindus 
B)  Hindus; Muslims 
C)  Hindus; Sikhs 
D)  Muslims; Hindus

Question 11

The spread of main religions worldwide have driven animist traditions to peripheral and marginal lands. What is an example of these peripheral and marginal lands?

Accepted Answer

A)  Desert 
B)  Tundra 
C)  Rainforest 
D)  all of these 
A)  Desert 
B)  Tundra 
C)  Rainforest 
D)  all of these

Question 12

From what type of social context do animist traditions typically arise?

Accepted Answer

A)  herding societies 
B)  agricultural societies 
C)  European colonies 
D)  hunter-gatherer societies 
A)  herding societies 
B)  agricultural societies 
C)  European colonies 
D)  hunter-gatherer societies

Question 13

Both developing in northern India around the 6th century, _____ emerged as a critical offshoot to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Buddhism; Hinduism 
B)  Islam; Hinduism 
C)  Islam; Buddhism 
D)  Hinduism; Buddhism 
A)  Buddhism; Hinduism 
B)  Islam; Hinduism 
C)  Islam; Buddhism 
D)  Hinduism; Buddhism

Question 14

How did early Christianity spread across the Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  by missionary caravans 
B)  along inland trade routes 
C)  by decree of Emperors 
D)  along oceanic trade routes 
A)  by missionary caravans 
B)  along inland trade routes 
C)  by decree of Emperors 
D)  along oceanic trade routes

Question 15

What do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  They each have a central, sacred text of myths and stories 
B)  They share an origin in the Semitic region of the Middle East 
C)  They are monotheistic and associated with empires 
D)  all of these 
A)  They each have a central, sacred text of myths and stories 
B)  They share an origin in the Semitic region of the Middle East 
C)  They are monotheistic and associated with empires 
D)  all of these

Question 16

How did the influence of British colonialism specifically change social and ritual practices of southeast Asian Buddhists?

Accepted Answer

A)  To resist conversion by missionaries, Buddhists incorporated some Christian aspects. 
B)  Buddhist monks encouraged the people to engage with sacred texts and ritual. 
C)  The Mahayana form of Buddhism emerged as out of resistance to British colonialism. 
D)  Buddhist meditation was taught to Christian proselytizers as a form of opposition. 
A)  To resist conversion by missionaries, Buddhists incorporated some Christian aspects. 
B)  Buddhist monks encouraged the people to engage with sacred texts and ritual. 
C)  The Mahayana form of Buddhism emerged as out of resistance to British colonialism. 
D)  Buddhist meditation was taught to Christian proselytizers as a form of opposition.

Question 17

Why is the Semitic region in the Middle East a significant world religious site?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is one of the world's agricultural hearths. 
B)  It contains sacred sites for all Abrahamic religions. 
C)  It is the location of the first urban civilizations. 
D)  It is a pivotal crossroads between world regions. 
A)  It is one of the world's agricultural hearths. 
B)  It contains sacred sites for all Abrahamic religions. 
C)  It is the location of the first urban civilizations. 
D)  It is a pivotal crossroads between world regions.

Question 18

What has occurred along with various stages of globalization?

Accepted Answer

A)  international migrants bringing their religion 
B)  diffusion of Asian religions worldwide 
C)  transformation of religious rituals and practices 
D)  all of these 
A)  international migrants bringing their religion 
B)  diffusion of Asian religions worldwide 
C)  transformation of religious rituals and practices 
D)  all of these

Question 19

What is NOT one of the religions originating in the Indic hearth region, centered on the Indus Valley?

Accepted Answer

A)  Buddhism 
B)  Hinduism 
C)  Islam 
D)  Sikhism 
A)  Buddhism 
B)  Hinduism 
C)  Islam 
D)  Sikhism

Question 20

How did Christianity spread worldwide starting in the 16th century?

Accepted Answer

A)  as part of European colonialism 
B)  through global popular culture 
C)  as part of Asian imperial conquest 
D)  through globalized trade routes 
A)  as part of European colonialism 
B)  through global popular culture 
C)  as part of Asian imperial conquest 
D)  through globalized trade routes

What is NOT one of the social changes that has made its imprint on the shifting rituals and customs making up Hinduism?

In the Middle East, the Muslim sect of _ dominates in numbers, but the _ sect has significant clusters of adherents in Iran and parts of Iraq, Lebanon, and Bahrain.

What was NOT one of the regions that made up part of the Islamic empire?

What event marks the start of the Muslim calendar?

What is the majority church affiliation associated with the Bible Belt?

The ancient religion of _ teaches nonviolence and honoring other forms of life, whereas _ teaches social ethics that emphasize honoring of hierarchy, tradition, and stability.

What is NOT an animist tradition?

What is the major religion and sacred site of pilgrimage that make up the hajj?

What is one of the contemporary dynamics impacting global religious life?

Across India, many _ became _ to avoid debilitating and limiting caste designation.

The spread of main religions worldwide have driven animist traditions to peripheral and marginal lands. What is an example of these peripheral and marginal lands?

From what type of social context do animist traditions typically arise?

Both developing in northern India around the 6^th century, _ emerged as a critical offshoot to _.

How did early Christianity spread across the Roman Empire?

What do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have in common?

How did the influence of British colonialism specifically change social and ritual practices of southeast Asian Buddhists?

Why is the Semitic region in the Middle East a significant world religious site?

What has occurred along with various stages of globalization?

What is NOT one of the religions originating in the Indic hearth region, centered on the Indus Valley?

How did Christianity spread worldwide starting in the 16^th century?

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Exam 10: The Geography of Religion

What is NOT one of the social changes that has made its imprint on the shifting rituals and customs making up Hinduism?

In the Middle East, the Muslim sect of _____ dominates in numbers, but the _____ sect has significant clusters of adherents in Iran and parts of Iraq, Lebanon, and Bahrain.

What was NOT one of the regions that made up part of the Islamic empire?

What event marks the start of the Muslim calendar?

What is the majority church affiliation associated with the Bible Belt?

The ancient religion of _____ teaches nonviolence and honoring other forms of life, whereas _____ teaches social ethics that emphasize honoring of hierarchy, tradition, and stability.

What is NOT an animist tradition?

What is the major religion and sacred site of pilgrimage that make up the hajj?

What is one of the contemporary dynamics impacting global religious life?

Across India, many _____ became _____ to avoid debilitating and limiting caste designation.

The spread of main religions worldwide have driven animist traditions to peripheral and marginal lands. What is an example of these peripheral and marginal lands?

From what type of social context do animist traditions typically arise?

Both developing in northern India around the 6th century, _____ emerged as a critical offshoot to _____.

How did early Christianity spread across the Roman Empire?

What do Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have in common?

How did the influence of British colonialism specifically change social and ritual practices of southeast Asian Buddhists?

Why is the Semitic region in the Middle East a significant world religious site?

What has occurred along with various stages of globalization?

What is NOT one of the religions originating in the Indic hearth region, centered on the Indus Valley?

How did Christianity spread worldwide starting in the 16th century?

The Home Planet

The Nature of Geography

Population Dynamics

Population and Food

Population and Resources

People and the Environment

The Geography of Three Economic Sectors

The Economic Geography of Uneven Development

The Geography of Population

The Geography of Language

Creating a Global Economy

The Global Geography of Culture

World Orders

The Nation-State

The Urban Transformation

Networks of Cities

The Internal Structure of the City

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In the Middle East, the Muslim sect of _ dominates in numbers, but the _ sect has significant clusters of adherents in Iran and parts of Iraq, Lebanon, and Bahrain.

The ancient religion of _ teaches nonviolence and honoring other forms of life, whereas _ teaches social ethics that emphasize honoring of hierarchy, tradition, and stability.

Across India, many _ became _ to avoid debilitating and limiting caste designation.

Both developing in northern India around the 6^th century, _ emerged as a critical offshoot to _.

How did Christianity spread worldwide starting in the 16^th century?