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--For all the following, be able to define/explain and have examples when applicable.
Chapter 6
 Buddhism, Tibet, and China Conflict
 Universalizing religions
o Definition
o 3 main universalizing religions
 Ethnic Religions
 Atheism
 Agnostic
 Branch
 Denomination
 Sect
 Christianity
o # of adherents
o 3 major branches
o Western Hemisphere %
o Catholicism and Latin America
 Islam
o # of adherents
o areas of the world
o Half of the world’s Muslims live in four countries outside the Middle East, list them.
o 5 Pillars of Faith
o Branches of Islam and % of each
o Iran and Shiites
 Buddhism
o # of adherents
o areas of the world
o 4 Noble Truths
 Ethnic religions
o Hinduism
 Rank in world
 Location of most Hindus
 Syncretic
 Chinese and combination of religions
 Pagan
 Monotheism vs Polytheism
 Connection/Roots between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
 Animism
 Monotheism vs. Polytheism
 Origins of universalizing religions vs. ethnic religions
 Diffusion of Religions
o 3 Main Universalizing Hearths
o Processes of diffusion for Christianity
 Missionaries
 Ethnic religions and limited diffusion
 How are the differences between universalizing and ethnic religions similar to the differences between
folk and popular culture? List several similarities.
Chapter 6
 Why does the church play a more critical role in Christianity than buildings in other religions?
 Mosque as a space for community assembly
 Pilgrimage
 Makkah (Mecca)
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o Hajj
Hinduism is closely tied to the physical geography of India
o Ganges River
Cosmogony
Burial
o Christians, Muslims, Jews
o Use of space
Hierarchical religion
o Definition/Characteristics
o Example = Roman Catholicism
Calendars and Religion
Autonomous religions definition/characteristics
Fundamentalism
o Definition
o One way to maintain cultural identity
Why has the role of religion in organizing Earths surface diminished?
In LDC’s what can participation in the global economy do to their belief systems
Taliban vs. Western Values
o Understand the background
Hinduism
o Caste system
Read the following parts … TWICE – it’s complicated
o ‘Religious Wars in the Middle East’
o ‘Conflict over the Holy Land: Palestinian Perspectives’
o ‘Conflict over the Holy Land: Israeli Perspective’
After reading ‘West Bank Barrier’
o Why is the barrier controversial?
After reading ‘ Jerusalem: Contested Geography’
o Why is there a long-standing geographic religious conflict in Jerusalem?
Explain why religious conflicts occur. Is it only that religious ideologies disagree, or is geography
involved? How do you think religious conflicts can be resolved?
For all the following, be able to define/explain and have examples when applicable.
Chapter 7
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Race vs Ethnicity
Differences
Definitions of both
Racism
African American vs black – differentiating ethnicity and race
Regional concentrations of ethnicities
Hispanic Americans
African Americans
Asian Americans
Concentration of African Americans and Hispanics in urban areas
Clustering of ethnicities in neighborhoods of cities.
International Migration of Ethnicities
Triangular slave trade – forced migration
Voluntary Migration from Latin America and Asia
Interregional Migration of African Americans
Sharecropper
What is it?
Why did it decline?
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Migration during both World Wars
Intraregional Migration of African Americans
Expansion of Ghettos
What is “white flight”?
Blockbusting
What is it and it’s effects on neighborhoods
Plessy vs Ferguson 1896
Jim Crow Laws
Brown vs The Board of Education 1954
Apartheid
What is it
South Africa as an example
Why do ethnic groups tend to cluster in certain areas of cities?
Chapter 7
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Nationality
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Nationalism and centripetal force
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Ethnicities and Nationalities in the U.K.
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Identify and describe the principal ethnicities in western Asia (Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and
Pakistan)
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Ethnic Cleansing
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Yugoslavia and the break up
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The effect the break up had on ethnicities and countries that were once part of Yugoslavia
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Balkanized
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Balkanization
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Genocide
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Colonial Legacy – Why is ethnic conflicts widespread in Africa?
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Do you believe the United States should step in when ethnic cleansing is occurring in another
country? Why or why not?
EXTRA CREDIT:
There are 4 points of extra credit available for the Unit 4 Test
For 2 points: Write out or make flash cards for all vocabulary terms for chapter 6 & 7
For 2 points: Write out responses to all 6 learning targets for Chapters 6 & 7 (Completed assignment
should be at least 2 full pages)
Learning Targets:
1) I can discuss aspects in which religion influences the way humans interact with each other.
2) I can discuss aspects in which religion influences the way humans interact with the physical
environment.
3) I can analyze maps of the U.S. and the World on the basis of religious distribution, identify clusters,
and provide reasons for this distribution.
4) I can identify distribution patterns of Christian denominations in the U.S. by making connections
to migration and culture.
5) I can explain how religion shapes our cultural landscape with respect to sacred sites, burial
practices, architecture, and place names (toponyms).
6) I can discuss and provide examples of conflicts associated with race, ethnicity, nationality, and
religion both in the U.S. and in the World.