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Religion: Key Issue 1 Name_______________________________________ Per. ______
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Where Are Religions Distributed? Chapter 6 Religion
Rubenstein, pp. 168-178
Two types of religions are: p. 170-171
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UNIVERSALIZING RELIGIONS:
definition:________________________________________
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ETHNIC RELIGIONS:
definition:_______________________________________________
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______% of the world’s population practice a universalizing religion
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______% practice an ethnic religion
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______% no religion
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THREE main universalizing religions are: _____________, _________, ____________
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Each of the THREE is divided into branches, denominations, and sects.
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A branch is:______________________________________________________________
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A denomination is:________________________________________________________
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A sect is:________________________________________________________________
CHRISTIAN
1. Give the percentage of the world=s Christian population belonging to each of
Christianity’s three major branches
Roman Catholic Orthodox Protestant 2. Regarding Orthodox (Eastern) churches . . .
How many separate churches are there?
Which has by far the largest
membership?
Christianity in the Western Hemisphere p. 172
3. _________% of people living in the Western Hemisphere are Christian.
4. _________% people living in the Western Hemisphere belong to other religions
5. _________% people living in the Western Hemisphere profess to no religion
6. ___ % of Roman Catholic Christian are found in Latin America
7. ___ % of Roman Catholic Christians are found in North America
8. Roman Catholics in America are clustered in:
a.
b.
c.
2
9. Protestant churches have ____ million members, or about ____% of the U.S. population
over age 5.
10. Baptist churches have the largest # of people with about ____ million.
11. Baptists are highly clustered in the __________ and Lutherans are in the
_____________
Smaller Branches of Christianity p. 172
12. Several other Christian churches developed independently of the 3 main branches.
Why?
a.
b.
13. There are several other Christian churches in northeast Africa, Middle East, and
Lebanon.
a. Coptic Church of Egypt
b.
c.
d.
14. In the USA, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
regard their church as a branch of Christianity separate from other branches. About ___%
are members of this branch and a large percentage are clustered in _______.
Islam
15. Islam is religion of __________ billion people
16. Predominant religion of _________________, ______________, __________________.
17. Half of the World’s Muslims live in FOUR countries:
a.
b.
c.
d.
18. “Islam” in Arabic means “_____________________________________.”
19. Followers/adherents are called _________________________.
20. Core of Islamic belief is represented by 5 Pillars of Faith. Name them and describe.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
21. Give the percentage for each of Islam=s two great branches:
•
Sunni -
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Shiites –
22. Shiites are clustered in a handful of countries: __________, __________, ____________, 3
_________________ and ___________________.
Islam in North America and Europe p. 175
23. Muslims in North American range from ____ million to ___ million.
24. In Europe Muslims account for ____% of the population.
25. _____________ has the largest Muslim population.
26. Muslims in Europe are part of a legacy of ___________ from predominately former
colonies in ____________________________.
27. Islam also has a presence in the USA through the _______________ also known as Black
Muslims.
BUDDHISM
28. Buddhism the 3rd universalizing religions has nearly ____ million adherents who are
found in _____________ and ________________________. P. 175-176
29. Buddhism is built around “Four Noble Truths” as taught by the Buddha. Summarize them.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
30. Complete this chart dividing Buddhism into its three main branches.
Branch
% of all global
Buddhist
population
Regions where predominant
31. Why are Buddhists difficult to count?
Other Universalizing Religions p. 176
32. Where are Sikkhs concentrated?
33. What is the main belief of the Bahá’i?
Ethnic Religions p. 176-177
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Largest # of followers of an ethnic religion are the Hindus
900 million adherents
3rd largest religion behind Christianity and Islam
Ethnic religions typically have more clustered distributions than do universalizing
religions
HINDUISM
34. Where are Hindus concentrated? What % of all Hindus live there?
35. Where are the rest? (include %)
36. Hinduism does not have different branches, but because it is polytheistic, it does have
more gods than others. Include basic facts about the Hindu religion.
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Other Ethnic Religions
Write down important facts about these Ethnic Religions p. 177-178
A. CONFUCIANISM
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
B. DAOISM (Taoism)
a.
b.
c.
4
d.
5
e.
C. SHINTOISM
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
D. JUDAISM
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
monotheism is:_________________________________________________________________
polytheism is:__________________________________________________________________
E. ANIMISM
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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