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Geography of Religion: Loose Ends
SLIDE
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TASKS
Religious adherents: Rank the following by number of adherents (write “1” before most
adherents, “2” before second most, etc…). Then correct your answers based on slide 1.
___ Buddhism
___ Islam
___ Chinese Traditional(Daoism/Confucianism)
___ Secular (non-religious)
___ Christianity
___ Sikhism
___ Hinduism
___ Tribal/Animism/Shamanism
___ Judaism
Surprises? Takeaway:
Is religion important to you? Citizens around the world were asked: “Is religion an important part
of your life?” Try to guess three of the ten countries where the highest percentage of
respondents answered yes. Then try to guess three of the ten countries where the lowest
percentage of respondents answered yes. Then correct your answers based on slide 2.
Highest “yes”
Lowest “yes”
1.
2.
3.
Surprises/most interesting thing/takeaways:
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Name: _________________
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Religion in practice: Three of the following six countries have a population than attends weekly
religious services more often than people in the U.S. and three have a population than attends
weekly religious services less often than people in the U.S. Which are which? (write “less” or
“more” after each.) Then correct your answers based on slide 3.
India _______ Iran _______ Japan _______ Jordan _______ Sweden _______ Poland
_______
Surprises/most interesting thing/takeaways:
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Does religion have a positive or negative impact? For each of the pairs of countries below, circle
or underline the one in which the higher percentage of people agreed with the statement
“religion has a positive impact on the world”. Then correct your answers based on slide 4.
Sweden – Saudi Arabia
U.S. – Mexico
India – Turkey
France – Indonesia
Surprises/most interesting thing/takeaways:
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U.S. – Great Britain
Brazil – Poland
Religious homogeneity: Try to guess (within 10 %) the percentage of adherents for each of the
following religions who live in a country in which their religion is the majority. Then correct your
answers based on slide 5.
% of Hindus living in a majority Hindu country:
% of Christians living in a majority Christian country:
% of Muslim living in a majority Muslim country:
% of Buddhist living in a majority Buddhist country:
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We like you! You? Not so much. Of the six religions and denominations listed below, which three
do Americans feel most warmly (positively) towards, and which three do Americans feel coldest
(least positively) towards? (Write either “warm” or “cold” after each.) Then correct your answers
based on slide 6.
Jews ________
Evangelical Christians ________
Atheists ________
Surprises/most interesting thing/takeaways:
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Catholics ________
Muslims __________
All knowing religions: The adherents of which of the following groups are most knowledgeable
about other religions. Which group is second most knowledgeable? Which is least
knowledgeable? (Write “1, 2, and 3”.) Then correct your answers based on slide 7.
_____ Jewish
_____ Catholics
_____ Atheists
Surprises/most interesting thing/takeaways:
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Moving on up (or down): Between 1972 and 2010, which of the following three groups gained
adherents, which lost adherents, and which stayed about the same? (Write “gained”, “lost” and
“same”.) Then correct your answers based on slide 8.
Protestants: __________
Catholics __________
Atheist/None: ___________
Surprises/most interesting thing/takeaways:
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Whither the Lapsers?: Of those adherents born in each of the following groups in the U.S., guess
where most of the “lapsers” (those who move on from the faith they were born into) go?
None group (atheists):
Evangelicals:
Catholics:
Mainline Protestants:
Surprises/most interesting thing/takeaways:
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Growth in World Religion: Which three of the following groups grew fastest between 20002010?
(Check three):
___ Christians ___ Hindus ___ Jews ___ Buddhists ___ Muslims ___ Baha’i ___ Atheists
Surprises/most interesting thing/takeaways:
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Head coverings in Islam: Which of forms of head covering shown in slide 10a was declared most
appropriate by respondents (men? women?) in each of the following countries: (write the name
of the head covering next to the country):
Egypt: __________ Saudi Arabia: __________ Lebanon: __________ Pakistan: __________
Surprises/most interesting thing/takeaways:
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Wealth vs. Religiosity Correlation: Surprises/most interesting thing/takeaways: