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Contemporary Human Geography, 2e (Rubenstein)
Chapter 6 Religion
1) For many people on Earth, religion serves as a source of
A) key values and beliefs.
B) ethnic identification.
C) material culture.
D) literary tradition.
E) popular culture.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
2) Religion is a particularly good example of the tension between globalization and local
diversity because
A) migrants leave their religion behind when they migrate to a new area.
B) many people follow more than one religion.
C) all religions are in competition to convert as many people as possible.
D) religion represents core cultural values and beliefs that may conflict with others.
Answer: D
Diff: 3
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 3-Application
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
3) The predominant religion in Latin America is
A) Islam.
B) Catholicism.
C) Protestantism.
D) Animism.
E) Eastern Orthodoxy.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
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4) Buddhism's 400 million adherents are
A) dispersed around the world.
B) mostly in India and the west coast of North America.
C) concentrated in China and Southeast Asia.
D) distributed in an narrow band from Nepal through North Africa.
E) not divided into any branches.
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Glob Sci Outcome: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking
skills.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
5) An ethnic religion is
A) based on only one language.
B) appealing mostly to one group of people in one place.
C) based on belief in one particular spiritual leader.
D) younger than a universalizing religion.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.1: Explain how geographers distinguish between universalizing and
ethnic religions
6) A universalizing religion
A) is based on the physical characteristics of a particular location on Earth.
B) appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations.
C) is rarely transmitted through missionaries.
D) has celebrations based on seasonal changes.
E) is less likely to be used as a reason for violence than ethnic religions.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.1: Explain how geographers distinguish between universalizing and
ethnic religions
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7) The world's largest universalizing religion is
A) Buddhism.
B) Christianity.
C) Hinduism.
D) Islam.
E) Shintoism.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
8) Which characteristic distinguishes religion in Latin America from North America?
A) having a Roman Catholic majority
B) having a Protestant majority
C) location relative to the Equator
D) Ethnic religions make up the majority in one but not the other.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
9) The world's largest ethnic religion is
A) Confucianism.
B) Daoism.
C) Hinduism.
D) Shintoism.
E) Islam.
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
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10) Which of the following is not a universalizing religion?
A) Buddhism
B) Sikhism
C) Islam
D) Judaism
E) Christianity
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
11) Muslims are clustered in
A) sub-Saharan Africa.
B) South America
C) eastern Europe.
D) eastern Asia.
E) north Africa and southwest Asia.
Answer: E
Diff: 1
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
12) Of the following religious branches, which one has a single living authority who speaks for
the entire branch?
A) Eastern Orthodoxy
B) Theravada Buddhism
C) Shaktism
D) Roman Catholicism
E) Protestantism
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section: 6.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 4-Analysis
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Glob Sci Outcome: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking
skills.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
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13) Lutheranism is an example of a Christian
A) branch.
B) denomination.
C) religion.
D) sect.
E) family.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Section: 6.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 3-Application
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.2.2: Identify the major branches of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and
Hinduism
14) The largest branch of Islam in Iran is
A) Druze.
B) Eastern Orthodoxy.
C) Sikh.
D) Sunni.
E) Shiite.
Answer: E
Diff: 1
Section: 6.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.2.2: Identify the major branches of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and
Hinduism
15) What is the holiest book in Hinduism?
A) the Bible
B) the Old Testament
C) the Quran
D) the Amrit
E) none of these answers are correct.
Answer: E
Diff: 1
Section: 6.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
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16) Mahayanists, in contrast to Theravadists, emphasize Buddha's
A) life of self-help.
B) compassion.
C) renouncing of worldly goods.
D) wisdom.
E) practice of meditation.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Section: 6.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.2.2: Identify the major branches of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and
Hinduism
17) Eastern Orthodoxy is an example of a Christian
A) branch.
B) denomination.
C) religion.
D) sect.
E) family.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section: 6.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 3-Application
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.2.1: Differentiate between branches, denominations, and sects when
subdividing religions
18) Which is a branch of Christianity?
A) Druze
B) Eastern Orthodox
C) Shiite
D) Theravadist
E) Judaism
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 6.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.2.2: Identify the major branches of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and
Hinduism
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19) Almost 90 percent of people in the Western Hemisphere claim adherence to
A) Christianity.
B) Roman Catholicism.
C) Protestantism.
D) Eastern Orthodoxy.
E) atheism.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 6.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
20) A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a
A) branch.
B) denomination.
C) sect.
D) dialect.
E) family.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section: 6.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.2.1: Differentiate between branches, denominations, and sects when
subdividing religions
21) The division of Islam into branches resulted from a disagreement
A) over interpretation of the Quran.
B) between northern and southern geographic regions.
C) between Muslims and Christians.
D) between the Shah of Iran and Saddam Hussein.
E) over which of Mohammed's relatives should succeed him.
Answer: E
Diff: 1
Section: 6.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.2.2: Identify the major branches of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and
Hinduism
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22) A large and fundamental division within a religion is a
A) branch.
B) denomination.
C) sect.
D) dialect.
E) family.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section: 6.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.2.1: Differentiate between branches, denominations, and sects when
subdividing religions
23) Which of the following is not considered a Christian church?
A) Bahá'í
B) Coptic
C) Armenian
D) Maronite
E) Latter-Day Saints
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section: 6.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.3.1: Identify other Christian churches and universalizing religions and
their unique characteristics
24) Baptists are clustered in the ________ United States.
A) northeastern
B) southeastern
C) southwestern
D) upper midwestern
E) Baptists are not spatially clustered.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 6.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 6.3.2: Describe the distribution of religions in the United States
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25) Lutherans are clustered in the ________ United States.
A) northeastern
B) southern
C) southwestern
D) upper midwestern
E) northwestern
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section: 6.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 6.3.2: Describe the distribution of religions in the United States
26) Roman Catholics are clustered in the U.S. southwest primarily because of migration of
A) Roman Catholics from Latin America.
B) Roman Catholics from the northeast United States.
C) Roman Catholics from Ireland.
D) Protestants to the north.
E) Protestants to the east.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section: 6.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 3-Application
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.3.2: Describe the distribution of religions in the United States
27) Ethnic religions generally have in common
A) some historical person who founded the religion.
B) unknown or unclear origins.
C) multiple deities.
D) a lack of any holy books.
E) precise places of origin.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Section: 6.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Glob Sci Outcome: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking
skills.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.1: Explain how geographers distinguish between universalizing and
ethnic religions
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28) Universalizing religions mostly have in common
A) origins with individual men or prophets.
B) unknown or unclear origins.
C) belief in multiple deities.
D) holy sites in Jerusalem.
E) roots in agricultural practices.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 6.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Glob Sci Outcome: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking
skills.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.1: Explain how geographers distinguish between universalizing and
ethnic religions
29) Christianity diffused hierarchically through
A) the travels of missionaries.
B) the conversion of Emperor Constantine.
C) daily contact between believers and nonbelievers.
D) diffusion through India to Indonesia.
E) merchants traveling to China in the first century.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Section: 6.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.5.2: Compare and contrast the two forms of expansion diffusion in the
spread of Christianity
30) Christianity diffused contagiously through
A) the travels of missionaries.
B) the conversion of Emperor Constantine.
C) daily contact between believers and nonbelievers.
D) diffusion through India to Indonesia.
E) merchants traveling to China in the first century.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section: 6.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.5.2: Compare and contrast the two forms of expansion diffusion in the
spread of Christianity
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31) Christianity first diffused from its hearth through
A) contagious diffusion.
B) hierarchical diffusion.
C) relocation diffusion.
D) expansion diffusion.
E) all of the above
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section: 6.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.5.1: Explain how universalizing religions have diffused beyond their
places of origin
32) Adherents of which religion controlled much of present-day Spain from the 8th century until
1492, but not since then?
A) Buddhism
B) Christianity
C) Hinduism
D) Islam
E) Druze
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section: 6.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.5.1: Explain how universalizing religions have diffused beyond their
places of origin
33) Which of the following is currently the most important religion in the homeland of the man
who founded it?
A) Bahá'í
B) Christianity
C) Hinduism
D) Islam
E) Shintoism
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section: 6.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.4.1: Identify the geographic hearths of major world religions and describe
the circumstances surrounding their founding
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34) Unlike other universalizing religions, Buddhism
A) remained concentrated in one region of the world.
B) was not begun by an individual founder.
C) was founded in China.
D) worships more than one god.
E) diffused primarily by colonization.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 6.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
35) Which Christian denomination is known for an ornate, Byzantine style of church?
A) Jehovah's Witness
B) Protestant
C) Catholic
D) Eastern Orthodox
E) Latter Day Saints
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section: 6.6
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.6.2: Describe the distinctive role sacred structures play in each of the
universalizing religions
36) The single holiest site in Islam is
A) Madinah
B) Jerusalem
C) Makkah
D) Amritsar
E) the al-Ka'ba
Answer: E
Diff: 2
Section: 6.6
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.6.2: Describe the distinctive role sacred structures play in each of the
universalizing religions
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37) Adherents to the Bahá'í faith have built Houses of Worship on every populated continent
A) to demonstrate the global extent of the religion.
B) because of a religious taboo on crossing oceans.
C) to memorialize the missionary travels of its prophet.
D) to symbolize the five pillars of its faith.
E) all with entrances facing east.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section: 6.6
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.6.2: Describe the distinctive role sacred structures play in each of the
universalizing religions
38) A mosque differs from a church because a mosque
A) is not a sanctified place.
B) is not a place of worship.
C) displays a variety of architectural styles.
D) contains relics of the founder.
E) is decorated with scenes from the life of the founder.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 6.6
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.6.2: Describe the distinctive role sacred structures play in each of the
universalizing religions
39) The agricultural calendar is relatively unimportant to which type of religions?
A) animist
B) ethnic
C) pagan
D) universalizing
E) all of the above
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section: 6.7
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.7.1: Explain the importance of the physical environment in ethnic
religions
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40) Confucianism and Daoism share a belief in
A) silent meditation.
B) the balance of yin and yang.
C) correct behavior.
D) multiple gods.
E) the agricultural calendar.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
Section: 6.7
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.7.2: Explain the significance of the Jewish calendar and the role of
cosmogony in Chinese ethnic religions
41) Animists believe that
A) people should complete God's creation of the Earth.
B) inanimate objects and natural events have spirits.
C) people should make complete use of the Earth's resources.
D) natural disasters are preventable.
E) enlightenment can be achieved by all people.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 6.7
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.7.3: Describe how Hinduism and animism incorporate the physical
environment into their belief systems
42) Which is not an ethnic Asian religion?
A) Buddhism
B) Confucianism
C) Shintoism
D) Daoism
E) Hinduism
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 6.7
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
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43) Especially important in Daoism is to
A) perform public service.
B) reflect on the mystical and magical aspects of life.
C) respect forces of nature as divine.
D) believe in one all-powerful God.
E) read the holy texts daily.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 6.7
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.7.1: Explain the importance of the physical environment in ethnic
religions
44) Hindus generally prefer
A) burial near a temple of their choice.
B) burial in a natural setting such as a field or forest.
C) cremation rather than burial.
D) burial with their heads facing north.
E) burial at sea.
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section: 6.7
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 14. How human actions modify the physical environment.
Learning Outcome: 6.7.3: Describe how Hinduism and animism incorporate the physical
environment into their belief systems
45) Cremation is more important than burial in which religion?
A) Buddhism
B) Christianity
C) Hinduism
D) Islam
E) Judaism
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section: 6.7
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.7.3: Describe how Hinduism and animism incorporate the physical
environment into their belief systems
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46) The belief in the existence of only one god is
A) animism.
B) cosmogony.
C) monotheism.
D) polytheism.
E) pagan.
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section: 6.7
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
47) Judaism is classified as an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion, primarily because
A) its main holidays relate to events in the life of its founder, Abraham.
B) it uses a lunar calendar.
C) its rituals derive from the agricultural cycle in Israel.
D) it commemorates the Exodus from Egypt.
E) the holy text is the foundation of the religion.
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section: 6.7
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.7.2: Explain the significance of the Jewish calendar and the role of
cosmogony in Chinese ethnic religions
48) Beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are
A) animism.
B) cosmogony.
C) monotheism.
D) astronomy.
E) polytheism.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 6.7
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.7.2: Explain the significance of the Jewish calendar and the role of
cosmogony in Chinese ethnic religions
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49) The Jewish calendar
A) does not have a leap year.
B) has nineteen months.
C) is completely out of sync with the seasons.
D) is based on the lunar cycle.
E) features holidays based on the life and death of Jesus.
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section: 6.7
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.7.2: Explain the significance of the Jewish calendar and the role of
cosmogony in Chinese ethnic religions
50) Much of the conflict in Northern Ireland today is an indirect result of
A) the physical geography of the island creating a division.
B) Irish Catholics migrating northward into the territory.
C) the Norman invasion of 1066.
D) migration from southern Europe and north Africa.
E) the English colonization of Ireland.
Answer: E
Diff: 1
Section: 6.8
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.8.1: Interpret how geographic distribution impacts religious conflicts
between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland
51) The situation in Northern Ireland is the result of
A) counties in Northern Ireland voting to remain in the United Kingdom.
B) Catholic protest against discrimination by Protestants.
C) British colonial control which contributed to poor economic conditions.
D) violence committed by extreme partisans on both sides.
E) All of the reasons given have contributed to the situation.
Answer: E
Diff: 1
Section: 6.8
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.8.1: Interpret how geographic distribution impacts religious conflicts
between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland
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52) The conflict in Northern Ireland is geographically represented by
A) spatial segregation of religious groups in the capital.
B) the physical landscape creating a division from southern Ireland.
C) long barriers and police checkpoints.
D) street signs in two languages, depending on the dominance of each language.
E) the creation of a demilitarized zone along the border.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 6.8
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.8.1: Interpret how geographic distribution impacts religious conflicts
between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland
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Figure 6.8.3
53) This map demonstrates
A) Catholics are clustered in eastern Belfast.
B) Catholics are clustered in western Belfast.
C) Catholics are clustered in Northern Ireland.
D) Protestants are clustered in western Belfast.
E) people are well dispersed by religious adherence.
Answer: B
Diff: 3
Section: 6.8
Bloom's Taxonomy: 6-Evaluation
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Glob Sci Outcome: 3. Read and interpret graphs and data.
Learning Outcome: 6.8.1: Interpret how geographic distribution impacts religious conflicts
between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland
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54) Protestants in Ireland are
A) dispersed throughout the island.
B) recent immigrants from Great Britain.
C) highly clustered in one part of the island.
D) highly integrated with the Roman Catholic population.
E) Both A and B are correct.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section: 6.8
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.8.1: Interpret how geographic distribution impacts religious conflicts
between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland
55) The goal of the majority of people living in Northern Ireland is to
A) remain part of the United Kingdom.
B) migrate to the Republic of Ireland.
C) become part of the Republic of Ireland.
D) join the Irish Republican Army.
E) establish an independent republic.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 6.8
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.8.1: Interpret how geographic distribution impacts religious conflicts
between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland
56) The territory of Israel has generally ________ since its formation in 1947.
A) grown
B) shrunk
C) remained constant
D) grown, with the exception of the Sinai Peninsula,
E) shrunk, with the exception of the Gaza Strip,
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section: 6.9
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.9.1: Describe the conflicts between Jews, Muslims, and Christians for the
control of Israel/Palestine
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57) Palestinians include all but which of the following groups?
A) residents of refugee camps surrounding Israel
B) residents of territories occupied by Israel
C) citizens of other states calling themselves Palestinians
D) Jewish citizens of Israel
E) Muslim citizens of Israel
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section: 6.9
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.9.2: Compare the Palestinian and Israeli perspectives of the geography of
Israel/Palestine
58) The United Nations partition plan dividing Palestine placed Jerusalem under
A) a British Mandate.
B) Palestinian administration.
C) Israeli administration.
D) divided administration.
E) United Nations administration.
Answer: E
Diff: 2
Section: 6.9
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.9.2: Compare the Palestinian and Israeli perspectives of the geography of
Israel/Palestine
59) Israel has controlled all of Jerusalem since
A) partition of Palestine by the United Nations in 1947.
B) the withdrawal of British rule in 1948.
C) the Arab-Israeli armistice of 1949.
D) the Six-Day War in 1967.
E) the Egyptian and Israeli peace treaty of 1979.
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section: 6.9
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.10.1: Recognize how the geography of Jerusalem makes it difficult to
settle the long-standing religious conflicts
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60) The Western Wall
A) is a holy site to Jews.
B) is the remains of an ancient temple.
C) is beneath an important Muslim mosque.
D) was once closed to Jews for all but one day each year.
E) All of these choices are correct.
Answer: E
Diff: 1
Section: 6.10
Bloom's Taxonomy: 3-Application
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.10.2: Identify the spatial arrangement of Jerusalem's holy places and how
those places affect relations between Jews and Muslims
61) Jerusalem's geography represents a particularly difficult religious conflict to resolve because
A) sacred sites to Jews and Muslims are literally built one on top the other.
B) the population of Jerusalem is majority Christian but surrounded by majority Jewish and
Muslim populations on either side.
C) the Israeli government has separated the most sacred sites with a massive concrete wall.
D) Israel captured the Sinai peninsula from Egypt.
E) Jews and Muslims have never co-existed peacefully.
Answer: A
Diff: 2
Section: 6.10
Bloom's Taxonomy: 4-Analysis
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.10.2: Identify the spatial arrangement of Jerusalem's holy places and how
those places affect relations between Jews and Muslims
62) The barrier between Israel and the West Bank
A) has been ruled as illegal by both Israeli and international courts.
B) is welcomed by both sides.
C) represents the natural landscape feature of the Jordan River.
D) follows the previous border between Israel and Jordan
E) is more than one thousand miles long.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 6.10
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.9.2: Compare the Palestinian and Israeli perspectives of the geography of
Israel/Palestine
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63) Religion is a source of core values and beliefs.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
64) Individual ethnic religions generally have more concentrated geographic distributions than
universalizing religions.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
65) Christianity has the most widespread geographic distribution of any religion.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
66) Roman Catholicism is prevalent in eastern Europe, including Romania.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
67) Buddhism is the most important religion in India.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
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68) The largest concentration of Eastern Orthodox Christians is in Eastern Europe.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
69) Mahayana is one of the largest branches of Buddhism.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.2.2: Identify the major branches of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and
Hinduism
70) Sikhism is an ethnic religion of India.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.3.1: Identify other Christian churches and universalizing religions and
their unique characteristics
71) Lutherans in the United States are concentrated in the southeast.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.3.2: Describe the distribution of religions in the United States
72) Catholics in the United States are concentrated in the northeast and southwest.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.3.2: Describe the distribution of religions in the United States
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73) Bahá'í is a universalizing religion.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.3.1: Identify other Christian churches and universalizing religions and
their unique characteristics
74) Hinduism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama in the sixth century B.C.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section: 6.4
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.4.1: Identify the geographic hearths of major world religions and describe
the circumstances surrounding their founding
75) Buddhism diffused along trade routes into eastern Asia, including China.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.5.1: Explain how universalizing religions have diffused beyond their
places of origin
76) Holy sites in Buddhism are associated with important events in Buddha's life.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.6
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.6.1: Identify how universalizing religions come to regard certain places as
sacred
77) Pilgrimages play a significant role in ethnic religions but not in universalizing religions.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.6
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.6.2: Describe the distinctive role sacred structures play in each of the
universalizing religions
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78) Like churches, mosques are consecrated as holy places.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.6
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.6.2: Describe the distinctive role sacred structures play in each of the
universalizing religions
79) Natural landscape features are the holiest places in Islam.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.6
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.6.1: Identify how universalizing religions come to regard certain places as
sacred
80) Animist beliefs do not allow for a single supreme god.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.7
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
81) Militant Protestants in Northern Ireland want the entire island to join the United Kingdom.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section: 6.8
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.8.1: Interpret how geographic distribution impacts religious conflicts
between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland
82) The most troublesome religious boundary in Western Europe is in Ireland.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.8
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.8.1: Interpret how geographic distribution impacts religious conflicts
between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland
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83) A key issue in the Middle Eastern conflict is refusal by some Palestinians to recognize
Israel's right to exist.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section: 6.9
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.9.2: Compare the Palestinian and Israeli perspectives of the geography of
Israel/Palestine
84) Jerusalem has been under the control of one religion for virtually its entire history.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section: 6.10
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Learning Outcome: 6.10.1: Recognize how the geography of Jerusalem makes it difficult to
settle the long-standing religious conflicts
85) What is the world's largest ethnic religion? In what country do 97 percent of the adherents of
this religion live?
Answer: Hinduism; India
Diff: 2
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
86) Most Europeans adhere to which of the three major universalizing religions?
Answer: Christianity
Diff: 1
Section: 6.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.1.2: Identify the major universalizing and ethnic religions and describe
their global distributions
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87) Which branch of Islam is the largest in Iran?
Answer: Shiite
Diff: 2
Section: 6.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.2.2: Identify the major branches of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and
Hinduism
88) Name the two main branches of Islam.
Answer: Sunni; Shiite
Shiite; Sunni
Diff: 3
Section: 6.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.2.2: Identify the major branches of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and
Hinduism
89) What major universalizing religion originated in present-day India?
Answer: Buddhism
Diff: 1
Section: 6.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.4.1: Identify the geographic hearths of major world religions and describe
the circumstances surrounding their founding
90) Most people in the Republic of Ireland are adherents of which branch of Christianity?
A slight majority of people in Northern Ireland are adherents of which branch of Christianity?
Answer: Roman Catholic; Protestant
Diff: 3
Section: 6.8
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.8.1: Interpret how geographic distribution impacts religious conflicts
between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland
91) Compare the impact of Christianity and Islam on the landscape, especially their holy sites.
Answer: Varies
Diff: 5
Section: 6.6
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 14. How human actions modify the physical environment.
Learning Outcome: 6.6.2: Describe the distinctive role sacred structures play in each of the
universalizing religions
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92) Why is Judaism considered an ethnic religion?
Answer: Varies
Diff: 3
Section: 6.7
Bloom's Taxonomy: 4-Analysis
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.7.2: Explain the significance of the Jewish calendar and the role of
cosmogony in Chinese ethnic religions
93) How do different religions incorporate natural features into their cosmogony?
Answer: Varies
Diff: 2
Section: 6.7
Bloom's Taxonomy: 3-Application
Geo Standard: 10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Learning Outcome: 6.7.2: Explain the significance of the Jewish calendar and the role of
cosmogony in Chinese ethnic religions
94) Evaluate the territorial claims of the Palestinians and Israelis and recommend a solution to
their conflict.
Answer: Varies
Diff: 3
Section: 6.9
Bloom's Taxonomy: 6-Evaluation
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Glob Sci Outcome: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking
skills.
Learning Outcome: 6.9.2: Compare the Palestinian and Israeli perspectives of the geography of
Israel/Palestine
95) How has religion been a source of territorial conflict among people?
Answer: Varies
Diff: 3
Section: 6.10
Bloom's Taxonomy: 4-Analysis
Geo Standard: 13. How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
Glob Sci Outcome: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking
skills.
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