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1 AP Human Geography Chapter 6 Religion 1. What three aspects of religion are geographers most concerned with? Case Study / The Dalai Lama Versus the People?s Republic of China 2. Why did the Chinese try to dismantle the religious institutions of a poor remote country? 3. What are the five main reasons why religious tension is intense with respect to the interplay between local diversity and globalization? Key Issue I Where Are Religions Distributed? 4. Describe the difference between ethnic and universalizing religions. Universalizing Religions 5. Draw a pie chart revealing the breakdown in percent between universalizing religions, ethnic religions, and no religion.

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Key Issues Where are religions distributed? Why do religions have different distributions? Why do religions organize space and distinctive patterns? Why do territorial conflicts arise among religious groups? Learning Outcomes 6.1.1: Describe the distribution of the major religions. 6.1.2: Describe the distribution of the major branches of Christianity. 6.1.3: Identify the major branches of Islam and Buddhism. 6.1.4: Describe the distribution of the largest ethnic religions. Learning Outcomes 6.2.1: Describe the process of origin of universalizing religions. 6.2.2: Understand differences in the origin of universalizing and ethnic religions. 6.2.3: Describe the process of diffusion of universalizing religions. 6.2.4: Compare the diffusion of universalizing and ethnic religions.

Rubenstein Ch 6 Reading Guide

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Chapter 6 - Religion: Key Issue 1 Where Are Religions Distributed? Rubenstein, pp. 178-178 Geographers are concerned with the ______________ _______________ of different ______________ and the resulting potential for _________________. Geographers also observe that different religions are derived in part from the elements of the __________________ _____________________, and that religions in turn, modify the _________________. Read the case study on page 170 1. Who is the Dalai Lama? 2. What country invaded Tibet? 3. Why were the religious institutions of Tibet dismantled? ? UNIVERSALIZING RELIGIONS 1. Draw a picture demonstrating the relationship between the following terms: religion, branch, denomination, sect.

AP Human Geography Chapter 6 Vocabulary

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Chapter 6 Vocabulary Religion 1. Animism ? Belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life. 2. Autonomous religion ? A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally. 3. Branch ? A large and fundamental division within a religion. 4. Cosmogony ? A set of religious beliefs concerning the origin of the universe. 5. Denomination ? A division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations into a single legal and administrative body. 6. Diocese ? The basic unit of geographic organization in the Roman Catholic Church.

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Name___________________________________ AP Human Geography - Chapter Six: Religion Introduction: (Page 191) 1. What questions about religion do geographers try to answer? Where and Why? 2. Why do geographers find the tensions between globalization and local diversity especially acute in religion? (Give five reasons.) People care deeply about their religion and draw their core values and beliefs from it Some religions have universal appeal and others local appeal Religious values show how people feel and the meaningful ways they alter the landscape Most (but not all) religions require strict adherence, so adopting a global religion could mean turning away from traditional local religion

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Key Issue 1: Where are Religions Distributed? A. Universalizing Religions: appeal to all people - Branch ? large and fundamental division within a religion - Denomination ? a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a legal body - Sect ? small group that has broken away from an established denomination 1. Christianity: over 2 billion adherents, most widespread - Main branches: Roman Catholic (52%), Protestant (21%), Eastern Orthodox (10%) - Western Hemisphere = 90% - Other Christian churches: Coptic Church of Egypt and Ethiopian Church 2. Islam: 1.3 billion, prime religion in Middle East - Five Pillars of Faith - Two Branches: Sunni (83%) and Shiite (16%) - Muslims = 5% of Europe?s population, U.S. and Canada are home to 5

AP Human Geo Religion Notes

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Key Issue #1 Where are religions distributed? The three main universalizing religions are Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism. A branch is a large and fundamental division within a religion. A denomination is a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body. A sect is a relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination. Christianity It has 3 major branches: Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox. Roman Catholicism is dominant in the southwest and east of Europe. Protestantism is dominant in the northwest of Europe. Eastern Orthodox is dominant in the east and southeast of Europe. The Western Hemisphere is 90% Christian.

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Key Issue #1 Where are religions distributed? The three main universalizing religions are Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism. A branch is a large and fundamental division within a religion. A denomination is a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a single legal and administrative body. A sect is a relatively small group that has broken away from an established denomination. Christianity It has 3 major branches: Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox. Roman Catholicism is dominant in the southwest and east of Europe. Protestantism is dominant in the northwest of Europe. Eastern Orthodox is dominant in the east and southeast of Europe. The Western Hemisphere is 90% Christian.

AP Human Geography The Cultural Landscape Vocab Ch. 6

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Animism Autonomous religion Branch Caste Cosmogony Denomination Ethnic religion Fundamentalism Ghetto Hierarchical religion Missionary Monotheism Pagan Pilgrimage Polytheism Sect Solstice Universalizing religion
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