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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.

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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

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Geography of Religion Cultural Geography C.J. Cox Instructor Geography of Religion What is Religion? Major Religions & Divisions Religious Landscapes Religious Conflict and Interaction Religion A set of beliefs existence of a higher power, spirits or god an explanation of the origins and purpose of humans and their role on earth Which involves rituals, festivals, rites of passage and space (religious landscapes) Key Terms Universalizing Religion: attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location. Proselytize: to try to convert people to one?s belief or opinion. Key Terms Ethnic Religions: concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely based on physical characteristics of a particular location. Key Terms

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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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1 Chapter 6 outline: Religion KEY ISSUE 1: Where Are Religions Distributed? universalizing religions-attempts to appeal to all people wherever they may live in the world the three main universalizing religions are Christianity, Islam and Buddhism branch-large and fundamental division in a religion; denomination-division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations; sect-relatively small group broken away from a denomination Christianity over 2 billion adherents and most widespread distribution predominant in North America, South America, Europe, and Australia (and Christian majority in Africa and Asia) branches of Christianity 3 major branches: Roman Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox

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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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