Religion Review. Pilgrimage A journey to a sacred religious location.

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Religion Review

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Religion Review

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Pilgrimage

• A journey to a sacred religious location.

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Caste

• The class or order into which a Hindu is assigned according to religious law.

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Animism

• The belief that objects and events in nature have a discrete spirit and conscious life.

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Ethnic religion

• A spatially concentrated religion which is specific to a particular place and culture.

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Fundamentalism

• Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles or rules of a religion.

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Polytheism

• The belief in more than one god.

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Denomination

• A division or branch of a religion which unites a number of congregations into one body.

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Hierarchical religion

• A religion in which central authority exercises a high degree of control.

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Universal religion

• A religion that attempts to appeal to all people.

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Monotheism

• The belief that there is only one god.

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Syncretism

• Joining two or more religions together.

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Name the four largest universal religions

1. Christianity2. Islam3. Buddhism4. Sikhism

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What is the largest ethnic religion?

• Hinduism

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How do ethnic religions diffuse?

• The same as folk culture: relocation diffusion.

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Describe the diffusion of Buddhism.

• 800 BC: Buddhism founded• 300 BC: Emperor Asoka of India converts to

Buddhism.– Made Buddhism the official religion– Many officials converted as well (hierarchical diffusion)

• Missionaries sent to convert non-Buddhists.– Relocation diffusion– Moved along trade routes to China, Japan, Korea, and

the rest of SE Asia.

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What is the most important Buddhist site? Why is it important?

• Lumbini, It is the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama.

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Match the house of worship to the religion:

• ___Cathedral____Christianity• ___Pagoda_ ___Buddhist• ____Temple__ _Hindu• ___Synagogue___Judaism• ___Mosque_____Islam

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What are two hierarchical religions?

• Catholicism• Latter-Day Saints

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What are two religions with local autonomy?

• Islam• Protestant Christianity• Hinduism• Judaism

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Name six Protestant denominations in the Fort Worth area (not in book)

• Baptist• Lutheran• Methodist• Presbyterian• Church of Christ• Assembly of God• Seventh Day Adventist• Reform• Episcopal• Disciples of Christ

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How did Communism affect religious life in the Soviet Union and in Southwest Asian countries?

• Because of the high degree of control that communist government seek to exercise, they are usually hostile to religions and religious expansion.

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What are the three holiest sites in Islam?

1. Mecca 2. Medina3. Jerusalem

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What religion is distributed primarily in India?

• Hinduism (97% of Hindus live in India)

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What religion is located in Southwest Asia and North Africa?

• Islam (Shi’a and Sunni Islam)

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What religion is dominant in Eastern Europe and Russia?

• Orthodox Christianity

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Iran is the only country with a majority of which religious group?

• Shi’a Islam

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Catholicism is distributed in which locations?

• Southern and Western Europe, North and South America.

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Where is the practice of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism centered?

• Southeast Asia

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What is the only Shinto country?

• Japan

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What part of the world has the largest animist population?

• Sub Saharan Africa

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In what region is Buddhism centered?

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What three major religions have their hearth in the Middle East?

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How has the caste system changed in India in recent history?

• The untouchable caste has officially been abolished, and Indians in that class have been given equal rights with other Indians.

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Name an example of an Islamic fundamentalist group which has resisted western values.

• The Taliban in Afghanistan (AKA, the bad guys in the first Iron Man movie)

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Fill in the religious timeline of Muslim Christian relations:

• 600-700 AD: Islam spreads through Middle East, displacing many Christians

• 711: Muslim invasion of Spain• 732: Islamic army defeated in Europe (modern day France)• 1099: First Crusade: Catholic army captures Jerusalem• 1187: Jerusalem captured by Muslim Army• 1229: Jerusalem retaken by European Christians• 1244: Jerusalem retaken by Muslims• 1492: Christians regain control of Spain• 1453: Constantinople (holiest city in Orthodox Christianity)

captured by Muslim Turks

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This map depicts the diffusion of which major religion?

• Islam

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What city is the hearth if this religion, and who is the founder?

• Meccas, founded by Mohammad

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How did this religion diffuse?• Military conquest (contagious diffusion) into

Middle East and North Africa.

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What earlier religions did this religion displace?

• Christianity, Judaism.